Stainless steel or brass couplers?
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Topic: Stainless steel or brass couplers?
Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Subject: Stainless steel or brass couplers?
Date Posted: 02/September/2007 at 10:26pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/September/2007 at 1:08am
Stainless. Hands down. Last at least 5x longer  ------------- 
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 03/September/2007 at 5:10am
| I believe it. My brass ones get distorted by heat, apparently. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/September/2007 at 10:58am
The ss outlet on my tm has not been changed since I switched from brass over a year ago. It used to get changed every 3 months  -------------
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/September/2007 at 11:30am
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stainless shutoff's are great too.... they never leak..
stainless is the way to go ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 03/September/2007 at 1:52pm
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I've had good luck with stainless ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 03/September/2007 at 11:31pm
| I have the ss shutoff valve and the brass ones for 2yrs.. Takes 2000f to melt brass.. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 1:11am
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2800F to melt stainless. Not that it really matters -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 4:18am
That certainly would explain the explosions.
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John L wrote:Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 8:53am
Explosions?????  -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 7:21pm
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Let's just say that there's a need for stain remover that works on melted brass.
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Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 8:55pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 9:17pm
And what is this melted brass stain on?  -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 04/September/2007 at 9:43pm
| .....a hole in the carpet |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 05/September/2007 at 2:00am
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Sounds like a job for a carpet knife -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 05/September/2007 at 8:23pm
| Brass or stainless steel? |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 05/September/2007 at 8:44pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 05/September/2007 at 9:34pm
I'll go with stainless every time  -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 05/September/2007 at 11:17pm
| I thought so. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 12:01am
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I'm so predictable -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 2:20pm
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why not just turn your heat down to 10000 degrees ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 2:30pm
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Is that hot enough to clean ?? ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 4:36pm
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not for some??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 4:45pm
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I didn't think so ! ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 5:35pm
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a 500,000 btu burner and a #12 blower with 6" hose to the door?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 5:55pm
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 7:40pm
A bank vault would be good too -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 06/September/2007 at 7:52pm
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the SGG machine is on the drawing board as we type ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 07/September/2007 at 1:15am
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It'll be ready to sell tomorrow and shipped.........................never -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 07/September/2007 at 1:43am
No controls. They melted. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 07/September/2007 at 11:26am
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You have biiiiiiig problems -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 07/September/2007 at 9:15pm
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called steam cleaning ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 07/September/2007 at 11:06pm
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No doubt about that -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 08/September/2007 at 9:59am
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the dirt just melts away along with the carpet for that preconstruction look ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 08/September/2007 at 9:27pm
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I love the plywood look!
Just throw down some saw dust, and you have yourself a good old square dance! Yee Haw! ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 08/September/2007 at 10:24pm
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thrasher's reunion this weekend in blyth. they could probably use that combination ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 09/September/2007 at 12:23am
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You're so there, aren't you? -------------
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Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 09/September/2007 at 1:32am
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Is there a stain remover that fixes warped plywood?
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Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 09/September/2007 at 3:02am
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 09/September/2007 at 3:09pm
Skilsaw?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 09/September/2007 at 5:59pm
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Multiple strategically placed screws might do it too -------------
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Posted By: ChemicallyFried
Date Posted: 20/September/2007 at 11:53pm
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The brass couplers cracked and busted alot when I ran my carpet cleaning business in Minnesota 20 years ago. If it got down to 35 degrees and not even freezing the things would crack. Id have to say stainless steel is the way to go. ------------- I can remove more spots than you can. |
Posted By: ChemicallyFried
Date Posted: 20/September/2007 at 11:57pm
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Brass absorbs cold from what they tell me and that is why the brass would freeze and crack at temperatures above freezing like 35 degrees. That Minnesota carpet cleaning business costed me a lot of brass fittings. Use stainless steel. ------------- I can remove more spots than you can. |
Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 21/September/2007 at 3:37am
| I don't know if it's the heat, or the pressure. We're using 1500 psi on grout. Most couplers are locked up after a day or two. The machine runs 6 hours a day, 3 days a week. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 21/September/2007 at 1:21pm
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My first section of hose is a 100' because qc's freeze here in winter. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 21/September/2007 at 11:37pm
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I just have one hose 200' one piece...I hate qc damage ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 22/September/2007 at 9:44am
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good idea ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 22/September/2007 at 1:34pm
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Little tip I got the other day..... Stainless are a lot more expensive but as far as quickconnects go the part that wears out is the male end and not that often does the female fitting wear out so use ss male fittings and the cheaper brass female QCs. Saves a lot of $$$ ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 2:09am
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I can buy stainless out of the US for the same price I pay for brass locally -------------
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 8:32am
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I find that the females go faster...the male end can be brass...because the male brass last just as long as the male stainless ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: John Bolton
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 9:37am
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 11:52am
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Good point. I try not to mix them -------------
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 12:08pm
I have a bag full of the females..  One of my females is brass but the sliding part is SS.. Is that mixed?
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 12:13pm
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I heard that is a very expensive option on an inflatable. Are they hard to get back into the bag when you are done with them. A bag full of females?? where the hell do you live??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 23/September/2007 at 11:35pm
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Not if you deflate them and fold them correctly -------------
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