[Shaun_Ashmore]

I have both and much prefer the cfr for cleaning with but the drying time of the drimaster is far drier.

Shaun

[JandS]

Well I won the bid   £155   didn't think that a bad price.

John

[derek west]

nice one john its a brilliant tool or in your case its a crackin tool, dya get it, crackin, crack in, the casing, awwww forget it.

you'll love it john

[Adam Fearnley]

I wouldn't have thought the drimaster penetrates as deep as a CFR tool though, isn't it literally a horizontal flow of water?

[JandS]

Cheers Derek.

Will order new viewing plate and try it out.
John

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

John don't worry about the viewing window unless it is leaking.
You will love it though brilliant tool.

Tony

[SteveGPoulos]

The DriMaster II (yeah the new version) will use about 1.1 US gallon per minute (about 4.16 ltrs)on OPEN flow at 350 psi. It will also handle 1000 psi if you happen to have a dual wand unit that has one chap cleaning tile and the other wants to do upholstery.
easy way to tell the difference. Original driMaster has a flow valve at the end of the quick connect and an on/off valve on the handle. The DriMaster two has one protected valve, NOT a square shaped grip handle and does have dual swivels.

Hope that helps.......Steve

[JandS]

Cheers for that Steve. It's the old one looking at it.
One of the reasons I bought 2nd hand was to see how the Porty copes with the
water demand from the tool, as in how long it takes before empty.
Probably use it at 250 and see how long a set amount of water lasts.

[derek west]

150 is plenty john, seriously. your only rinsing presprayand soil, thats if you clean this way,

light spray of deterge, quick scrub with brush and then acidic rinse extract, shimples

[JandS]

That's me Derek, pre-spray, agitate, dwell and extract.
If heavy soiling pre-spray, dwell, agitate, light pre-spray again dwell and extract.
Going to try using M Power for pre-spray, just hot water rinse required then no
solutions required. Or so I'm told.

John

[Joe H]

John
M-Power and Nemesis are good for upholstery cleaning as they are for carpet cleaning.
However, when things are a dirty you do need something a bit stronger.
So if you get a minger dont expect MP or Nem to work wonders.
I tend to use them, but on bad ones or head/hands areas I mist over with HD microsplitter and a bit more brushing.

[derek west]

i'm right off microsplitters, to me they are second or third option if things arnt going to plan, which usually they do.

[JandS]

Mist over with HD after the M Power and agitation Joe?
Was going to get some HD as well.

John

[Joe H]

Yes, prespray your MP, agitate, dwell, then just before you extract, mist over with HD, agitate and then extract.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Derek the reason you may be using so much water is that you have so much vac that the solution is getting taken away too quickly (I experimented with this) try a higher psi.

Shaun

[derek west]

Derek the reason you may be using so much water is that you have so much vac that the solution is getting taken away too quickly (I experimented with this) try a higher psi.

Shaun

youve lost me, complete whooooooosh must get me one of them holidays in that place that gets deleted on here and replaced with sidio

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I may have skipped a post or 2

You said that 150 psi is enough to rinse with but also you said that you go through lots of water a higher psi will get more water to the tip therefore cleaning requires less 'cleaning' passes.

Shaun

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Yes, prespray your MP, agitate, dwell, then just before you extract, mist over with HD, agitate and then extract.

Can we for once get away from the expenses scandal at the Palace of Westminster and what we would like to do to our representatives?

Oh, sorry, wrong thread.

I digress-ignore me-back to upholstery tools.

Roger

[Adam Fearnley]

Joe which HD microsplitter do you use?

[Joe H]

Solutions Cornwall HD  £29.40 for 10 litres and 1:16 to 1:80 dilution, so it goes a long way.