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Yah, my 360 does an awesome job.  It tears through grease.  I am still having a little trouble with the red stains removal though, anyone have any suggestions???  Am I using my red remover incorrectly, because it doesn't make it go completely away.

I have been using Mohawk for Grease, and Citrisolve as a booser on my prespray for high traffic areas.  I have been using red remover on the red so far, and have had limited success.  And yes the rotovac 360 is awesome.  My clients love it.  I only wish I had a truckmount to save time etc.  Residential don't like you taking over the bathroom and look at you funny when you haul all the equipment in.

I have the speedster, and it does a great job.  Not like a truck mount, but it does give me the versatility to go in and shut the doors behind me.  Residential like that because then they save on the heating/cooling bill.

Celestialcarpet wrote: What do you use on gum, and black ink?

Citrus Solve sometimes works on that stuff. If it doesn't, I'll use P.I.G. from Bridgepoint. The little pint bottle should last you awhile, long enough to know whether or not you like it, and I think it's $11-$15.

Addressing the dark lines at the edges of light colored carpets:

That is probably filtration soil.  Light colored carpets are the victims and usually you will find that your client burns candles, cheap candles.  Pick up some filtration soil remover and follow the directions.  Don't promise the customer anything but that you will try.  The client will be impressed. 

If you can't get the 360 to flush the FSR chemical, use your wand along the edges then clean the carpet with your 360.

Just a suggestion.


Edited by duckcountry - 16/August/2006 at 10:42pm

I have two mytee blowers, but I usually run into trouble finding separate circuits to plug them in on.  The extractor draws about 20, and the rotovac about 5, so the trip is hit once in a while.  I try to run the extractor off the kitchen, which usually has a 30, but with a fridge, it happens once in a while.  You will love the 360.  How did you go about signing up the commercial clients, and how do you bid - sq foot, per job, eye balling it???  I think I might want to get some stuff like that, but don't really know where to start and how to bid. 

Yah, the power supply was probably overkill, but most homes have updated electrical, ie a breaker box, not fuses.  Breakers are easy because the are just a matter of flicking a switch, fuses on the other hand, I don't care to ever deal with.  I tap into the kitchen with my extractor line, and use a hall on the other side of the house for the 360 and for the most part, it has not been a problem.  I ran floor buffers for a while so the heel-toe sensitivity of the 360 wasn't new.  Just think to yourself, if you are sweating, you are NOT doing it right.  The rotovac 360 swings really nice, let it do all the work.  Don't fight the machine, and limit your herky jearky movements.  Relax, and let the machine do the work.  As for chemicals.  I use liquapro as a shampoo, mohawk for grease, and citisolve as a prespray booster.  One trick I use is, I only add chemicals to the sprayer, not my extractor.  The only thing that goes in my tank is fresh water, and dirty water coming out.  I just splash a little bit of chemical in my sprayer, and go nuts.  I bought my sprayer at menards for about $20 I think.  I add about 2 oz of the above listed chemicals, and dilute it with about a half gallon of water, and use it as my prespray.  Then I apply the chemical heavy where I need to, and light were I don't.  It will save you some $.  One other trick I have discovered is, turn on the pump on your extractor and use the rotovac to agitate the chemicals in while you apply water.  Then kick on the vacs and rinse the carpets out.