OP Cleaning

PADMAN

I just recently purcharsed a powr-flite floor machine and some bonnets.  I am new to the business.  I don't know anything about carpet cleaning except for what I have learned through reading stuff on the internet.  I did research off and on and I ended up going with the bonnet method.  It wasn't until recently, after I purchased my equipment, that I started seeing stuff about OP.  So basically as of now the Op is not an option.  Although, I do plan on buying one of those machines in the future.  I am not 100% satisfied with the results and wonder if it is due to my chemicals.  There is a company called Heaven's Best that does bonnet cleaning.  They are a franchise.  They claim to give really good results and basically what I want is to give impressing results with the equipment that I currently have.  Should I purchase pads instead of the bonnets?  I just purchased several different chemicals.  I need help.  Like I said before I want to give impressing results to customers.  I know that you do the op method but i hope you can give me advice.  I feel the op method is more closely the same principle than a truck mount.  I am really into this carpet cleaning thing but unfortuneatly I do not have time to go to classes and stuff like that right now.  I am planning to buy a video on carpet cleaning as well.  Any advice you can give me would be much appreciated.  You can post a reply and or email me at adcc007@yahoo.com  I am desperate for help as I am a very very new carpet cleaning business.  Here is a list of chemicals that I currently have:

roto-brite

just magic

magic potion

trashed and trashed II

oxyblast

citrapure

Any other advice besides how to deliver amazing results would be great too!  Thanks!

Is it not interesting that the worlds two largest carpet cleaning companies built their sales and reputation on this system and yet the worlds largest manufacturer of carpets does not recommend it. In fact it will void warranties if this system is used exclusively.

The longer I have been in this business the harder it is to figure it out. Or is it all dollars. The cheapest get the order or have the deep down cleaning guys just not doing a sufficient job in selling a deeper more thorough cleaning. Or do people just not care. If it looks clean it must be clean.

Do you want to move dirt or remove dirt?

 

 

Padman:

How many pads  would I need to clean 2 floors of offices that total 28.000 SQFt and how long will it take one person to do it using the Brat for instance? They are lawyer offices which are vacuumed once a week  but  deep cleaning is done every 6 months only and this one of them. Thanks. Consider a person who has only one month experience with such machine.

Thanks adwa, I'll have to dig through the posts more.  I studied padmans site until my eyes starting getting blurry and I had the sudden urge to put on a pair of long shorts and pull my tubesocks up as far as they could go.  Good stuff.  I still have a ton of research to do. 

To someone who is brand new at carpet-cleaning and looking for a system to invest in, OP seems like a miracle.  I've done hardfloors for years- your entire OP package costs less than a single propane burnisher.

  Speaking of hardfloors, I know that there are no common commercial floors that have clearer reflective qualities and highier sheen than the floors in an army barracks because in a barracks alot of people melt carwax onto the floor and buff it out with a 3-700 rotary machine on top of a terrycloth towel.  It makes sense.  Common commercial finishes are super-hard (for durability) and can really only be brought to an excellent shine with a propane burnisher.  I am wondering if there is any compound or wax that has the protective properties of super-hard commercial finish but also the ultra-high sheen properties that can be brought out by a system like yours.   A propane burnisher runs between 2000 and 3000 rpm.  1750 rpm from a virtually silent electric machine is extremely impressive.  Provided that the orbital motion has the same effect in practice as the rotary motion.   A supercharged battery orbital machine with a 27" head and 2300 rpm, combined with the kind of finish I described would change everything for the VCT floor care industry.  Ever think about that? 

  I am pretty juiced about your system.  The easy learning curve and low price are the best selling points for me.  If your ever going to do demos through western PA, let me know.  If the demo is anything like what is described and depicted on your website, I'd buy it on the spot. 

  I am interested in learning more about the OP hardfloor applications if you care to share.  Maybe this isn't the place for it though, after all it is a carpet cleaning forum. 

 Very impressive photos.  I can see how an orbiting machine would be WAY more effective than one that simply spins.

nightrider wrote: As long as I never run out of answers, the others will sooner or later run out of questions, Please ditch the guirat.                            NIGHTRIDER

What the hell is a guirat??