[garyfindlay]

Anyone had any trouble with the velcro coming off the back of the minitex holder. Phoned Texatherm and they suggested buying new holders, at a cost of £60, I might try something else first. Would carpet spray glue be strong enough?

[Simon Gerrard]

Gary,

Just had the very same problem and used a solvent glue to fix it.

Simon

[Derek_Walker]

I got rid of the velcro on mine, and made them fit onto the machine like you would a normal bonnet machine.

[garyfindlay]

Can you explain more. How to you get the brush to stay on, for example.

[Carpet Genie]

Was thinking about buying one of these for a big pub upholstery job i've got on soon - sounds like they've got a design flaw - can anyone let me know what the problem is with them.

Thanks.

[garyfindlay]

Mike,
The brushes and pad board have velcro glued and stappled onto them that sticks to the machine. When changing pads over a period of time the velcro starts to peel off. You could use an oreck for your big job.

[C Phillips]

Mine came off last month, quite annoying in middle of job all I could do is staple it back on with one of those Heavy duty staplers) around the edges. Seems to have done the job - for now.

Chris

[Neil Williams]

Used to own a minitex so I can't believe they had a perfectly good driveplate on it and then changed it to velcro.

[Carpet Genie]

Oreck seems a bit big to use on upholstery - anyone else got any other ideas?

Thanks.

[pncleaning]

With my  blue minitex i have problems seperating the velcro from the plate/brushes etc. When i went to texatherm in wsm to buy a stair brush for it even their engineer commented how well it holds on to the brushes  as it took him ages to take the stair brush back off

Paul

[Amethyst]

Exactly the same experience! glued the velcro back on more than once - I tend to leave it behind now as its becoming more trouble than its worth. Use a small CFR machine instead unless its a larger job when its HWE. Was beginning to think I'd got a duff Minitex but obviously not!

[Derek_Walker]

I drilled out the base plate with 3 elongated holes, and then screwed 3 high tensile bolts into the brushes and pad holder. All I have to do now is locate the holes and twist into place, much easier.

[Amethyst]

That sounds like a good fix Derek, think I'll give that a go!

[Carpet Genie]

Bought the Minitex afterwards and used it today on a pub - absolutely fantatsic. Been struggling for years agitating upholstery by hand. Never again.

The Minitex was excellent - don;t know it's been altered but on the drive plate theres a bolt that fits into a hole on the machine which seems to help it stick together.  Seems fine but time will tell if the velcro starts to give way.

[garyfindlay]

Derek, have you any pictures of your mod?

[Amethyst]

As a follow up to this, I peeled off the velcro from the backing plate and guess what! 3 elongated holes already there - only had to fix bolts into rear of pad holder etc and job done. So must have been how the pads were held on originally. The locating hole/velcro fix will be ok until the velcro starts to come away!