Com work.

[Becker]

Encap... Or something super fast for a comm type carpet.

They want more cleanings per year, but want a better deal on the service.

Got any ideas? I don't want to spend a bunch of money on equipment, as I do so little comm work.

Maybe Dirk will come visit and do it for me.

 

[Jeremy]

What do you have in the back of the truck already?
Rotary?Cimex/OP will all encap carpet fairly productively. I'm a little partial to the 17" Brute/CX machines myself but to each his own. Give me some details... 812-754-1447

 

[Bob Foster]

Get a Cimex - last night 3000 square feet 1.75 hours.

 

[Becker]

Again, I don't want to spend much money of have a bulky single use machine.

This will make my 4th or 5th comm job for 07.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Never done any encRapping, Beck?

Ever bonnet cleaned?

do you own a rotary?


..L.T.A.

 

[Becker]

175.

Never really did any other type of cleaning.

I just want to get in and bust it out real quick every other month.

HWE once or twice a year

 

[Dolly Llama]

175 will work


get some scrub bonnets and/or VCT pads and some pixie dust encRap jooze

you'll find that it's so great, wonderful, the best ever..
you'll probably sell your TM :roll:


..L.T.A.

 

[vincent]

4100 sq.ft tonight, about 2 hours. Still working on the 2.4 mil. though.

However you do it, encap is the way to go on cgd.

 

[floorguy]

dude how many sqft???

talk about leaving out a important point..


and the cimex is NOT a single use machine...


there is like 5 things i can think of...

and its not terribly spendy either

 

[Farenheit251]

If you are not particularly interested in pursuing alot more commercial work I would look real hard at the numbers. If you allocate 5 or 10% of each job, how long will it take to do the 40 or 20 thousand$ to recoup your investment. You probably come out ahead just truckmounting it. On most of my restaurants I use to do slow back strokes and then a dry stroke. Lately I've been pumping the wand up and back at a quick pace and no dry stroke and it is taking about 60% of the time it used to. The thin carpet still dries in 3-4 hours and the results look the same. Anybody who calls me a hack better not be doing scrub-n-run.

 

[Trevor Truitt]

Bonnecap, rocketsprayer for putting down the juice.

 

[Jimmy L]

I do a lot of cgd with my 300 speed rotary.
But I also do the initial and most important step and that is to VACUUM!

I can't believe most of the CIMEX crowd as they only run the thing up and down and collect a paycheck.

They have no morals.

If you want to keep the account vacuum the crap out of it and then SHAMPOO it.


Its the right thing to do.

 

[Jeremy]

Preach it brutha jImMY :!:

 

[Becker]

shampoo it?

 

[hogjowl]

Yeah, Becker. That's all encap. cleaning really is.

Everybody needs a 175 rotary on the truck. You can find them fairly cheap. If the soiling is not too bad, I mean like greasy restaurant soils, then you can almost always clean CGD carpet with a 175 and a few bonnets, as long as you have a good encap. product.

Get yourself a 175 rotary and give Steve at VacAway a call for the juice.

 

[WISE]

Becker--

Look into PowrFlite...I just bought another 175 17" from them for $399. It was maybe $520 delivered with shipping and pad driver.


WISE

 

[Jeremy]

Marty wrote:

Yeah, Becker. That's all encap. cleaning really is.

And I agree with him. I would add however, that with a bonnet or absorbent pad (regardless of what you use it under) you are removing soil. How much is debatable & dependent on the operator, pad, cleaning solution & machine selected. All factors being equal (other than equipment) I think OP shines for the commercial environment. Do yourself a favor & get one with wheels.

I also agree with Jimmy in that vacuuming prior to cleaning is important. Personally, I prefer a certified pile brush. The less dry soil present the less you have to emulsify & absorb via pads & bonnets. Also, the more you absorb, the less the solution has to encapsulate.. This makes the removal of the remaining soils easier through vacuuming after the fact.

That said a rotary will do a fine job & is comparable in speed. Especially in wide open areas. I think a Brute/CX machine is easier & does a more thorough job than a rotary but to each his own...

 

[The Preacher]

he said he has a 175.

get some ENC DS from Vac Away and a couple cases of TuWay loop pads, they scrub MUCH better than the striped bonnets and absorb more soil!!!

 

[Jimmy L]

Danny has got it!


AN THAS A FACT JACK!

 

[Derek]

stear clear of the Cimex.

go with a 175.

better yet, a gls.

 

[Jimmy L]

So sensitive Derek...so sensitive.

Go back to where its "Safe" and read your comic books with your friends.



SHAMPOO!

 

[hogjowl]

GEt with the present jImMY! I'm sure those Star Wars flicks are out on DVD by now.

 

[Becker]

Screw it!

I cleaned the place today, it was trashed, but they tell me how many more employees they have..

I'm writing up a 12 month cleaning contract on the place.

They can take it or leave it.

I hate Comm work,

WHAT DID YA DO SAT? I freaking cleaned a stupid comm account.. No I did not go fishing, no I did not go camping or hang out all day with the kid. I cleaned a stinking comm account that they want done cheaper.


Screw them!

 

[hogjowl]

I was gonna spend the morning HWE cleaning a portion of my largest monthly commercial account, but one of my blower belts blew apart yesterday on my last job, so I spent the morning running around town finding a replacement and then putting the new on on. Of course, it had to be the one that required me to take the other two off before I could get the bad one replaced.

Actually, I kind like working on Saturdays.

 

[hogjowl]

Yeah, why do you think I married her.

If you and Joe Brister could get a woman, both your personalities wouldn't be so pissy.

 

[Becker]

My blower belt blew on the job yesterday 3/4 of the way though, my 2 year old spare was called into action.

Reminds me to order a back up.

If I did not have a kid I would not mind working Sat, have like sun-mon off.

But right now weekend mean something else to me, and have for the past 7 years.

 

[Blue Monarch]

Use the 175 Becker. Kirk has hacked up several jobs with one of those. Results were non-hackish. Use Releasit.

Jimmy could probably mail you some if need be. I saw the UPS guy dropping off about ten cases at his place the other day.

 

[Jimmy L]

NEVER!

 

[Jimmy L]

NEVER!

 

[Desk Jockey]

Where did Blake get all those Releasit empties that he build a fort out of??
:shock: