Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on March 14, 2010, 03:20:18 pm
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Anybody use the Drimaster tool?
Would like one but the price is a bit off putting @ £400 + the dreaded.
Anywhere cheaper?
What amount of water do they go through at 400 psi?
Watching the videos they look the dog's so might have to splash out.
I am a Yorkshireman don't forget.
John
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you don't need 400psi with the drimaster, i use mine at around 200psi and its more than enough.
@400psi i'd empty my 60gallon tank in about 40 mins, thats a rough guess though.
for me the drimaster is like a barclay card, i wouldn't leave home without one. ;D
i have got the right card an i ???
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John
I’m of Jewish origin Passover in two weeks ;), so take a back seat ;D, got my cfr a lot cheaper and it’s metal ;)
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Len - is right, the CFR a lot cheaper.
You can get a 5" head plus the conversion hose for £310
a 3" head is an extra £160
All prices plus VAT, and that applies to the£400 for the drimaster.
CFR is really a good tool and with the different size heads makes it very versatile.
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Are they the same thing only different name or do they differ in some ways re - cleaning not looks.
John
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60 gallon in 40 minutes is a lot of water.
Anybody use them successfully with a Porty?
John
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I use the Drimaster hand tool with my PowrFlite porty. I have to turn the pressure down to about 100psi and only use half to two thirds throttle on the drimaster valve, and I still go through approx 60 litres to clean a 3 piece suite.
I also have the CFR hand tool, but I prefer the Drimaster in most cleaning situations. It leaves the upholstery drier also.
Pete
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There's a second hand one on eBay;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220568037055&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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between £180 and £200 it'll go for. thats my guess. bargain.
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CFR handtools
http://www.amtechuk.biz/hand_tools.php
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Wasn't that one on e bay couple of weeks back Derek, think you posted it??
John
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yeah same one john, think he put it at £150 starting bid and it didn't get a bid, be interesting to see if it goes over £150 now he's dropped the starting price which gets people interested in the first place.
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Might go for it.
You reckon it's a bargain Derek?
Suppose @ £400 new it is really.
Sorry £470 with the dreaded.
John
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Hi Guys
I have it and like Derek usually use it at 200, sometimes 300.
It does use a lot of water but also leaves the suite much drier than other tools.
I got mine in last years CCDO charity auction for 280, so a bargain I suppose.( Kindly donated by Hydramaster)
I'm thinking of getting the CFR as my new toy and see what it's like!
Cheers
Doug
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It’s funny my Prochem tm upholstery tool dose the same it cleans ouch £345 I can never get my head around drier/drying times ???.
Kleenrite is also a good tool think they are about £240 ;)
Got mine for £200quid 3” and 5” and a bloody long hose very versatile
E bay It’s got a cracking round the thread metal fugitive methinks but possible a bargain at nearly ½ price ??? ;D
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not sure i'd buy that one with the crack john, i'd post on the buy sell section on here, wanted drymaster tool. sure someone will have one for sale at around the 200 mark. the new one is out so there should be a few old ones knocking about.
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Hi Guys
Mine is the new one, Drimaster 2 I believe.
The one on ebay does look well used!
Cheers
Doug
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Derek
The crack is in the viewing panel which can easily be replaced.
Does look well used but still a decent price considering new price.
Take it that when you use one there is no need to sheet up as there is no overspray?
John
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Sheeting up is part of the performance, you can get golden globe and oscar nomination from your customer for it.
Shaun
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I've had a CFR 3" tool for about 5 years paid for its self over and over again ! Can't go wrong don't know about Drimaster but Hydramaster used to let you try before you buy!!!
joe
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I have both and much prefer the cfr for cleaning with but the drying time of the drimaster is far drier.
Shaun
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Well I won the bid £155 didn't think that a bad price.
John
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nice one john its a brilliant tool or in your case its a crackin tool, dya get it, crackin, crack in, the casing, awwww forget it.
you'll love it john
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I wouldn't have thought the drimaster penetrates as deep as a CFR tool though, isn't it literally a horizontal flow of water?
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Cheers Derek.
Will order new viewing plate and try it out.
John
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John don't worry about the viewing window unless it is leaking.
You will love it though brilliant tool.
Tony
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The DriMaster II (yeah the new version) will use about 1.1 US gallon per minute (about 4.16 ltrs)on OPEN flow at 350 psi. It will also handle 1000 psi if you happen to have a dual wand unit that has one chap cleaning tile and the other wants to do upholstery.
easy way to tell the difference. Original driMaster has a flow valve at the end of the quick connect and an on/off valve on the handle. The DriMaster two has one protected valve, NOT a square shaped grip handle and does have dual swivels.
Hope that helps.......Steve
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Cheers for that Steve. It's the old one looking at it.
One of the reasons I bought 2nd hand was to see how the Porty copes with the
water demand from the tool, as in how long it takes before empty.
Probably use it at 250 and see how long a set amount of water lasts.
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150 is plenty john, seriously. your only rinsing presprayand soil, thats if you clean this way,
light spray of deterge, quick scrub with brush and then acidic rinse extract, shimples
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That's me Derek, pre-spray, agitate, dwell and extract.
If heavy soiling pre-spray, dwell, agitate, light pre-spray again dwell and extract.
Going to try using M Power for pre-spray, just hot water rinse required then no
solutions required. Or so I'm told.
John
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John
M-Power and Nemesis are good for upholstery cleaning as they are for carpet cleaning.
However, when things are a dirty you do need something a bit stronger.
So if you get a minger dont expect MP or Nem to work wonders.
I tend to use them, but on bad ones or head/hands areas I mist over with HD microsplitter and a bit more brushing.
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i'm right off microsplitters, to me they are second or third option if things arnt going to plan, which usually they do.
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Mist over with HD after the M Power and agitation Joe?
Was going to get some HD as well.
John
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Yes, prespray your MP, agitate, dwell, then just before you extract, mist over with HD, agitate and then extract.
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Derek the reason you may be using so much water is that you have so much vac that the solution is getting taken away too quickly (I experimented with this) try a higher psi.
Shaun
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Derek the reason you may be using so much water is that you have so much vac that the solution is getting taken away too quickly (I experimented with this) try a higher psi.
Shaun
youve lost me, complete whooooooosh ;D must get me one of them holidays in that place that gets deleted on here and replaced with sidio ;D
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I may have skipped a post or 2 ;D
You said that 150 psi is enough to rinse with but also you said that you go through lots of water a higher psi will get more water to the tip therefore cleaning requires less 'cleaning' passes.
Shaun
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Yes, prespray your MP, agitate, dwell, then just before you extract, mist over with HD, agitate and then extract.
Can we for once get away from the expenses scandal at the Palace of Westminster and what we would like to do to our representatives?
Oh, sorry, wrong thread.
I digress-ignore me-back to upholstery tools.
Roger
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Joe which HD microsplitter do you use?
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Solutions Cornwall HD £29.40 for 10 litres and 1:16 to 1:80 dilution, so it goes a long way.