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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: garyfindlay on June 19, 2009, 05:23:19 pm

Title: washing bonnet pads
Post by: garyfindlay on June 19, 2009, 05:23:19 pm

how does everyone clean bonnet pads. i washed them in my washing machine at 60 oc, and THOUGHT they were clean, but bonnetted my white carpets , and they went turned minging so, they are not 100% clean.

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: Bob Robertson on June 19, 2009, 06:15:03 pm

Gary

I always jet wash them first to get rid of all the crap, then put them in the machine.


Bob

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: Dennis on June 19, 2009, 07:13:43 pm

Take them to your local launderette and put them in the extra large machine they usually have.

They will muck up your home machine, take it from me!

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: will01 on June 20, 2009, 01:32:06 pm

From the first time the wife washed mine they went a slightly grey colour and stayed that way.  They're not dirty mind just discoloured.

will

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: clinton on June 20, 2009, 02:04:35 pm

When you do them at home in your own machine its always best to put the machine on an empty wash after you have done the pads to get rid of the muck that the pads leave behing ie bits of hair and fluf from carpets ::)

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: DK on June 20, 2009, 03:22:51 pm

We go to the launderette every friday with about 50/60 pads, they wash them on high temp which is good and clean, partner doesnt allow to wash at home.

David
Dry Fusion(Scotland)

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: gordon fraser on June 20, 2009, 11:19:20 pm

Hi i agree with Clinton its best to run the machine after washing pads but don't run empty the water will lie at bottom of drum and only splash as the paddles in the drum go around.Put an old towel in the drum,this will drag the water up the sides of the drum giving a better cleaning action     Gordon

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: Tony Gill Carpet Smart on June 20, 2009, 11:27:00 pm

50/60 PADS THATS A SHED LOAD OF MONEY :o :o :o :o be worth robbing the launderette ;D ;D

CHEERS TONY

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: jasonl on June 21, 2009, 08:36:15 pm

i have always boil washed them for the past 16 years , no problems in domestic house machine ,, at times I have had a separate machine in the garage.

Title: Re: washing bonnet pads
Post by: Neil Williams on June 21, 2009, 10:29:12 pm

I don't like doing it in all reality but I use the house washing machine (well the business did buy it!). I never put more than 6 in at a time.
As for the colour, well they have lost their whiteness but it doesn't effect their ability to work so I put up with it.