100% VLM ???

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-27T10:16:55-0400

Just Wondering

Am I the only Member here that uses the VLM Method on every Carpet Cleaning job

Commercial and Residential

It's time to come out of the VLM Closet

No HWE with TM or Portable

100% VLM with 175 or OP

I switched to the VLM Method in 2019 after 25 years of HWE

And it was one of the BEST decisions I have ever made !!!

I love VLM !!!

ImperialCC · 2025-10-27T11:25:56-0400

SteamwayPro said:
Just Wondering

Am I the only Member here that uses the VLM Method on every Carpet Cleaning job

Commercial and Residential

It's time to come out of the VLM Closet

No HWE with TM or Portable

100% VLM with 175 or OP

I switched to the VLM Method in 2019 after 25 years of HWE

And it was one of the BEST decisions I have ever made !!!

I love VLM !!!

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Do you vacuum?

Nate The Great · 2025-10-27T16:50:04-0400

And what age?

Older/aged cleaners always look for the easier way than pulling hoses.. :lol:

bob vawter · 2025-10-27T17:12:55-0400

SteamwayPro said:
Just Wondering

Am I the only Member here that uses the VLM Method on every Carpet Cleaning job

Commercial and Residential

It's time to come out of the VLM Closet

No HWE with TM or Portable

100% VLM with 175 or OP

I switched to the VLM Method in 2019 after 25 years of HWE

And it was one of the BEST decisions I have ever made !!!

I love VLM !!!

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No....there are a few other hacks here as well......

Charlie Lyman · 2025-10-27T17:21:49-0400

I often wish I would have gone that route. If I ever move and start another company it will be 100% VLM.

Kenny Hayes · 2025-10-27T17:26:11-0400

The chems haven't always been good enough for that!

Kenny Hayes · 2025-10-27T17:33:49-0400

Charlie Lyman said:
I often wish I would have gone that route. If I ever move and start another company it will be 100% VLM.

Could you sell it with a straight face
in residential? I love it, and Damon
at the Enncapstore has specific chems for it, but I'm not sure I could.

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-27T18:40:21-0400

ImperialCC said:
Do you vacuum?

I always have 3 vacuums on my Van for Residential and a Handheld for stairs and a Handheld for crevices when using Kirby. Shark Kirby 12'' Pro Team Eureka Handheld Shark Handheld. Last week my Kirby belt broke. No problem I have 2 backups. That Shark Handheld is a handy tool to have. Fits in my spotter bag and has good suction for a little vacuum

Usually 2 for Commercial a 20'' Linhaus and 15'' Pro Team

And when needed I bring Big Green. A 28'' Bissell Big Area Vacuum. I love Big Green for long Hallways Conference Rooms big Offices

SamIam · 2025-10-27T19:11:57-0400

Nate The Great said:
And what age?

Older/aged cleaners always look for the easier way than pulling hoses..

Lifting 100 lbs machines even with a ramp or going upstairs in a home isn't always easy

SamIam · 2025-10-27T19:14:22-0400

SteamwayPro said:
Just Wondering

Am I the only Member here that uses the VLM Method on every Carpet Cleaning job

Commercial and Residential

It's time to come out of the VLM Closet

No HWE with TM or Portable

100% VLM with 175 or OP

I switched to the VLM Method in 2019 after 25 years of HWE

And it was one of the BEST decisions I have ever made !!!

I love VLM !!!

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I'll be VLM my Church as a volunteer service because it's bad and they ain't calling hahahah

And it's glue down with some areas bubbling already glue breaking down.

So I figure I'll hit it with angry lemon and oxy boost for coffees and pad it real good

SamIam · 2025-10-27T19:29:31-0400

SteamwayPro said:
I always have 3 vacuums on my Van for Residential and a Handheld for stairs and a Handheld for crevices when using Kirby. Shark Kirby 12'' Pro Team Eureka Handheld Shark Handheld. Last week my Kirby belt broke. No problem I have 2 backups. That Shark Handheld is a handy tool to have. Fits in my spotter bag and has good suction for a little vacuum

Usually 2 for Commercial a 20'' Linhaus and 15'' Pro Team

And when needed I bring Big Green. A 28'' Bissell Big Area Vacuum. I love Big Green for long Hallways Conference Rooms big Offices

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Loren?

Kenny Hayes · 2025-10-27T21:44:50-0400

SamIam said:
I'll be VLM my Church as a volunteer service because it's bad and they ain't calling hahahah

And it's glue down with some areas bubbling already glue breaking down.

So I figure I'll hit it with angry lemon and oxy boost for coffees and pad it real good

It'll be hard to beat Hydrox and Tops for that.

SamIam · 2025-10-27T22:11:44-0400

You should change your name to pad way pro

Doah

SamIam · 2025-10-27T22:23:11-0400

Kenny Hayes said:
It'll be hard to beat Hydrox and Tops for that.

I dont vlm enough to buy more products, I have several gallons of angry lemon and catalyst booster from CTI

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-28T04:28:56-0400

SamIam said:
I'll be VLM my Church as a volunteer service because it's bad and they ain't calling hahahah

And it's glue down with some areas bubbling already glue breaking down.

So I figure I'll hit it with angry lemon and oxy boost for coffees and pad it real good

What are you using a 175

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-28T05:25:09-0400

Kenny Hayes said:
It'll be hard to beat Hydrox and Tops for that.

I've been using Hydrox ( Yes on Residential ) more and more on lightly soiled Residential nylon and getting excellent results

And I'm using Hydrox on some lightly soiled furniture with the VLM Method

It has a light clean fragrance needed for Residential

LESS water MORE agitation !!!

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-28T05:33:35-0400

SamIam said:
Loren?

I'm not sure what you mean Loren ?

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-28T05:41:11-0400

Yes I know the GROUP THINK Members here HATE VLM talk and Me

Don't let your Blood Pressure rise

Just ignore this thread !!!

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-28T06:51:28-0400

I should mention I do have a portable for flushing out urine stains/spots with a Water Claw. I charge extra that and some furniture with loose fitting fabrics are very hard to clean using the VLM Method

BIG WOOD · 2025-10-28T07:33:39-0400

SteamwayPro said:
I should mention I do have a portable for flushing out urine stains/spots with a Water Claw. I charge extra that and some furniture with loose fitting fabrics are very hard to clean using the VLM Method

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Im glad you bring in a machine to properly flush out those nasties. I respect you a little more now. I always thought you just buffed those spots

Mikey P · 2025-10-28T08:58:14-0400

I would like to hear about the type of work you turned down..

I've mentioned it before here but in my hustle days in Santa Cruz when I was first starting out I would often see Rob Rocha buzzing around in his white mini pickup that a simple fiberglass shell and I don't quite recall his name but all he had was a 175 and whatever bonnets were popular at the time.I think the can dry style polysor two to three inch thick bonnets we're getting replaced with thinner more effective and aggressive varieties.

We both pulled over at a beach overlook probably at lunch time one day and I think I was commiserating with him about the nasty pet job I just left and I asked him how he dealt with those situations and his reply was "I don't"

I don't think I even remotely understood it at the time as I was young and hungry and my water claw and I were out the conquer the world at that point.

While I am now emotionally and physically capable of running a low moisture only business, to be honest I still don't feel good about it with most residential services, especially ones with kids and pets and it would bother me not to be able to effectively clean corners and under furniture in the long edges and there's just something about watching that ooze come out of your waist tank hose at the end of the day with a certain level of disgustingness that no pad will ever be able to extract...

But that's not to say there are plenty of customers that never do disgusting things to their carpet and padding is more than enough to keep them happy and maybe more importantly keep my conscious even cleaner..

Ultimately I think a true professional multi-surface cleaner should have a truck mount and all the low moisture options.

SteamwayPro · 2025-10-28T09:33:37-0400

BIG WOOD said:
Im glad you bring in a machine to properly flush out those nasties. I respect you a little more now. I always thought you just buffed those spots

Thank You I get very little respect here but I kinda like it that way

I like the challenge and I like being the outsider

SamIam · 2025-10-28T09:44:28-0400

SteamwayPro said:
What are you using a 175

Vibe with a weight kit I'm not going to crb first probably use the stripped star two way pads

SamIam · 2025-10-28T09:48:10-0400

SteamwayPro said:
I'm not sure what you mean Loren ?

Your name ? The guy with steamway machine near Sacramento that retired and moved a few years back?

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