difference between op and bonnet
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Topic: difference between op and bonnet
Posted By: gaitan
Subject: difference between op and bonnet
Date Posted: 06/October/2006 at 6:38pm
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Hello everybody
as You guys can notice I am new in this business, I have been doing steam cleaning and bonnet for 6 months, I was looking for some information in this forum and I read something about oscillating pad (OP) the thing is I don't get it I dont see the difference between bonnet and OP. is it the machine or the pads or what?  .
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Posted By: PadMan
Date Posted: 06/October/2006 at 6:50pm
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Rotary brushes over the fiber and "usually" uses a bonnet, which is thick and does not get INTO the fibers, OP digs by nature, as it oscillates to lays the fibers all ways and wipes them off with a thin cotton terri towel.
The depth of cleaning and the end result are totally different. ------------- Converting HWE customer to VLM customers for 30 Years! |
Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 06/October/2006 at 7:52pm
| bonnet rubs the dirt in and around and around :) |
Posted By: CleanEvo
Date Posted: 02/March/2007 at 10:42am
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I use bonnet cleaning fairly regularily and have to say that I pull a lot of dirt out with my bonnets...they are extremely dirtry when I'm done. I also bonnet after HWE and my bonnets still remove dirt...So my comment is that not too many systems actually remove ALL the dirt...a combination of different systems works best.
A bonnet does swirl some dirt around, however it does remove more than it leaves behind. I get a lot of referals from my bonnet cleaning...so the proof is in the results.  ------------- "The best compliment is a referal" |
Posted By: Ken_Is_OK
Date Posted: 02/March/2007 at 12:31pm
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bonnet works if you flip then change the pad often AND use a good encap juice.
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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 02/March/2007 at 7:07pm
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CleanEvo
Try a 100% cotton pad on your Rotary as opposed to your synthetic Bonnet and you will find out very quickly how much more soil is removed.
PS: On some Rotaries it is difficult to keep the cotton pad in motion without it flipping out and away, but well worth a try.
"Why do we dry our bodies with a cotton towel and not a synthetic towel"?????????
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