White twist, cut berber, twist. Any Ideas?
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Topic: White twist, cut berber, twist. Any Ideas?
Posted By: robdabear6
Subject: White twist, cut berber, twist. Any Ideas?
Date Posted: 12/April/2007 at 10:02pm
| The white cut berber carpets (the ones that look like short shag, also called a salt and pepper twist) are becoming so popular, but they are the hardest to clean out traffic issues, they absorb so much water, and they seem to wear so bad so fast, or at least they look that way. They dry up very nice, but does anyone have any products they recommend to get them to brighten up more during cleaning? |
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Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:09am
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:13am
WTF ??  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:14am
The new guys always post about carpet cleaning  ------------- 
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Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:15am
| reading comprehension an issue??? hmm |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:31am
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:34am
My dog loves to puke on mine!  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:34am
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My dog likes to do the cho-cho on them. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:36am
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Hence the bad traffic lanes -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:43am
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But he thinks his ass feels nice. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:44am
You might want to deworm him!  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:48am
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Takes away all the fun. Besides I only let him do that at other peoples houses. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:51am
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You're so kind -------------
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Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:52am
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My Bingo doesn't have worms. He gets the best care in the world from me. But I might have worms! Choo Choo!
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 12:54am
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Stay off my carpet -------------
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Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:01am
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C'mon! Cant you guys help the poor fella out?!...Anyways, What I would do is Vaccuum REAL good (because those carpets can hold tons of soil), and Pre-spray like mad with a good prespray boosted with citrus-solve and sodium percarbonate, aggitate with a grandi groomer (because a rotary may untwist the fibers), and extract with Clean-it or a good emulsifier.
Also, remember to trigger the wand only on the back stroke SlOoooWly and do plenty of dry stroke. Thats it!!! ------------- Tap Out Or Pass Out!!! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:03am
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OK. I agree, except I say rx 20 or rotary for agitaion -------------
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Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:04am
| i have been using citri. it has not been making things to much better |
Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:04am
| rx-20 all the way |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:05am
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needs a rotary tool ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:06am
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Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:07am
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Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:08am
| every night, late nightrider session! |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:08am
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Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:08am
| what is that tool in the pic? |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:09am
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It's an older rx 20 -------------
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Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:11am
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Dude, I got a black belt in stroking!!
Anyways, Tell us all the steps and chems that youre using rodabear.Have you tried boosting it with Sodium Percarbonate??...It helps brighten up the color too. But, SOmetimes there is only so much you can do for a carpet If its traffic wear. ------------- Tap Out Or Pass Out!!! |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:17am
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Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:17am
| I use Chemspec TLC on traffic lanes, Pro's choice ProZyme pre spot in general (not wool)... I have also tried a varity of others. I have not done sodium percarbonate because I heard it bleaches. |
Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:33am
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DO you vaccuum??...Thats one of the most Important step for these types of carpets IMO.
I like to use the Powder peroxide (sodium perc.) from www.solutionsbysteampros.com It's a gentle "bleach" that brighten up colors (it doesnt really bleaches carpet). And its also help with Pet urine and break up grease. For Prespray...I like PowerBurst(prochem) or Powermaxx (www.fibermaxx.com) for the nasties. BTW,YOu should fill in more info about yourself on your profile Rodabear. ------------- Tap Out Or Pass Out!!! |
Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 1:44am
| good to hear about sodium etc, yes always always vac. One must! finally I'll get around to it. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 8:29pm
| I think it is soil /fiber damaged, fibers are very wornout showing a valley which looks darker than the sides.. You can go over it all you want.. It wont look any different.. |
Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 8:37pm
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thats what i think is the issue with that stuff. they keep putting it in all the new builds. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 9:58pm
Contractor grade. Gotta be crap 
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 14/April/2007 at 8:49am
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Is it installed over pad or DGD. I never read anything about the installation. Or did I miss that?
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 14/April/2007 at 9:08am
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There was nothing about the installation -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 14/April/2007 at 10:03am
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That could be a contributing factor??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 14/April/2007 at 2:11pm
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Probably over pad -------------
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Posted By: carpetrepairguy
Date Posted: 15/April/2007 at 10:53pm
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piledriver - The open areas look great, what about the corners and edges of the room?
The white twist berber may be made of olefin, try using olefin pre-spray, dwell time, extraction. |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 12:10am
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The job was an experiment - the carpet was already condemned. You will notice the risers weren't done either. Good point about the hi Ph pre-spray. ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 12:32am
| is that an old rx-20 your using there? |
Posted By: robdabear6
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 12:34am
| never mind missed one of the past posts |