[JS2]

Colleagues

I've been looking at the rave reviews of Oscillating Pad (OP) machines on the US sites, supported by claims that some have even given up their truck-mounts for this approach (or at least offered OP as their front-line method).  It's hard to believe that these claims are realistic; perhaps marketing ??  Is terry-towel bonneting possibly this good ?

Regards

Pete (JS2)

[Len Gribble]

Pete

Don’t take what the American say as gospel  :(have interment knowledge of how they think nice people any way)

Dose the OP machine work on the same principle as the OS (orbital sander)

Len

[carpet guy]

Yes Len it does, I first bought one ( imported ) about 10 years agom but it was too light. They've com a long way since then.

rob m

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Good evening Robert

Do you think that OP is more of a skill than HWE cleaning?

Shaun

[carpet guy]

Absolutely not it's simple to use  and easy to manouvre the only difficulty might be the weight of the machine, but, they have a 15 " commercial machine, which is heavy enough to do a decent job and lifting / moving techniques can be learned.

The o/p machine is also much easier than a rotary as it doesn't have the tendency to leap away from the operator

[Mike Halliday]

I think we've got to remember that the majority of carpets in the USA are manmade fibres which will respond to bonnet systems. I have a 17inch orbital machine which I've tried to use but the results are the same as a normal rotary, but it is definitely harder to use, the rotary (once you get used to it) glides without effort, with the orbital you have to physically push or pull it

Mike

[carpet guy]

Are the majority of carpets in the UK not man made's also ? I understand what you're saying about the effort required, but I think the effort required in stopping a rotary from running amock is greater and slight pressure on either side will cause a change of direction.

The main difference, is the same as you get with an orbital sander, compared to a rotary sander, one will rip through the finish and into the metal, gouging as it goes, the other can be held, or moved slowly without damage, but still doing the same job.

What I wondered , is, does a larger soft white pad that would emulate the Cimex system exist, that could be very interesting.

rob m

[Len Gribble]

I found the OP to be a beast to use; it only wanted to go one way even if you slightly pushed the handle down, where with a rotary you have more control (with training)

In defence the machine it did the job or was it the cleaning agent (one-step)

Has any one tried an OP on stripping?

Rob

Gouging can/will occur if tipped no matter what rotational machine.

Len