What is the price on one of these beauties?
Any possibility you could knock off 2 or 3 zeros for me?This is a $250,000 machine.
Any possibility you could knock off 2 or 3 zeros for me?
This video is very interesting. What a pleasant surprise when this viscose piece had NO pile distortion after going through the machine:
Joe Gable did over $12,000 in 5 hours the first day. All have hand woven and only one Tufted Rug. Joe said he still had time to run another 2,000 - $2500 sq. ft. of "crappy" rugs for as low as $1.00 a foot and that would still make a profitable day.
I wouldn't want to trash him. The owner is a nice guy and very honest and helpful. I think he hasn't been able to train his staff to use the new equipment properly yet. I have several complaints from people who use his service. I would like to tell him but without offending him.Which reputable company was that?
I hate it when that happens.Compression wringers at 2500-3000 psi, with an optimum durometer reading on the rubber between 65-70, cannot wring out a rug like the g-forces created in a centrifuge. (Joe ran a few rugs through the MOR without centrifuge to see if there was a huge difference. He concluded there was.
As for equipment doing the work: There is NO replacement for a human to determine what the rug needs are upon inspection and understanding of construction. This must be followed by a trained human to address the circumstance in the best way with method and care appropriate for the rug with what tools he/she has available. That includes chemistry and grooming too.
I have seen the best operations in the USA mess things up on occasion. It's humbling when it happens. I'm sure it happens to everyone once in a while. When your competition has it happen it benefits you for sure if confidence is placed in you to restore it. Currently, I have a messed up silk rug now that came in stinking of urine due to the inability of the competitor inability to remove the odor and managing the wash appropriately. (The color migration and pile distortion is terrible)
We charge enough for miracles to make it worthwhile for us... or make the customer think twice about whether it's worthwhile for them.I say that because I'm getting tired of customers letting their animals piss all over their house and then let it sit for days or weeks and then bring them in for us to work miracles.