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    Posted: 13/November/2023 at 12:40pm
Many carpet cleaning professionals integrate encapsulation into their toolkit, especially for specific scenarios. It could be an excellent addition, particularly for commercial projects or maintenance cleaning. However, understanding its strengths and limitations is crucial for making informed decisions tailored to each unique carpet cleaning situation.

Whether it's the right choice for you depends on various factors.
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Hello all, Have been using encap. (Scotlabs FoamDry) products for approx. 1 month now. It's true... the carpets really do stay cleaner longer. Good 4 me as I am in charge of approx. 100,000 sq. ft of powerbond carpet in a Long Term Care Facility... not so good for the contractor.The product really does release into the vac bags..you can see it and the fact that I have already had to change my bag already proves this fact.Also, Scotlabs also makes an encap product for HWE as well. Have not yet had the opportunity to try it yet.... will report back when I do though.
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We run it through the trucks all the time, at least 60% of our jobs the DFC 105 is all we need, other than that we use a little pre spray in real soiled areas.

Our commercial cleaning division is now using only DFC 105 for our bonnet maintenance cleaning.

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I have been on the west coast for a couple of days and have talked to numerous people who have expressed complete satisfaction with DFC 105 with both the bonnet and encap machines out there.

Also talked with a fellow on the Island who has used it through truck mounts and is very pleased with his results

 

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The system is designed for commercial cleaning and can replace hwe in a lot of cases.  Originally designed as a better maintenance system, but worked so good that we do use it in apartments hallways and similar cases where setting up a truck unit or carrying water to a portable is a pain in the butt. We have a Brute OP machine so with the pads and a good encap product the results are amazing, we have been using the method only with Chemspec's DFC 105 and we are real pleased with the results. "Detergent Free Cleaning" no resoiling ever will be caused by this type of cleaning.

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I take it that is for maintaince cleaning and not regular cleaning??
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Originally posted by John L John L wrote:

Stay's cleaner longer... So you don't get the repeat business as often.....Angry ....  Hey... what a great concept....   Dead

Since most other cleaners use products that actually attract soil you will get business cleaning their mess-ups since people will talk about your methods allowing carpet to stay cleaner longer.

Originally posted by cleanex cleanex wrote:

Ted, Does this mean you are selling Releasit?  And if so how much is it?

Yes we are selling Releasit. Before I give you the price and shock you should let me give you the dilution rates first. In fact that's what the first thing people should look at before price.

Use 4 oz. of Releasit to one gallon of pre-spray.

$75.00 per gallon.

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Stay's cleaner longer... So you don't get the repeat business as often.....Angry ....  Hey... what a great concept....   Dead
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that's cool  Ted

 

I've had some of Padman's encap juice on the shelf for months that I've been wanting to try

 

but it would probably be easier to order from KK even if it is on the other side of the country

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Ted, Does this mean you are selling Releasit?  And if so how much is it?

 

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Encapsulation Technology

"Encapsulated soil particles are held in suspension within the crystallized detergent until they can be extracted through normal routine post-vacuuming."


How Soil Affects Carpet:
According to a well documented study, dry soil comprises 79% of the total soil in a carpet. Most dry soil can be readily removed by routine dry vacuuming. It's the oily and sticky soils (the other 21%) that attract and hold dry soil to the surface. The result is a dull, gray, and ugly appearance.

Releasit® Carpet Maintenance Helps Carpet Stay Clean Longer:
The key to effective carpet cleaning is to counteract sticky soils. The Releasit® polymer chemistry surrounds soil particles in the carpet and forms a crystal* that can't attract other soil. While Releasit's crystallizing polymer is curing it is also absorbing the sticky soils that hold dry soil in place. With these oily soils out of the way the carpet looks cleaner. And since there's no dirt attracting residue left behind the carpet continues to look good long after the cleaning..

Releasit® also benefits from using advanced fluorochemical technology. As the carpet is scrubbed the loosened soil and the fiber are both coated with the fluorochemical. The fluorochemical significantly facilitates the extraction of the encapsulated soil particles through routine vacuuming. Additionally, the fluorochemical lowers the surface tension which increases the wetting / cleaning ability.  It also helps to increase the carpet's soil resistance. And  it has terrific anti-wicking properties. So carpets maintained with  Releasit® can stay clean longer.

Why is crystallization so important?
Releasit® brand products employ an innovative polymer technology to form a distinct crystal when it dries. The crystal is the vehicle that enables a good encapsulator to capture soil so it can be removed through post-vacuuming. Although some products may claim to "encapsulate" on the label and they may get the carpet to look good initially, (it's easy to get a carpet to look cleaner) the real concern should be whether or not the encapsulated soil can be removed with post-vacuuming.

Here's a simple test that you can perform to establish what an "encapsulation" product does when it dries. It's very easy. Just take a few drops of the product and dry it in a glass dish overnight. Check the content the next day. Did it form a true crystal? Does it readily release from the dish? Or did it dry sticky, gooey? Was it not completely dried? Or was it possibly stuck like a barnacle to the dish?

This simple dish-drying test will reveal the products soil releasing ability. A good encapsulation product should form a distinct crystal that will break up and release from the dish. Keep in mind that crystallization is the medium that holds the soil in suspension until it can be extracted with post-vacuuming. The soil can't be vacuumed from the carpet if poor crystallizing or no crystallizing occurs.

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Two points

Padman you are right I did not want to confuse the issue by saying copolymers, but many products use copolymers to achieve the encasement process of the soil bundle, and yes the crystallization of the product is another vital step that must happen in order to complete the cleaning process. This why I said test the product before you make a committment. They are not all created equal.

Ken:  Says think shampoo and you have the system down pat. Well Ken I started out shampooing carpets and I want nothing to do with SHAMPOO PROCESS, the only thing similar to shampoo and encap cleaning in some cases is the machine used for the agitation. Yes the Cimex has been around long before wall to wall carpet, but was not used that much in North America as a carpet cleaning machine. Those of us who where around when we went to HWE and followed the shampooers went crazy fighting the foam issue, and related browning of carpets for many years after HWE became the cleaning method of most professional carpet cleaners.The new chemistry of to day's encap products will never cause that problem. So it is not shampoo, even if Jimmy Ladwig says it is, it ain't.

 

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Don,

Thanks for the informative Encaspulation posting info and advice. You explained it in laymans terms. As most I have spoken to find Encapsulation a very confusing process.

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