[markpowell]

I currently use the IK9 Sprayer from GPS, I am looking to replace a couple of units and would like your advice on the best ones out there, i dont want to know the cheapest but the best please!
Cheers Mark

[Joe H]

Mark
If you looking for a sprayer to use in conjunction with your new truck mount I would get the Hydraforce.
When Clinton came to have a play with my Scorpion and tm he was gobsmacked at how quick an area can be sprayed - and with a bit of force too, ie read agitation!
They are expensive, about £180 - pity really Paul Asworth had one for sale until yesterdays ccdo (£75)

[Darren O]

Ive been using the Hudson 18 litre electric sprayer its brilliant a bit big and bulky but you dont have to mess about pumping it up also still on the first charge and had it over a month.

[derek west]

hydraforce every time mark. it changed my life and knocks 15 to 20 mins off a 3 bed house with a better prespray thats hot so more effective.
derek

[markpowell]

Cheers Guys, i will look at the Hydraforce.
I am changing just about all my kit at the moment, i will let you know how i get on.
Mark

[Jamie James]

Is there any reason for spending alot of money on a sprayer?
I only ask as use a garden sprayer from B&Q just wondering.

Jamie

[robert meldrum]

James

It's about productivity, time management, efficiency, but...........to get the benefit, you need to be busy enough otherwise you're just using more product than you probably need to.

Even prespraying with water can have a surprising effect

[derek west]

james
when i first started i went straight to b n q for a sprayer £9.99 or something like that, waste of money mate, buy a decent one and save time, i could spray a whole 3 bed house before youve done 1 carpet with a hydraforce and put twice as much down, don't throw your b n q ones away though, there good for regular spotters or odour control substances. get a decent sprayer and see the benefits.
derek

[from edge2edge]

Derek do they attach to your machine.I assume they would do the same on a large portable too.regards Alan in sunny swindon

[from edge2edge]

Just found the alltec link and it loooks like a must have piece of kit Alan (swindon)

[derek west]

yeah alan, straight on to the solution hose, could have 1000 psi pre spray if i wanted but i wouldn't advise it
i prespray at 200 to 300 psi with very hot water, does the job, sure it would work on a portable but you'd use a fair bit of your water, still be quicker than standard pre spraying though and with a heater your getting hot prespray down.
derek

[robert meldrum]

Many modern products require spraying the product in a mist followed by a dwell time or / and agitation followed by rinse / extraction with or without a rinsing agent .

Overspraying prespray can be wasteful potentially damaging if not fully rinsed out.

Using sledgehammers to crack nuts is very very rarely necessary.

[Joe H]

Your right what you say Robert.
The knack with the hydraforce is to keep moving the wand at a brisk pace so you cover everywhere but not overly.
Benefit of the HF is that the prespray is after the pump - be it a TM or porty your using. No pump contamination.
Rinse with clean water - good for the pump, good for the carpet. Less residue of cleaning fluid left in carpet. Good selling point especially if you are still backwards at coming forward and you use detergents 

[clinton]

Mark

Must say i did like the hydraforce joe had and was suprised how quick an area you could cover

[derek west]

i don't use my hydraforce for upholstery, got an orion for that, and i certainly dont overspray, i'm just trying to explain how efficient and fast it can be.
derek

[clinton]

Derek

Where did you get your sprayer from

cheers

[derek west]

cleansmart, got 2, think they were £50 + each. the hydra force i got free with the truckmount, 1 head and 2 containers.
derek