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 Topic: *taptaptap* Hello? Is this thing on?Posted: 27/June/2004 at 4:09am |
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Been lurking for
a couple of days here, and just thought I'd say hello. Our
company, Surroundings, is based in South Australia. We started up
in February, but my dad has a carpet cleaning place in
California, so it's not 100% new to me. I've been here in
Australia since '91.
Got an FX 88 HP portable and an RX-20. Besides carpet, there's lots of slate floors and tiles that my customers have me clean. About half my work so far has been domestic, but I've got a couple of pub owners and winerys that have started using our company. I think they know that they'll get all their money back from me anyway.... -Allen |
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 27/June/2004 at 11:04pm |
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G'day Mate.... and welcome aboard... If you need help just post, there are a lot of people with answers here....some good some bad but answers none the less
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Adwa
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Posted: 28/June/2004 at 11:51am |
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Welcome Allen I see you have a sense of humor, which is good because you will need it from time to time posting here. How do you find using the FX88 and RX-20 together. I have heard the FX is pretty powerful and you would have to be using three cords. Are you on 110volt or 220volt? |
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Posted: 28/June/2004 at 11:32pm |
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Mr. Steamer, G'day back to you
too... one type of Australian slang is to shorten and add an " ie
" to the end of words, you'd just be, "Steamie" around here I
think. Steamy Mr. Steamer: Carpet & Rug Cleaner... there's a
really dirty limirick in there somewhere!
Adwa, thanks for the welcome. THe FX-88 takes two cords, but I'm on 220 volts, and I can plug them in to the same outlet without tripping a breaker. The RX-20 then has it's own cord. To get maximum heat, I use the customer's hot water, then run it through an electric heater, so that's a FOURTH cord. I usually reserve that for pubs or the really grotty jobs. I did a pub last night (8:30 PM - 3 AM *whew*) where the manager had been there for 8 months and had not in that time had the carpets cleaned. This is a pub where the local motorcycle gang hangs out all night, and the factory workers after their shifts late at night are usually lined up at 7 AM when it opens, and the vineyard workers hit it in the afternoon. Busy & Filthy. All the cr*p melted straight off. I can't comment on how it compares with other systems, but I know this: after 7 years of slamming portable users, my dad mirrored my set-up for his operation in California, and his old truckmount is now rarely used. To be fair, though, it was an older unit. I will get a truckmount at some stage, if our company survives! Thanks again, Allen |
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