Portable Needs More Extraction

Dirty Ninja wrote: Too broke. I want to, but I am stuck with porty for now. I even have to get a real job, at least part time for a while cause I moved from my customer base and have to start over again. At least my back will get a break and I can stop sweating a gallon a day. Want fries with that?

Keep the porty and buy a water claw for it.  Keep it for the right jobs and charge more for those.  Only use on the areas requiring it and only if the customer pays some good bucks for it.

Shampoo furniture with a dry foam shampoo and extract with a good wet/dry vac.  Use air movers to speed drying.   Do the furniture first, then the carpet to allow the furniture the maximum time to dry with air movers.  Use something like butcher paper when placing the cushions on the furniture to block fabric-to-fabric contact.  A canvas tarp serves as a good service for doing you furniture work, placing the furniture on it and working in the room where the furniture is actually located regardless of flooring material.

Get a 175RPM machine, a good mop bucket and some cotton bonnet pads.  For under $100 with the right chemicals you can save your back, avoid saturating a carpet and still satisfy the customer while leaving her with nearly dry carpet with little effort on your part.

Remember, we aren't trying to leave NO evidence of the dirt that did the crime - CSI is not going in after you looking for some evidence regardless of how microscopic it is.  We just want to deep vacuum and with our cleaning leave no VISIBLE evidence that there was ever a crime.

THAT'S MY STORY AND I AM STICKING TO IT.

When a rinsing agent is used. The chelating agents hide the calcium/magnesium particles from the detergent molecules. The detergent molecules continue holding onto the soils they have emulsified. This enables them to more thoroughly be rinsed from the carpet fiber.

Edited by John L - 10/October/2008 at 11:27am

Keep them filters clear.. A few way to get more umf for your porty:

for agitation I use a cimex.

Dirty Ninja wrote: By the way I don't want to instigate you! I am sorry, but I am IICRC certified.

take your extractor to a dealer and have the water lift tested and also the CFM tested....or better still, try turning the 2nd vacuum on....LOL just kidding.

I do appreciate any advice, but I find it strange that 5 or 6 people actually answer most post questions. Some just want to sell you.... Ken got me for a few bucks about 6 months ago.

I read all posts when I started a year ago, now I became a member cause I read all the B.S. that goes on and maybe I can siphon through it.

I'm a newbie, but am educated in the field by smarts and sweats for a year. I also ran multi-million dollar retail companies for 20 years......and no, I was not happy no matter the dollar. I know how to sell, make cust. happy, the hard part is making it work with the porty to step up to TM.

I am working out 5 days a week now, 20 miles on bike per day, and weights every other day. You really need to be in good shape if you want to survive in this business. I am very tough, but I almost gave up.......most do. I think about working another 7-10 years for yet another incompetent boss and it motivates me.

One man operation, but I have the drive past most others. Just looking for some brothers to lend me that hand to get to the next level. I am sure I am not in your market from what I read. Was in Chicago, now in suburbs....mostly Stanley Steamer.