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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

  • Posts: 70
first paying customer
« on: April 15, 2011, 10:08:00 pm »
Doing my first paying job in the morning.Stairs and hallway and lounge.Charging £70.
Light general soiling and will be using my powrflite 1085.
Has anybody got a preferance over microsplitters extreme synth prespray over multipro prespray.
Am using extraction plus aswell.
Wish me look  ::)


P.S all advice welcomed  ;D
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Jason Hedges

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 10:38:25 pm »
Add some more details about yourself mate you might get some replies.

All the best,
Jason.
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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 10:42:46 pm »
6 foot,ginger hair,medium build :-*

Posted before with general info about my start up.Didnt wat to bore ppl with t all again,cheers ben
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buggy

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 10:56:21 pm »
hi ben your multi pro and extraction plus will do the job fine i use prochem all the time dont rush ,take your time and good luck its a great buzz when you see your clean carpets...
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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 11:18:59 pm »
Cheers buggy, multi pro it is.will post tomorrow with how it goes ;D
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creighton foyle

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2011, 12:00:03 am »
think jason meant your profile shows nothing about you or where you come from fill that in properly and the regulars on here might feel inclined to give you more help/info
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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2011, 12:04:55 am »
My bad. Cheers matey, will update
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benny d

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2011, 08:49:27 am »
Quote from: buggy on April 15, 2011, 10:56:21 pm
its a great buzz when you see your clean carpets...

I've been looking forward to that day for years...
 ;D
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Jim_77

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2011, 09:21:49 pm »
Keep plugging away mate ;)  One day they'll bring out a version of 1001 that'll really do the biz for you :D
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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2011, 03:34:09 pm »
ended up using microsplitters and must say wasnt happy with the results. gotta get some power burst me thinks. Customer was happy enough and gave a ten pound tip too ;).The job did take longer than expected to but thats just down to my organisation which will get better over time.hay ho ::)
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Paul W Jones

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2011, 05:06:40 pm »
£10 tip on a £70 job, don't get used to that!!  I did a job last Saturday morning for £196, customer paid in cash and gave me....£196!  Nice enough though for a Saturday morning.  Best of luck for the future though.
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cleanable

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2011, 05:16:28 pm »
Quote from: bungalow ben on April 17, 2011, 03:34:09 pm
ended up using microsplitters and must say wasnt happy with the results. gotta get some power burst me thinks. Customer was happy enough and gave a ten pound tip too ;).The job did take longer than expected to but thats just down to my organisation which will get better over time.hay ho ::)

Don't waste your money on stocking your van out with lots of different chems, you don't need them despite what some might say on here.

Maybe if you had hit it hard with a high ph powder or pre-spray ie F90, powerburst, top grade (craftex), let it dwell for about 15 mins then extracted you would have got a better result.

Good luck next time.
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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2011, 05:25:35 pm »
That wat my problem was a good prespray.Used microsplitters.Could have done with something stronger.Struggled with wear marks in front of sofa but did say i might.Showed her the muck in the waist and the dog hairs in the filter(the dog died 8 years ago) and she was more than happy ;D

cheers again for the replies
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garry22

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2011, 05:30:46 pm »
What did you use to agitate the microsplitters?
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cleanable

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2011, 05:37:16 pm »
Quote from: bungalow ben on April 17, 2011, 05:25:35 pm
That wat my problem was a good prespray.Used microsplitters.Could have done with something stronger.Struggled with wear marks in front of sofa but did say i might.Showed her the muck in the waist and the dog hairs in the filter(the dog died 8 years ago) and she was more than happy ;D

cheers again for the replies

If it was an all man-made fibre and it hasn't been cleaned for a very long time or not at all, then the dirt & grit will wear away at the fibres (particuly in traffic areas) and over time the fibres may loose colour. This will become more evident after the cleaning process. You need to explain to the custy that that may occur.
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BEN DAVISON CLEANING

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2011, 05:58:32 pm »
I'm just using a manual brush. Bloody hard work.Don't think the carpet had ever been cleaned.I think I defo should have used a stronger pre spray. Not a problem, learned alot from the job so I'm happy  :)
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Colin Day

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2011, 06:32:14 pm »
If you aren't getting the required results with M/S, "Soluboost" is good at giving it a kick.... It's important that M/S is mechanically agitated and given a good dwell time.

Eventually you will have your old faithful chemicals that you can always rely on, but we all have our favourites.... :)
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Jim_77

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2011, 01:07:12 am »
"First paying customer" but then you're blaming products ???  With respect, can you really question the ability of certain products at this stage in your career?

Experience is the key, and you can't be knocked for not having it because we all have to start somewhere :)

I think the most important thing is always trying to improve yourself and follow best practice, which results in experience.  When you're experienced you know exactly what result to expect from every single carpet you clean.  So don't beat yourself up, it might have just been one of those that wouldn't have got much better.
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cleanable

Re: first paying customer
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2011, 12:12:23 pm »

....or bad wanding technique  ::)
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garybristow

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Re: first paying customer
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2011, 03:52:28 pm »
prespray with multi pro,extract with fibre & fabric rinse both pro chem products .you will get a great result  99% of the time.Not convinced with this micro splitter shi ;D
Gary Bristowclean
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