[Alan_Harrison]

I'm looking to get an additional machine for rug cleaning. It has to cope with the heavy Chinese superwashed rugs. Often with these pastel coloured rugs the soiling goes quite deep and after cleaning, in certain lights you can see  the dirt just below the surface. I'm looking for the most effective machine I can get. The Eclipse and Recoil are obvious contenders also the CFR 1000 psi. What about installing a truck mount unit in my workshop? Would a truck mount give a better result? I'd like to be able to clean using a conventional wand rather than a hand tool to save time so the power is important.

Alan

[Mike Halliday]

Alan a T/m would give you the power you want but what about the noise & carbon-monoxide risk.

you  could plumb it directly into the water supply and then you'd only need a waste tank.

I've got some truckmounts for sale

Mike

[jmj]

I run a cfr 1000 psi altra, using this in conjunction with a hand tool ( which can be used at upto 500 psi) gives fantastic results.You can also use the wand if needed but the handtool does give a more controlled job.Barry Pearce seems to be the expert in the field, ask him for advice.

joe

[jmj]

I'm sorry i should also of put Steve Carpenter forward as an expert to speak to, having seen him clean rugs in the past.

joe

[Alan_Harrison]

Thanks for your replys

I think I could plumb in a truck unit quite easily. What would the advantage be? I've never even seen a truckmount set up let alone used one.

Alan

[Karl Wildey]

Seems a large expense to clean just rugs, unless you are cleaning loads of rugs. I think the Americans use the tm for extraction only, you have to be ware of the higher pressure from the solution can damage the pile on chinese rugs (deep pile).
I use a portable, have a tm and clean lots of rugs.

[Barry Pearce]

Alan.
I can well understand having variouse types of equipment, I have tried many different ideas myself like reducing the head down too 3 x 1 cm and ajusting the spray, even a wand head into a hand tool (and it still wasn't any good for uphostery) but have always gone back to the hand tool with an aperture of about 9 x 2cm, its more responsive to dig in, push and pull agitation, multipul passes and in paricular on carved surfaces, in the workroom all the cleaning is on a 1.25m high  3m x 3m table with 1m slope with a drop of 35cm towards me so the surface is as near vertical as practical, the responce and movement is immediate.
Barry

[therapist]

I can't think of any reason for this post, other than  to start a T/M  v Portable debate.

I you have no knowledge of T/M's and are genuinely referring to Chinese rugs, where do you think you're going to get enough business to justify such expense,

I notice you claim to specialise in this type of cleaning, so what are you doing at the moment?

The recommended way to clean such rugs, is by using a flat bed cleaner  of which I only know of two in the country.

The rugs are placed pile down on a agitating rack which gets rid of the loose and dry soiling, then I think they're totally immersed and ventualy dried on a pole system with controlled air flow.

Costs about £200 plus

Otherwise, they will clean quite effectively with one of the  high powered portables using a CFR or similar hand tool

r m

Just noticed