Update on the GreenGlides upholstery tool project

Mikey P

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The final version will have the black sleeve mated to a black swivel cuff and a green vacuum hose..

I was thinking of calling it The GreenGlides upholstery tool which is what most will call it naturally, but Jim thinks it should have a snazzier name like the Chosen wand



How about:

The Jubilee: In the Old Testament, the Jubilee was a year of freedom, restoration, and returning things to their original state. This name would perfectly represent a tool that cleans and restores worn fabric, making it feel new again.



Fwiw, there's a internal fitting inside the head that's of a degree that's never been made before, that we'll need to create and manufacture.

It's exciting to create something, essentially from scratch, considering the titanium head with it's many tweaks, has also never been made before..

There's going to be a substantial demand for this tool and at this point Jim and I will be the only distributors

After a while I may entertain the possibility of a large distributor buying them in quantities, If it doesn't get knocked off by then .
 

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$7million Upper scale house that is a second home for these people.. They complained about why we were more expensive than the last cleaner.. It's because we have to fix the screw-ups associated from the previous.. The cleaning is easy, if you know what your doing..

We are considered the "Fixers" for other cleaners.. If they mess it up You can't fix the rusting from the staples..
HydroF or phosohoric doesn't do it for you?
 
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HydroF or phosohoric doesn't do it for you?

It will, but you'll be chasing your tail.. I didn't cause it, and I know when to tuck in my cape.. :lol:

They barked about our price, saying it's way more expensive than the last cleaners............ Call them back if you were happy with the results..:winky:

We initially declined to do the work because the owners were trying to nitpick our invoice, the property manager fought to have us do it..
 
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You'd have loved a Hydrokentic tool.. Only if they made it in plastic due to the weight.. It would glide over fabric, but you still had to watch your pressure..
The Hydrokinetic is still what I use to this day (heavy as a tank) and tried the SS for many years, although just not sold on ever buying another one. Most likely going to go with the Butler/ prochem one when the HK bites the dust.
 

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After a lot of testing and dissecting and tweaking we've gotten to the point of me handing the tool back to Westpac and say let's run with it.

The all titanium head will have a very large view window on the front and a inch and a quarter internal hose setup in 10, 15 and 20 ft options

The 01 single jet sits in its own spray chamber that offers amazing over spray control allowing you to clean microfibers and other flat weaves in the very tidy way

The Glide is easily removed if you want to detail staircases and not fret about damage that the tactless will do to your soft Teflon accessory.

There will be a optional and removable heat creating circulating system that will fix to the other end of the hideAhose for those that feel they need full truck mount heat when cleaning upholstery.

I call the Glide an "accessory" because the hand tool also works very well without the Glide when needed such as when doing detail work or very rough sturdy fabrics..

It's extremely comfortable to use due to its angle and lightweight and the flexibility of the swivelized hose

Mr Pemberton used it on a few pieces over the past few days and I'll let him comment on his findings


I'll be with the Westpac team next week where we'll go over some of the details and we may see this fun to use, long needed, versatile tool in production within the next 2 months, hopefully.

I'm not interested in any more suggestions. It's been through the gamut with various veteran specialists has passed muster.

Cost is yet to be determined but my goal is to make it a great value just like the rest of my tools.

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Looking forward to the final production. I think you have addressed all the major shortcomings of the jetted upholstery tools. Nice work Mike.
 
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While China prepares to make my first titanium beta head, Ive been cleaning lots of upholstery with the steel mock up

It really is a very nice tool to clean with, in just about every way, especially once you learn it, as all tools need doing

The two items we need to address with the Glide will have to wait until I get the TI version as the end opening will be different and we need to make sure Glide can be taken off and on easily, as this action will happen a lot due to how well it works with out the glide on certain tasks






Patience is a virtue, that I've gotten better at but am far from perfect.
 
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While China prepares to make my first titanium beta head, Ive been cleaning lots of upholstery with the steel mock up

It really is a very nice tool to clean with, in just about every way, especially once you learn it, as all tools need doing

The two items we need to address with the Glide will have to wait until I get the TI version as the end opening will be different and we need to make sure Glide can be taken off and on easily, as this action will happen a lot due to how well it works with out the glide on certain tasks






Patience is a virtue, that I've gotten better at but am far from perfect.

I've only ever used a low moisture upholstery tool, the Mytee 8400 GT. It has a 1.25" vacuum hose too. The weight of it isnt bad, but could be better. I like that it is constant flow so I don't need to squeeze a trigger, I just do dry passes at the end. What would I enjoy about this new tool of yours, particularly compared to what I am so used to Mike?
 

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Would you want to clean with a carpet wand that is constant flow?


No you wouldn't

And once you try a good triggered upholstery tool, you will never use that mighty again
 

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Would you want to clean with a carpet wand that is constant flow?


No you wouldn't

And once you try a good triggered upholstery tool, you will never use that mighty again

I'm no fan of constant flow tools, but I do like the very low moisture extraction that this tool, as well as those with triggers afford.

Ideally, it would help to grow beyond the constant flow tool to a triggered one, like the Upholstery Pro.

That said, having a tool that gives you a thorough "wet rinse" (like Mike's yet to be named tool) would fastly improve your results on synthetic fiber fabrics that are heavily soiled, and/or have oily films from human or animal hair.

In a perfect world, I'd have both types of tools.
 
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I'm thinking---

The GreenGlide's "Jubilee" Upholstery & Detail Tool


Which rhymes with "Marty Don't Get One For Free cuz he's a Fool" Tool...
 

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Would you want to clean with a carpet wand that is constant flow?

While I appreciate the advice you guys are giving me, and plan on getting a different style upholstery tool like Mike's at some point, this isn't a fair comparison you made Mike. A carpet wand only has a vacuum port on one side of the jets, rather than a vacuum port on both sides of the jets as the 8400GT and Upholstery Pro do, which is a world of difference. Your comparison makes it seem as if a person using a constant flow tool is overwetting fabric which isn't happening, but they certainly would be if they were cleaning carpets with a carpet wand that happened to be constant flow. Maybe a better comparison would be comparing a constant flow upholstery tool to Mike's hard surface wand if it happened to be constant flow, because if one used Mike's hard surface wand with constant flow they'd still be recovering moisture no matter which direction they are wanding. Then the power of the vacuum, the pressure, and the speed of passes would determine if there was excess moisture being left or not.

I wonder, when comparing a similar style low moisture upholstery tool like the 8400 GT to the Upholstery Pro where the only major difference is the constant flow vs trigger flow feature... what is the difference in real world results of using one tool vs the other? I don't understand what that would be aside, but I do see a difference in personal technique. I've used the SS Upholstery Pro briefly at Jim's class and MF. I normally lift the constant flow tool off the fabric between each pass, and then go back and forth continually on tough areas to flood it, and do all my dry passes at the end of cleaning an entire section or piece (unless a rare situation calls for dry passes sooner), whereas an Upholstery Pro user just does that with each pass triggering the jets and releasing. I lift and move more, they trigger and release more. What am I missing?
 
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