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envirodri V's burmatex headache
« on: May 16, 2011, 08:42:55 pm »
hi all please advise me on this problem?

i have just taken on a dry carpet cleaning business, and one of its customers have come to surface not happy.

they were called out to clean a glued down burmatex carpet to be dry cleaned, the guy put envirodri sponge down and started to use the host machine as normal, but the sponge refused to pick up. it wont come up with any vacume cleaner at all and the carpet is blue so the sponge is very visible. any ideas of how to even just clean the sponge up?

i havent seen it yet but i am going out to see it on thursday
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The Great One

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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 08:59:16 pm »
Hi

Which of the burmatex products is it, the carpet or the ribbed tiles or carpet?

have you tried a Sebo vac or a Kirby, they have beater bars othem to beat the carpet as you vac?

Burmatex themselves actually say to HWE their carpets

I have done similar carpet and tiles where it's just harder to extract the sponges, you just have to spend longer in one spot.

Martin 8)
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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 10:18:10 pm »
cheers martin
i think its the ribbed but will know for sure when i see it. would HWE bring out the sponges? its been vaced with the sebo bs36
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Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2011, 10:24:55 pm »
IMO HWE could make it worse, I would realistically vacuum is the only way, brush and vac and keep going.

Shaun
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The Great One

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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 06:48:44 am »
Hi

Did they vac while still damp or did they have the vac on the wrong setting (4 instead of 1)

It will obviously be bone dry now, like fine sand so it should come out, if it was still moist then it would be difficult to vac up.

Martin 8)
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The Great One

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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 12:14:34 pm »
Hi

been thinking on this today.

i would say give another brush over (no more product or spray) to loosen the now bone dry granuals, and then go back over it slowly with the sebo on setting 1, that should shift it all out.

It may be the airflow with the ribbed carpet is too great and maybe a kirby is needed?

Martin 8)
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John Kelly

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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2011, 03:57:10 pm »
Pull the vacuum cleaner back slowly, it does nothing much on the forward stroke.
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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2011, 07:32:48 pm »
cheers for all the info, i will see what the score is on thursday and go from there  ;)
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Re: envirodri V's burmatex headache
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2011, 10:27:22 pm »
hi there,
i have had a look at this carpet and its one of those pull out seating areas the sponge is stuck fast and had a go with a vac brush end and with some banging and patience looks like it will come up. its a smooth carpet and no real pile, very simalar to a car boot carpet. i have been offered the job to clean it so im guessing HWE?
cheers adam
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