What were some of the "board de jour" favorites that are just distant meomories now?

[Dolly Llama]

I'm needing a new sprayer ..that got me thinking about how the Pepsi sprayer was once a board de jour rage.
Seemed like all the pack followers were scooping them up when they were a "hot item" 9-10 years ago
Bet a nickel most are no longer in use

"four to the door" is another de jour fad I'll bet most have dispensed with.
Big PITA for minimal to no real practical value ...let's stretch out double the length of hose on a typical 100ft and less hose run

a particular pre-spray became famous ...it was mediocre (at best) and all the pack followers parroted "it's great".
Most don't use it now and moved on to more effective product

what other de jour fads can you think of?


..L.T.A.

 

[dgardner]

Kunkle valves.

 

[Ron K]

Whatever!

 

[hogjowl]

What prespray was that Larry? Man up.

 

[Desk Jockey]

What prespray was that Larry? Man up.

What difference does it make?

Every 6-months its something different.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Oxley and Greenie. Very similar talents, up and down.

 

[hogjowl]

What difference does it make?

Every 6-months its something different.

Because it may be a good prespray.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

The best products ARE getting better, or at least staying more consistant when they get to the top of the heap.

 

[Art Kelley]

Larry still can't make the hydroforce work for him. It is the gold standard for applying chemicals to the carpet for professional carpet cleaners but won't work when things are vaporized.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Because it may be a good prespray.

I know you know who he is talking about. You're just trying to cause trouble!

 

[hogjowl]

If I know who he's talking about, then it IS a good prespray. It's just the four or five professional shills who quit endorsing it.

For reasons only they can say.

 

[truckmount girl]

I wish I still had a Pepsi Sprayer! I loved them! Especially for doing VLM work and using Xerion. A hell of a lot easier than a pump up.

I sold mine with the truck and machine.

I like Quat-A-Lot, but don't need it anymore now that we have hard floors.

And I still talk to a lot of folks on the phone who use 2.5" or 4 to the door. think a big reason those began to fade is Jeff dropped out of the industry and no one else made that quality of parts. All of those pieces were money losers, cost way more to make than was feasible to pull a profit out of. The plastic pieces just weren't the same.

Take care,
Lisa

 

[Shane Deubell]

The guy on ICS who was a 30 year owner operator, then was building a $20 million company, then had a sandwich shop at the end.

Classic forum stuff!

 

[truckmount girl]

Moe.

Remember Craig Lindquist?

Take care,
Lisa

 

[renegade_cowboy]

What about the board de jour products that had a positive impact to our industry?

Glides
Sticky Tabs
Fels
Airpath

 

[ruff]

Not to mention any Gold Standards, but any pre-spray that causes people to cough and or have headaches.

A lot of the diversification stuff:

• Ceiling cleaning tools and chems.
• Venetian blind cleaning.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Not to mention any Gold Standards, but any pre-spray that causes people to cough and or have headaches.

It's best not to spray it in peoples' faces...

 

[ruff]

Good point Lee. Never occurred to me that that would be the problem.
Though in my defense, only into the non-functioning nostril.

That is, to follow the Gold Standard of application practices de jour

 

[Dolly Llama]

If I know who he's talking about, then it IS a good prespray. It's just the four or five professional shills who quit endorsing it.

.

it's not about "maning up" (that's really stupid to suggest that when referring to me)..laughable actually
Didn't feel like mentioning it by name cause i think Les is "good guy" .
insecure and more than a bit paranoid (everyone's "out to get him" you know)
But a good guy none the less

the truth is though, 02 is crap at the suggested dilution rates on anything but clean carpet.
hell, even the Jud faithful use mostly S&G now...cause it WORKS BETTER

sometimes i really wonder about you.
i think you must be one of the "50 percent'rs"

..L.T.A.

 

[Dolly Llama]

The guy on ICS who was a 30 year owner operator, then was building a $20 million company, then had a sandwich shop at the end.

Classic forum stuff!

Peter??
man that guy was wack'd
Some of his posts were like looking at a tragic car accident ...don't want to see it, but you have to look

..L.T.A.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Larry still can't make the hydroforce work for him. It is the gold standard for applying chemicals to the carpet for professional carpet cleaners but won't work when things are vaporized.

if i worked alone, or ran one man crew, HF is a good tool "most" of the time.
They're not terribly consistent though..and you don't when they're being inconsistent
Not all that easy mix when using powders and strong dilute is needed

It is the gold standard for applying chemicals to the carpet for professional carpet cleaners but won't work when things are vaporized.

donno about the "gold standard" ...i think for a two man crew they're more like the "lead" standard
Gonna stop the wand to pre-spray???
nah

But wouldn't call the HF a "de jour" thing
No more a de jour thing than a hose hook or corner guards

..L.T.A.

 

[Dolly Llama]

rotary DriMater ..or whatever they called that plastic shrouded thing

it had lost it's de jour status before this board started .
BTW, they don't have t be de jour items from "this" board

any tool, juice or method that became "the chit" for awhile then faded because it really wasn't "all that" qualifies

..L.T.A.

 

[D Luke]

Bought some Nuclean Brutus a couple years ago.

Worked really REALLY good but clogged your spray jet down to almost nothing. Never even used up what I originally bought.

 

[Dolly Llama]

but any pre-spray that causes people to cough and or have headaches.

most all the encRap juices do that to me..and we're talking 45 year tar and nicotine stained lungs
Not the weirdos in certain parts of the country that have physiological reactions to scents in bath soaps, laundry detergents and Fabreeze


.L.T.A.

 

[hogjowl]

I thought you were talking about PowerMax.

You pussy.

 

[rwcarpet]

Back in 02-03, padding was all the rage. A lot of guys (and girls) went out and ordered the most "popular" padding machine from out of Kentucky. Well, mine lasted about a year, and the PITA of having to wash the pads grew old. Now it's back.....stronger than ever and commanding $5-6-7-8+ thousands of dollars to swirl the dirt, and I see a lot of cleaners selling off their TM's to pad exclusively. Some are just adding to their arsenal of tools. I'm trying to get mine old jiggler up and running again to compliment my HWE'ing on those really nasty berbers.

 

[Willy P]

Stainless steel polishing....

 

[Mikey P]

Bissells

Porty Booster Boxes

Sheer kits

 

[hogjowl]

Tornado vacuums .

 

[Dolly Llama]

I thought you were talking about PowerMax.

You pussy.

dayum...i can't catch a break.
i try and be nice and not dog a guy I consider a "good guy" (with some paranoia/insecurity "issues")
and you accuse me of not "manning up"

NOW I'm a "pussy"??

good thing I'm not violent person
(or pay some local mobster to sabotage your van's brakes )





as far as Powermax, you must have pig chit in your eyes ...you've never heard (read) me say anything bad about Powermax
(ridiculously high suggested dilution rate doesn't count)

I haven't used enough of it to see any inconsistencies that those I trust have mentioned.
Only tried a jug..that was enough to tell me it's a damn good pre-spray...maybe real close to being one of a handful of "great" ones
There's tons of "good" juice, fair amount of very good ones, but only a small few of "great" ones (Power Burst and Flex being two)

PM might qualify as a "great" one if used at the crazy hi suggested dilute rate ...but I'll never know, cause there ain't no way I'm using a powder that needs mixed half a jar for a gal RTU.
It's certainly a "very good" one at half and less the suggested rate


..L.T.A.