Believer

I second the motion!

As a truckmount and portable user for many years I to realized that padding is a definate plus in your arsenal.

Add a pile lifter into your mix and you are the bomb!

The more tools in your box the better you are compared to your competition!
     

Edited by Hammy - 09/March/2007 at 7:07pm

   IMHO, fair enough, how much experience do you have with OP?

I am all for someone having all the tools, especially an OP and a Portable, however there are NO carpets I do not clean, there are NONE that I can not clean, and most of the time faster and with better results than the competition, so I must know, IYHO, why do you say that?

All customers want is clean carpet. I have cleaned carpets a long time with every style of machine. I chose o.p for one reason it cleans carpets. My first o.p machine i bought i thought wow this is going to be a waste of money. I thought at worst i would have a good boat anchor for my boat.WOW I WAS SURPRISED. SHOCKED. Our church that we have been going to for 10 years has always had these big brown spots. Even after HWE truck or porty.I took it up to our church and went over these spots that would not go away and they came up without much work at all. A year later and the spots are still gone. There are some new ones from time to time. I really enjoy the word of mouth buisness that i get with this o.p machine. It had to make a believer out of me and it has surpassed my wildest dreams. I dont knock any way of cleaning carpets. Learn your machine and do the best possible job for your customers. Make them happy and you will be happy. Thanks

Thang, maybe you haven't run it enough to be good at it.

Like EVERYTHING, you have to master it, you obviously haven't, I would go head to head on trashed and doubt you would be any faster or thorough.

Don't get me wrong, I don't care what you use, but I do KNOW what OP will do and when I see people posting (whether they have OP or not) and their results are so much different than my and many other op'rs day to day results, it can only make me think you don't really know how to use it well or effectively.

I've used my op machine on a trashed rentals and was and still am impressed at the results? I am not bragging about this either. That I leave up to PadMan?

Ninja-wand wrote: Op does have it place and time...BUt, a TM is much faster(especially on the trashies). Plus, WOuld you rather flush out Urine,blood, and feces or just work it in with a cotton pad???...I dont know about you guys...BUt, I wanna go to bed at night not feeling guilty.

I agree, I extract all the spots and stains you describe. Trashies are a pain, but you just have to pad them more. There have been times, especially in restaurants, that I wished I had a TM to hit it with first. I just hate the term "rag spinner." It has a very negative connotation. Kind of like "soak and suckers" or "swamp and suckers."

JOhn, I didnt say I cant get carpet to come out Clean with Op. Im saying that (for me anyways) HWE is much faster on nasty Ratholes. Ive talked to many of the VLM guys on your board (that has creditbility)and they agree with me.

Maybe youre the Master of OP'in and make it look effortless....But, not all can be like you oh great one.

And I still stand by my statement regarding Blood, Feces, and Urine.


Ps- BTw, Ive been doing stripping and waxing for years...How much harder can a OP machine be to master???...Give me a break.