Dwell Time

Superglide Ken wrote:  and you never know who is watching.

Just had this discussion with a friend of mine who is a general cleaner.  He said that he never touches stuff in people's homes, because he knows that the Lord in Heaven is looking down on him.

I told him that I always pretend that one of those bombastic-kick-the-door-down-interview journalists is secretly videotaping me (in Australia we've got one notorious program called, "A Current Affair" like this).

I told him, "God will forgive you for taking the loose change you find, but A Current Affair will not..."

I do believe that I have been videotaped on at least one occasion, but I'm not positive.

Mr Steamer:   Since reading padman's posts, I seem to follow his belief that a plain cotton bonnet does work better then the 'green stripe' one for absorbtion.  I keep about 40 white terrycloth towels in the van for various purposes: wipe down the portable wheels, tie around the hot water connection to prevent spray, in my spotting kit, on my beltloop for 'just in case,' but I also try  to keep 4 bonnets as well.  I've got the bonnet driver head for the RX.

cheers, all....

-Allen

yup that works great.... but know one showed me the furniture one I've just been doing it for years trail and erorr thingy yanno

Yes Allen good job!!!!  The terry cloth thing... I stole from Padman.. I through a few down in a really bad area, and use my hands or feet on the terry cloth to help absorb the soiling... works great in hi-traffic areas and on stairs... I don't have a padman machine... but I'm think about one..

I carry in my truck at least 100 pieces of clean terry cloth... I hate to see carpet cleaners carrying one old dirty discolored one....

drop sheets must be white and nice as well.... I do truck laundry at least once per week

Suction wrote: It must take you a day and a half to complete one carpet???

If it sounds like a lot, it's only the amount required to do the job. 

This post was specifically because I had just finished a muddy, sandy carpet on a transportable home located on a horse astigment not far away.  The respray was just on the entry points, not the whole thing.  The sand was concentrated on the traffic lanes, so that area got the treatment needed. Pre-vac on this job took a bit, but there was no need to rake the carpet after as it was a short loop pile in pretty good condition, and as it was an empty caretaker's flat, there was no furniture to move or place plastic do-dads underneath. 

Post bonnetting the traffic lanes took about 15 minutes for 3 bedrooms and the living room, so that's no big deal.  At the end of the day, I get my $4.50 per square metre.  4 small rooms, 2 hours, $200.

Then I was able to quote on the main house.  If they accept, it'll be worth about $900 to me. 

-Allen

Wow Allen ... you sure do a lot.  It must take you a day and a half to complete one carpet???

but sometimes two passes only makes the carpet more wet... and a higher risk of browning... or wraping or strecthing... with no great improvement on results.....

What your say is for example...  The instructions calls for you to use two onces of cleaning detergent in your hydroforce, but you decided to use four onces.  You get best results with two onces four isn't going to make it any better....

I think two passes will work if the second pass is done after the carpet has totally dryed a day later.

we all do second passes, but it really just for peace of mind.  I do it too.. I won't reconnect my hydro force...I'll spray the area again with my spot bottle that I always keep hooked to my side

but doug most times the second pass doesn't make it any better... maybe if you tried to absorb some of the soiling you'd get the same results..

The areas you are talking about are most likely discolored from the amount of soiling... am I right??