So I cleaned our own carpets

[Zee]

This morning I hit our carpets with a pump up sprayer filled with leftover EncapucleanO2... Scrubbed it with the CRB.... Followed that up with the truckmount and a 20 flow Greenhorn. (fresh water only)

Did my normal wanding strokes and dropped a couple of blowers here and there.
Took about 2 hours to do the job. (9-11)
Three bedrooms upstairs, stairs, livingroom hallway, master bedroom downstairs.

Went out to the mall for a Lego store run and to have lunch... (I did not have the blowers run while we were away)

And we've been playing around/laying around on these carpets with the new Legos etc since 3pm and I can tell you that it is truly dry.


Every time I do this, I'm always amazed at how this can be done so easily and there are still hacks out there that collect reviews like: "the carpet was soaking wet for 3days.."


Could I have done it faster? Yes....indeed.
But it's worth doing decent reduced speed dry strokes to really allow the water to get worked up through the fiber into the wand and save hours of drying time.

 

[Zee]

This is the type of loop carpet we have....and it keeps coming back to me how some of the companies out there only clean these carpets with bonnets and claim they can't be steam cleaned. Right Cole?



Rolling eyes...

 

[Mikey P]

Should have Grumpied it

 

[hogjowl]

Somebody give the man his medal.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Fook Zee, thats not carpet!

What is your humidity like there? I can see doing that here with a Zipper but you might as well triple drying time with just a wand.

Humidity is terrible here.

 

[Zee]

Should have Grumpied it

Riiight... I can buy half a truckmount for a price of that thing..

 

[Cleanworks]

20 flow wand, so, that's like 7.5 gpm?

 

[Zee]

Fook Zee, thats not carpet!

What is your humidity like there? I can see doing that here with a Zipper but you might as well triple drying time with just a wand.

Humidity is terrible here.

Around 45% when I was working. Maybe a little higher...

This is right now :

 

[Desk Jockey]

Did you trigger the solution valve at all?

 

[Zee]

@Desk Jockey, Yes I did...

@Cleanworks not even close to that much water. I didn't check but I'm in doubt about the Cat pump on the truckmount even being capable of that much.
I'd say the Cat pump is no more than 3-4gpm

 

[Desk Jockey]

I hate it when you lie to me!

 

[Cleanworks]

I'm just thinking if a 4 flow puts out 1.5 gpm at 500 psi, what does a 20 flow put out?

 

[hogjowl]

More

 

[SamIam]

This morning I hit our carpets with a pump up sprayer filled with leftover EncapucleanO2... Scrubbed it with the CRB.... Followed that up with the truckmount and a 20 flow Greenhorn. (fresh water only)

Did my normal wanding strokes and dropped a couple of blowers here and there.
Took about 2 hours to do the job. (9-11)
Three bedrooms upstairs, stairs, livingroom hallway, master bedroom downstairs.

Went out to the mall for a Lego store run and to have lunch... (I did not have the blowers run while we were away)

And we've been playing around/laying around on these carpets with the new Legos etc since 3pm and I can tell you that it is truly dry.


Every time I do this, I'm always amazed at how this can be done so easily and there are still hacks out there that collect reviews like: "the carpet was soaking wet for 3days.."


Could I have done it faster? Yes....indeed.
But it's worth doing decent reduced speed dry strokes to really allow the water to get worked up through the fiber into the wand and save hours of drying time.

WHOA WHOA WHOA , it was pet job and she lied about the dry times.

 

[SamIam]

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This is the type of loop carpet we have....and it keeps coming back to me how some of the companies out there only clean these carpets with bonnets and claim they can't be steam cleaned. Right Cole?



Rolling eyes...

Cole is a friggin water damage guy now, let it go.

 

[Zee]

WHOA WHOA WHOA , it was pet job and she lied about the dry times.

LOL Sam, I wasn't even thinking of you when I typed it.
I was picturing the "every town's $7.50/room hack"

 

[Zee]

Cole is a friggin water damage guy now, let it go.

I know Cole tucked tail out of that business But he left a lot of us with that impression that always calls for remembrance...

 

[Nate The Great]

Cole is a friggin water damage guy now, let it go.

Oh the irony.....

 

[Cleanworks]

@Desk Jockey, Yes I did...

@Cleanworks not even close to that much water. I didn't check but I'm in doubt about the Cat pump on the truckmount even being capable of that much.
I'd say the Cat pump is no more than 3-4gpm

According the the Pumptec nozzle performance chart, it you are using a 20 flow at 500 psi, you are putting out 7.07 gpm. If your pump is not capable of that performance, it is probably cavitating and damaging the pump. 10 flow at 500 psi is 3.54 gpm, 6 flow is 2.12

 

[Zee]

According the the Pumptec nozzle performance chart, it you are using a 20 flow at 500 psi, you are putting out 7.07 gpm. If your pump is not capable of that performance, it is probably cavitating and damaging the pump. 10 flow at 500 psi is 3.54 gpm, 6 flow is 2.12

What hose size?

 

[Cleanworks]

It doesn't matter what the hose size, it still has to be compressed to come out the nozzles. If you used 3/8 hose, it would still be the same as 1/4 inch.

 

[Zee]

I'll check it with a bucket.... When I have time...and when I feel like I'm using too much water and too high flow for everyone's liking even though they never tried it.

 

[Cleanworks]

It's not a matter of liking it or not, if your are exceeding the capacity of your pump, you may want to downsize to your max capacity. When you are beside your truck, look at your pressure gauge and trigger the wand. Your gauge will drop to the pressure that the pump can actually provide. Adjust the regulator to that pressure so that you are not seeing a large drop. A drop of up 50 psi is normal

 

[BIG WOOD]

According the the Pumptec nozzle performance chart, it you are using a 20 flow at 500 psi, you are putting out 7.07 gpm. If your pump is not capable of that performance, it is probably cavitating and damaging the pump. 10 flow at 500 psi is 3.54 gpm, 6 flow is 2.12

My wand is set at 9.5flow. That means I can't go over 700psi on my carpet wand, because my water pump produces up to 4gpm. Am I correct at reading that chart?

 

[ruff]

What kind of a frooking carpet cleaner has time, let alone the will, to clean his own carpet?
Must be a European thing

 

[Desk Jockey]

Fookin foreigners trying to show us up!

 

[Bill Soukoreff]

It is not just the jets and pump that determine flow. It is also the wand valve and hose size. Compare a Westpak soft touch (Greenhorn) and the Zipper/Butler Paraplate valve. The later allows more flow.

 

[Zee]

What kind of a frooking carpet cleaner has time, let alone the will, to clean his own carpet?
Must be a European thing

It is actually a surprising nice feel knowing that I cleaned these carpets and they look good, feel good. So every time I do it, I'm thinking: I'd totally pay for this service if I knew it was going to be such an outstanding over the top quality job.

 

[Bill Soukoreff]

My wife says the sane thing when I clean our carpets! High flow is the way to go!

 

[Cleanworks]

My wand is set at 9.5flow. That means I can't go over 700psi on my carpet wand, because my water pump produces up to 4gpm. Am I correct at reading that chart?

best way to find out is to stand beside your truck, trigger the wand, look at the pressure gauge and turn up the pressure until it won't climb anymore. That will tell you if you are exceeding your pumps flow capacity. If you find you can't maintain the pressure you want with a certain size flow, reduce it gradually, until your happy with it. Large flow is great as long as you have the vacuum recovery for it.