[alticry]

Starting up soon and a lady who gets her carpets cleaned on a regular basis told me that the best advice she could give as a customer was a fair price and to leave the carpets as dry as possible.

Is more vacum time the best way to do this or does anyone use a drying machine for this purpose.?

Also is a sebo duo good for agitation of carpets?

[markpowell]

There is so many things that affect drying times, one of the main things is the climate and humidity at the time of the clean, the customer can affect the drying times by making sure of good ventilation, keep windows open a little etc once you have gone home.
How many times have you gone into a job, the radiators are on full and all the windows are closed. And they thinkl they are helping you
Make sure your vac on your machine is working to its full potential, make sure all the hoses are in tact(No splits or loose cuffs) the seal on the dirty water tank is in good condition if your a porty user.
And finally only put down the minimum of water you need to do the job and plenty of dry passes.
You can install airmovers and dryers if you wish, to be honest i do use them on suites but hardly ever on carpets.
Mark

[alticry]

Thanks Mark

[clinton]

Why dont you dont have a go on your own mate just to see how you get on

[dryasabone]

Alticry,
Forget Wet !!
Dry-as-a-bone.co.uk is a forward thinking 21st century company do not waste your money!
DRY is the only way forward !
Open your mind .
WFP cleaning windows is the way as well .
Do not listen to tradistionalists.

[Jim_77]

A better piece of advice:  Don't listen to any one person.

Even better advice than that: Don't be gullible enough to fall for the ridiculous way that "dry" systems are marketed.

[gwrightson]

            


Better still , just give it a good vac

geoff
ps. responce to d/a/bone

[Andrew Briscoe]

Hi Paul,(Alticry) hope you got a good deal on new machine. i  used the system
mentioned by dry bone, used it in 1989,
gave it up and started doing quality work and top job in 1990 !!!!!!!!!
only good thing was the TM4 agitation machine, excellent for agitation,
as you will recall the day you went out with my tech, we used a similar machine.
It was the envirodri machine, however it has never seen dry granular compound in its life.
Regards
Andrew

[dryasabone]

Jim,
How can "Dry " be classed as gullible marketing when it is sold in over 60 countries ?
Would you honestly allow somebody to soak your woolen carpet ?
I refer to the shiners section and their posts are always inovative and forward thinking ,
All I am saying is 10yrs ago the internet was a silly idea.

[markpowell]

Dryasabone,
These are the facts:
1.Dry cleaning will not remove water based stains.
2.Dry cleaning will not give the same result as HWE.
3.Dry cleaning will not clean as deep as HWE.
4.Dry cleaning is only good for cleaning Sissal, seagrass, saying that the results are not that good even in these cases.

It really is as simple as that!!!
Mark

[dryasabone]

Mark,
I think that if you are brave enough, you should e-mail or write to Hostvonschrader with your observations and opinions of their product and share the response with all of us on this forum.
7 days maybe?
Can.t wait

[alticry]

Thanks to everyone for the advice. Did not want to start a fight though!

[Andrew Briscoe]

just about to say, lets not get away from Alticry asking for help.

a duo would be a start, i prefer my envirodri as it is bigger, and has a bit more weight with it.

however duois cheaper and as your just starting will do you till you can afford something better,

there are always lots available when dry boners realise grass is greener on the other side.

Keep asking the questions Alticry

regards
Andrew

[dryasabone]

dry boners ?
Is that a generic term for LOADS OF MONEY ?

[dryasabone]

I can tell you how to earn money !!

[markpowell]

Dear me 

[The Great One]

Dryasabone,
These are the facts:
1.Dry cleaning will not remove water based stains.
2.Dry cleaning will not give the same result as HWE.
3.Dry cleaning will not clean as deep as HWE.
4.Dry cleaning is only good for cleaning Sissal, seagrass, saying that the results are not that good even in these cases.

It really is as simple as that!!!
Mark

Sorry Mark, you post is mistaken, maybe you are confusing FibreDri (Prochem,solvent based system) with Host or EnviroDri.

I have been a sole Dry Cleaner for 5 years now, lost count of the number of water based stains that have shot out, even before I have put the sponges down (just pre spray)

With the dry I have done
Soot salvage
Pet Salvage
Student EOT
Pubs
Hotels
Resturants

Dry Cleaning is good for all carpets (I don't touch Sisal or Seagrass) it is not 'just a maintenance clean' it gives a good deep clean, smells great and is dry in about 1/2 an hour.

Although your comments are the general view in our world.

Regards

Martin

[Andrew Briscoe]

Mark,
I think that if you are brave enough, you should e-mail or write to Hostvonschrader with your observations and opinions of their product and share the response with all of us on this forum.
7 days maybe?
Can.t wait

I might write to them,
Dry, do they just make dry cleaning machines, or do they make hwe machines to "soak a wool carpet"

Regards
Andrew

[neil 47]

for all the dry cleaners

can you answer one question for me .

if dry is so good why is that the vast majority of HWE  guys on here have or had  a  lms but still preffer to pay thousands to run a truckmount or top end portable .


Maybe they know something you are denying  .

the thing that works for you dry guys are that you all come across as very good salesmen .

so dosen,t really matter what system you use it will always be the best to your customers

Good luck to you


Neil

[markpowell]

Dryasabone,
These are the facts:
1.Dry cleaning will not remove water based stains.
2.Dry cleaning will not give the same result as HWE.
3.Dry cleaning will not clean as deep as HWE.
4.Dry cleaning is only good for cleaning Sissal, seagrass, saying that the results are not that good even in these cases.

It really is as simple as that!!!
Mark

Sorry Mark, you post is mistaken, maybe you are confusing FibreDri (Prochem,solvent based system) with Host or EnviroDri.

I have been a sole Dry Cleaner for 5 years now, lost count of the number of water based stains that have shot out, even before I have put the sponges down (just pre spray)

With the dry I have done
Soot salvage
Pet Salvage
Student EOT
Pubs
Hotels
Resturants

Dry Cleaning is good for all carpets (I don't touch Sisal or Seagrass) it is not 'just a maintenance clean' it gives a good deep clean, smells great and is dry in about 1/2 an hour.

Although your comments are the general view in our world.

Regards

Martin

Martin,
Is the system you use Dry or low moisture, Dry cleaning will not remove water based stains!!
Mark