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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on December 10, 2006, 01:26:50 pm

Title: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on December 10, 2006, 01:26:50 pm

Anyone know where I can get hold of the tool head that connects to an air compressor hose for me to remove dust from rugs instead of using a vacuum cleaner. Is it called an air broom??

Alan

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Len Gribble on December 10, 2006, 06:01:17 pm

Alan

Sorry can’t help (but interested if the price was right) think Dave (Liahona) uses such a system for his rugs.

Don’t tell me you are still carrying rugs around, ;D last time I saw you not a lot of room so where will you fit the compressor. ;)

Len 

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Mike Jones on December 10, 2006, 06:42:15 pm

Machine mart or screwfix do.

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: robert stubbs on December 10, 2006, 06:54:10 pm

I use an Air-Gun.

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on December 10, 2006, 07:26:20 pm

Quote from: robert stubbs on December 10, 2006, 06:54:10 pm

I use an Air-Gun.

Can you expand on that?

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: robert stubbs on December 10, 2006, 09:40:56 pm

This is the Air-gun attachment,just fire air through the Rug backing.

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on December 10, 2006, 10:30:10 pm

Thanks, I thought that was what you meant but how on earth do you do a whole rug using the small surface area that this covers. There are tool heads available that look perhaps a little wider than a house brick so you can do a lane rather than a line. I've seen them trawling around the web but can't find where you can buy one.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Alan

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on December 10, 2006, 10:49:22 pm

Just an idea why not get a big compressor and attach your solution pipes to it and your wand, if you'll pardon the pun you could blow and suck at the same time.

Shaun

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on December 11, 2006, 10:41:02 am

 ::) ;D
Actually, thinking about it you might be onto something there. Not the extraction because you want to move the loose soil through the rug and out the other side but putting some very large fan jets on a wand head should do nicely. Genius. Cheers ;D

Alan

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: robert stubbs on December 11, 2006, 07:33:22 pm

Alan, you fire the Air-gun from a distance with the Rug hanging up,the pressure you can build upto with a compressor is enough to blow your eye out, so wear Goggles.


    Regards Rob


        P.s the Gun nozzle is designed to produce a fan effect so does the job no problem.

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Karl Wildey on December 11, 2006, 08:40:21 pm

I never realised you could do this. I used to beat my rugs with a carpet beater when I had my workshop. Sitting in the corner of my workshop was a large and I mean compressor. I shared the workshop with my old man and the compressor was his. All that wasted energy and now you tell me :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: Air Dusting Rugs
Post by: Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care on December 11, 2006, 08:48:03 pm

Robert, thankyou very much for your efforts. Can't wait to try it.
Cheers
Alan