[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

Can anyone tell me how much powder to mix to make 5liter concentrate for use in hydrosprayer. The label only gives mix quantities for 5 litre ready to use in traditional pump up sprayer.

I know what you gonna say... just mix it 8 times stronger as gets diluted 1-8 with inline hydrosprayer. Well if you look at the powerburst label, that is mixed 1 scoop (15ml) per litre of ready to use, but with inline sprayer it is only 3 scoops (45ml) per litre concentrate. (That is not 8 times stronger)

[Jim_77]

Hi Mick, for your average job use the weakest end of the stated recommended dose and times it by 8.  Does the job brilliantly. (easy numbers to remember: works out at 100g per 1 litre of water in your hydroforce container)

I have tried to mix it up according to the strongest stated dilution but it simply won't go into solution at 8x strength... you end up with loads of sludge at the bottom of the bucket that simply won't dissolve no matter how much time and stirring you give it.

I've managed to get it mixed up a bit stronger when needed though, maybe 150g per litre in the container).  You need to use warm but not too hot water otherwise you'll kill the enzyme; leaving it a while to dissolve works best so requires a bit of advanced planning

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

Thanks for the info Jim. I did not realise it contained enzymes. I usually mix up powerburst 45 scoops as my sprayer is adustable. This lasts me ages, spoke to Prochem and they said it was OK to do that with it.

Do you reckon I will be able to do this with shockwave, or will it be no good because of the enzymes. Does this kind of spray have a short life span once mixed?

[Jim_77]

I would imagine you'd get the best out of it when fresh.  However it isn't completely reliant on the enzymatic action seems as it's <1% enzyme... so unless you've got the grottiest, mankyest indian restaurant to clean then a stock solution several days old would work fine I'd think.

45 scoops, must take all day! Get a bigger scoop!!

Seriously though, the smaller the scoop the bigger the room for error when measuring out a lot in one go.  Both shockwave and SPM weigh the same in grams as their volume in ml so you can use a bigger measuring cup.  Saves a lot of time and will be much more accurate.  I've got one of those large 50ml measure scoops too which is handy, just a larger version of the one that comes with powerburst etc..

P.S. When I've used it on mingers I've also add a healthy dose of oxidiser into the mix as well, seems to work very well.

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

I like Citra boost. Do you think that Citra boost and Shockwave are compatible? What oxidiser do you add?

[Jamie Pearson]

Perhaps you won't need the boosters. What do you normally use them with?

[Jim_77]

Currently use chemspec energiser but can't say I've noticed any difference between the several available (in performance terms).

Don't know about the citra boost, never used it and know nothing about it

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

Well first day using Shockwave and ... well it is good stuff. As a Powerbust user I can honestly say I think that Shockwave gives a better resulr and found it easier to rinse out. I find it left far less spots that if using powerburst.

[brianbarber]

Who sells shockwave?

And jim, what's the SP with adding oxidising agent? And what oxidising agent you use?

Thanks in advance

Mr B

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Let me think Jim uses it mmmmmm WOC 

[Jim_77]

Solution sell it Brian.  And although there is no official indication as to whether or not it can/should be used in conjunction with an oxidiser, I have only done so a couple of times and that was on the most horrendous carpets ever.  My view is that, on its own, it is more than capable on 99% of jobs you'd encounter.

[Simon Gerrard]

This is what Shockwave can do. During this job we were switching from SW to PB to check for any differences, there  wasn't.

Also shows what a Sapphire Scientific tool can do even in extreme circumstances.

Simon

[Russ Chadd]

This is what Shockwave can do. During this job we were switching from SW to PB to check for any differences, there  wasn't.

Also shows what a Sapphire Scientific tool can do even in extreme circumstances.

Simon

Nice work Simon! would you like to expand on your method? tell us the prep work involved and the type of surface you are cleaning?

Very impressive!

[Simon Gerrard]

Hi Russ,
Impressive indeed and very rewarding to be able to do.
These are some car ferries we every year in France. The client had tried a number of cleaners but none could get the desired result and it was either a case of finding someone that could do it or replace the entire restaurant area upholtsery, at a cost of £60K.
Each unit is pre-spray with Shockwave in advance of the guy doing the cleaning. It is then re-spray just prior to cleaning and hand scrubbed. This picture let's you see the sheer volume of soil.

[Simon Gerrard]

It is then extracted with a Sapphire Scientific tool being fed by a Titan 875 at 230 degrees  

[Simon Gerrard]

The base unit is then re-spray, re-scrubbed and extracted in order to make sure we've obtained the best possible result and to ensure an even colour match with the less dirty seat back.
This picture was taken on a different ship (there are three of them) but the soil conditions were exactly the same. The carpet had also be cleaned with Shockwave at this stage.

Simon

[Russ Chadd]

Wow thats a serious set up you have Simon! great results by the way mate!

Here is something i shot a few weeks back using Shockwave...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bc9jLPxXL8&hd=1

[Fintan_Coll]

Very impressed, Simon. Wish I could get a really grimy job like that to put Shockwave through it's paces as I seem to be only cleaning ''clean'' items at the moment.

[Simon Gerrard]

Fintan,
You don't need extreme circumstances like that to put Shockwave, or any other chemical through its paces. This is a job we did at sea on a cruise ship with portable machines. This in a 24 hour restaurant that gets some serious use but the fabric is never allowed to get as dirty but do get quite stained and on vibrant colour fabrics it is going to be a challenge to any system to get them looking good. This was the first time we'd use SW and the end result was perfection.

Simon

[Simon Gerrard]

At the other end of the spectrum a different problem, light coloured fabric, very heavy use and yet needs to be made to look good in some very tight maintenance windows.