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scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2006, 07:07:49 pm »
thats it! a sorta patchy brown haze!

gort

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2006, 07:19:41 pm »
Just follow the instructions on the side of the tub put it in your water tank with the water nothing else and rinse. You must always do this when cleaning white or off white carpets with a dute backing

John_Flynn

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2006, 10:06:41 pm »
Apply browning Solution mixed at correct measured dilution (DO NOT GUESS) with sprayer and let DWELL as per instructions, the dwell time is when it works.

Then extract with water.
I get better looking each day!!

scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2006, 11:34:35 pm »
so...it dosnt go in the tank then?...heavy spray, or same as pre-spray?

John_Flynn

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #24 on: January 14, 2006, 11:48:11 pm »
Follow the instruction on the container and measure the amount used in dilution as stated DO NOT GUESS !!!
I get better looking each day!!

scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2006, 02:41:20 am »
got an off-cut...will clean and see what happens,....then treat with browming prescription, and see what happens...

scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2006, 02:43:20 am »
Newbies...
Take note:  This will probably happen to you one day....so...live and learn.

mark_lane

Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2006, 03:50:42 am »
Hi Scott
Even though i think woodbridge are a very  good company to deal with,imo the powerplus is not man enough for heavy duty cleaning as it can only give out 70 to 100 psi max, i would look to upgrade when fin ances allow if possible.
                   cheers mark

carpetclean

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2006, 07:11:13 am »
hi mark i understand what you are saying about the psi but dont you think the vacuum is the more important factor here not more psi!!? with respect
NCCA   IICRC


name peter reed

John_Flynn

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2006, 07:44:35 am »
I use to use a Ninja with 50psi and never had any problems!!!
I get better looking each day!!

carpetclean

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2006, 08:20:35 am »
john just sent you email
NCCA   IICRC


name peter reed

scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2006, 12:15:34 pm »
oh mark
Dont tell me youre one of these truck mount guys looking down on us again :-\ ...Im not using a karcher..then youd worry... ;)

mark_lane

Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2006, 03:05:41 pm »
Hi Scott
I used to have a  powerplus , the water lift is good  and it has nice inbuilt heater ,it is just  the psi pressure i don't think is up to the rest of the machine imo ,psi and vacuum are both important.and i do not have a truckmount.Scott i was only suggesting this because it could be an additional cause to your wicking problem where you do not have enough psi to dislodge compact soil that could lay at the bottom of the pile.No offense meant.
              cheers mark

scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2006, 03:25:15 am »
mark
I was only kidding..non taken mate....I see what you mean, however the pre-spraying and aggitation process, surely is the key to this, and that said, the psi should not be such a critical factor....I think if you a 100 psi machine alongside a higher rating, you wouldnt notice much of a difference...maybe I'm wrong...

scott.

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2006, 03:27:16 am »
Here's a weird one....try to get that off cut to wick up...by chucking hot water on it...will it ! will it bugger!
When you want it to go wrong, it wont!! ;D

Doug Holloway

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #35 on: January 16, 2006, 07:36:06 am »
Scott,

Try using a highly alkaline solution say , twice the concentration you would use in your tank.

Cheers

Doug

Graeme@Access

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2006, 08:11:49 am »
Hi Scott,

I was wondering what the carpet is constructed from?

I take it the face fibre is synthetic? (as you used traffic clean), but what is the backing made of and what type of carpet is it?

Cheers

Graeme
Access Cleaning Solutions

mark_lane

Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2006, 09:30:07 am »
Hi scott
I found when i used to have a powerplus, i used to get the odd wicking problem especially if there was a  drinks spillallage which made me look into the causes . I use around 250 to 300 psi  now, which i find you get a deeper clean with less wet passes  and be drier as a result ,i would like to add using a higher psi   means you would  use a faster wand action on the wet passes so you do not saturate the fibres  and have suitable waterlift and airflow .
                                cheers mark               

mark_lane

Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #38 on: January 16, 2006, 10:00:52 am »
Hi John
Why did you feel the need to invest in a truckmount when you didn't have any problems with the ninja using 50 psi ???

John_Flynn

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Re: off-white carpet
« Reply #39 on: January 16, 2006, 10:51:24 am »
Because I wanted to give my customers a better clean and make life easier for myself.

I said "I had no problems with the Ninja" I did NOT say "It was the best".
I get better looking each day!!