[Joe H]

Got a tentative enquiry for cleaning what I believe to be Flotex carpet - its in a care home office.
Whats the best way of cleaning
I have machines - HWE, Texatherm, Envirodri with sponges

[Ken Wainwright]

Depending on the level of soiling, but presuming a worst case scenario:
Pre-vac
Brush dry with your Envirodri (black brushes preferred)
Vac again
Repeat as required
Prespray
Agitate with Enviro/black brush
HWE
Repeat from prespray if required.

With your wand, a glide will be beneficial, otherwise lift the handle a little to reduce the "lock-down effect" and give better airflow. Extra dry-only strokes as required.

Bonar recommend lots and lots of water, but be wary of any chipboard type fittings and furniture that could easily be damaged.

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

[Ian Rochester]

B**locks to that lot, we clean miles and miles of this every year, just HWE it with something like Formula 90, it cleans up like a dream.

I agree the wand does tend to cling to the flotex so you have to break the seal.

But honestly we have a contract for 9000m² of this every year and it cleans up on one pass.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I'd still recommend a pre spray first but if you are getting every year they must be happy so...

Shaun