Hello to you all ! My question is I am now using a TM for steam and a

buffer for dry cleaning using bonnet pads, as for olefin I have the pad

with the green stripe.

Is that Padmans secret the pad with the green stripe using a buffer?

I have tried TM blows the Dry Clean away.  Unless Padman has some

serious chemicals (TACT). Curious?

Is there a video for this type of cleaning. I see a towel underneath it.

Wonder what op mean? Is it hoopked up to a TM.

If so it must me like a r20. I have a 17 & 20 Buffer

Confused.

 Man, I am lost for words watching these vids. Thanks for the link!

When I first started Dry Ceaning when bonnet pads. this was my objective (which was to get it clean like this). Then I started with the green stripe pad for olefin and yes it made a difference. Customers were asking if we had a TM which made me not wanting to dry clean anymore unless a customer really wanted that process because of the awesome results of the TM. Especially with the Rotovac on white carpet when the water lever less than half on. It almost looks like a buffer with a pre scrub brush with some square cardboard and a circle towel. Looks are incredible (carpet) curious about deep in the fibers. Any other techs have this unit ?What do you really think? Seems as though its better than Chem Dry.

We are a hard-core hwe company, and argued that no rag-spinner was going to ever out-clean us.  That was 1998.  Then we saw one in 99 at the first Summerfest in Columbus OH (oddly enough in the CC offices of the inventor of the Steamin Demon, John Downey)

We thought about it, and tried to forget it.  However we bought one after borrowing one for a week while doing the Law Library at Murray State University.  Thousands of feet of old delicate and valuable wool carpets with some "iffy" seams.  After careful trial we found the OP did a fantastic job on it with no damage.  Later we got one for the other truck as well.

HWE is still our main method.  However do you know those nagging dark areas in high traffic hallways and in front of the couch that we always told Mrs Homeowner "were just wear"?   Even after hitting it with your best juice and turning up the heat? 

Usually it's dirt, if you hit it with a white cotton pad and OP machine the pad comes up black. OP stands for oscillating pad, as opposed to rotary it goes in tiny rotating random orbits that blows away any rotary action machine.  I think Ted had one in some of his pix from KK day.

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Thanks,

Lee

I do not know what kind of dirt it was on the video, but it cleaned up very well. To pull it out over a steam unit in front of the customer I just think a customer would prefer a TM even though op does a good  job.

I do not have an op with a filthy thick carpet  in front of me. It would be interesting to compare the OP versus TM

Customers point of view. View is what I am trying to say is that I am going in there home and keeping in mind they could rent a rug doctor I have to come in there with my big guns with an intimidating appearance with all my stuff so they will call me back. I show up with a op unit and lay a rag on the carpet yes I am sure it will clean but with a rag thats not even close to a size of a bonnet pad.

I like the unit on the video probably great where there is no customer. I still am thinking, pondering the idea.  Chemicals are different which is a downfall as they are by special order and my tm van is already full.  I use the same stuff for Dry and TM . Where do I put all this new ****any other feedback from people who have purchased an OP regarding their serious own honest carpet cleaning results. Real results and different types of  stains.

Haven't tried it but you do have a point about what the custy will think. Have to ask padman on that.

People are strange some times.