OP Cleaning

padman is this you back in your HWE days?

FreshAire wrote: Quick question for you Steamer... Do you pre-vacuum your carpets? I already know the answer- you don't as we've had this argument before. Padman does, that I know for a fact so he is removing a lot of the dry soil, which when wet becomes exceedingly difficult to remove, so where is the proof that HWE the way you do it is any better than what Padman does?? Learn to use the system properly and learn about how the system actually works after the clean before passing comment. Yes it does (the emulsified dirt) stay in the carpet, but vacuuming after cleaning by the client will remove the dirt, that is the design principle of the system. If you HWE clean whilst it is still wet after OP it will appear brighter of course it will lighten off - because the carpet is wet and most textiles will darken in the presence of moisture. As for brightness after drying out it is a well-known fact that shampooing (which is simply what encapsulation or OP cleaning is an improvement upon) will consistently appear brighter than HWE - proven by the CSIRO here in Australia (an independent Government scientific body) when all cleaning systems were tested on behalf of the Australian Wool Textile Authority several years back. Where is your evidence other than anecdotal or opinion? And have you ever cleaned a carpet after it has been OP'd previously? It will be the easiest to clean carpet you'll have ever done, guaranteed, but you probably wouldn't know or acknowledge that through either ignorance or plain obstinacy!

Fresh do you know what...SHUT THE F**K UP  I've cleaned more carpet residential commercial furniture grout etc etc etc.

Yes FRESHBUTTKISS.... let me understand what you are saying??

 

it lightens off but darkens in the presence of moisture.....HUH??

Please don't comment FRESHPASSINGGAS

 

 

Ok Steamer, I will play your game even if your childish temper is SHOWING a bit.

We could have agreed with that right off the bat.

Mr Steamingkettle

"I've seen some real high traffic places like our local library...nothing works on that...ask LEE"

Instead of asking LEE try HWE and follow up with OP and give it an actual red-hot go without letting opinion or you ego get in the way. I have rescued "unrestorable" carpet in that manner many a time, getting better results than I ever could with the most aggressive HWE procedures on their own. In fact one contract I have in a commercial situation (car rental premises), the building owner was ready to tear up and replace the carpet due to the state it was in. I have now been doing for the last 6 years after rescuing his carpet in that manner with the cleaning period going from monthly with his previous (HWE) contractor, extending to 6 monthly for the first two years and now 12 monthly - and the last 3 cleans have been exclusively OP! And after the third year he commented to me on how extraordinary he found it that the carpets were looking better than at any time since he'd taken over the premises!!

So, in this scenario it was HWE before, monthly, looking like $hit, to now OP exclusively and the odd spot here and there but not trashed out after 12 months. How do you explain that then?

PS please come back with another witty play on my name for me, I'm actually quite enjoying them and looking forward to them; at least it shows your creative side

PPS a 56 blower to prevac? How unimpressive - why is it that I don't use mine to prevac but choose an actual upright vacuum cleaner that will do a better job of vacuuming dry dirt than suction only can ever do, no matter how powerful it is? And yeah I used to do it that way myself, including using a powerhead and a self-designed dust-downer and filter to save my precious T/M blower, but found that my commercial upright vac was pulling out more than double what my T/M could - verified by the Dept of Environmental Science @ Murdoch University so not just my opinion...

Once again, show us some evidence, not just hearsay or personal anecdotes....

Methinks Mr Steamer is steamy by personality -dam but he gets hot under the collar doesn't he? Oh well, I'll keep to my opinions formed from 22 years working my carpet cleaning business, same as you, based on training I have received  and now pass on to other guys, as well valuable info I have received helping to do research...

John