Bonnet Cleaning Rates

My prices are based on how much I want to make per hour and how long each size house takes on the average.  Equipment and material costs are lower for me with Bonnet than HWE.  So how much I need to make per hour is less with the Bonnet method.

It works for me as a one man operation here in the states.

Pablo,

Cotton pads do not work well or at all on a regular one or two speed floor machine. You need OP power (Oscillating).

Bite the bullet and buy a new OP machine and feel the ease of operation and watch your bank account grow.

P.S.
A regular rotary will use a synthetic bonnet with ease but it just wont absorb or clean satisfactorily.

Hi carpetologist, thanks for your response. Of course, I allways use the synthetic bonnet for my rotary (the quenn one w/green strip and the plain white one) an also I use the beige fiber plus pads for some pre- scrub. The point is that I was looking for something more absorbent to increase the performance of the bonnet cleaning procces and they claim that those 21" pads can do the work on a rotary machine much better than regular syntethic pads. No in my case. This is why I am asking here is somebody else use them, and if they have had succes. My rotary is a Husky 17" 2 speed machine. One more thing, I already have an oreck orbiter 10" machine for the stairs and the gladiators pads works fine, of course they are not the size but I try it on an op machine just to see what happen. Keep in touch, Pablo.-

Gaitan;

Also don't snort lines of  enzall before posting on forums.

I clean with HWE or with a bonnet, sometimes both, and charge the same either way. I figure the customer is paying for a clean carpet, it shouldn't matter what method you use. so I give them the options and tell them what i think will work best with their carpet. if you price one higher then the other the customer will think that that method is going to work better, when it really depends on thje carpet, the stains, the temp, and customer preference.

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My cleaning rates for deep carpet cleaning right now are $25 room members and I'm doing a $29 room for non members.  I also have a $99 carpet cleaning special $99 for 3 rooms and a hall or 4 areas.  My original pricing is between $40-$44 a room.  Can anyone tell me if you think it's a fair price Its expensive here in atlanta for quality cleaning services.  Let me know please.

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