100% VLM ???

[BIG WOOD]

SOAK and Leave Company's like Stanley Steemer are NOT cheap

Finally, you're right about s0mething we can agree on.

Companies like Stanley have polluted our service industry with bulk advertising ads of cheap $1** service, only to high pressure upsell the customers to have an average invoice of $450+, with technicians who don't have the knowledge that most of us active members here have to provide a valuable service

Check out the Atlanta market and you'll see it's very hard to build a successful cc business from the ground up, unless you have $10k/month or more to advertise

 

[they live]

SOAK and Leave Company's like Stanley Steemer are NOT cheap

There are a lot of independent guys working cheap. The big companies at least give some training and supervision.
A complex near me has a guy driving 50 miles one way to clean for $50 a unit.
I think he is just spraying water.
They dont care as long as they show it was cleaned.
Some are using portables and others use rug doctors.
Yes they are out there.
One complex had their own rug doctor and the maintenance guy cleans them.
This is what im referring to.
At least the big guys have good equipment.

 

[they live]

I only use Procyon Plus as a detergent in my portable

Can it harm my portable

What about your lungs?

 

[Kenny Hayes]

I only use Procyon Plus as a detergent in my portable

Can it harm my portable

So, you don't use a hydra Force or some sorta sprayer to lay down your emulsifier? Did you do that with your truck mount? No wonder
you think it's the 90's!

 

[Mikey P]

One word of caution regarding Procyon and CRB machines: Be careful if you're using it with you CRB. Our mechanic/tech guy at Excellent Supply has seen significant damage repairing CRB's – when cleaners have used Procyon. It's corrosive!

Very true and the internal components on the rent system in your truck mount too...

 

[Cleanworks]

I use Procyon Plus to clean my bonnets and have used it as a rinse but don't carry it on my van

Finding hot water on the job and getting powder to dissolve is frustrating and time consuming

Much rather use liquids

When I know I'm going to need it on a job I will mix it up at home and take it with me

Actually, it dissolves nicely in a 5 gallon pail with just hot tap water from a bathtub or kitchen sink.

 

[Cleanworks]

One word of caution regarding Procyon and CRB machines: Be careful if you're using it with you CRB. Our mechanic/tech guy at Excellent Supply has seen significant damage repairing CRB's – when cleaners have used Procyon. It's corrosive!

You need to rinse your machine at the end of the day. I turn mine on it's side, turn it on then rinse with a garden hose. Old machine, lots of Procyon, still in good shape.

 

[encapman]

Ron you're a wise man. Good to see when folks do basic preventative maintenance on their equipment. Clean well-maintained machines pay back dividends. They look more professional, they normally perform better, and it extends the machine's useful life.

 

[bob vawter]

So, you don't use a hydra Force or some sorta sprayer to lay down your emulsifier? Did you do that with your truck mount? No wonder
you think it's the 90's!

Yor kidding me.....right?

The world is going to hell ...I know it...you know it....Mikey knows it...Even Kenny knows sumthins up. Damn near everyone here knows it! Even the dED saints in heaven know it.......yor busting my hump over a more non-preferable way to make the cheese?

 

[bob vawter]

Yor kidding me.....right?

The world is going to hell ...I know it...you know it....Mikey knows it...Even Kenny knows sumthins up. Damn near everyone here knows it! Even the dED saints in heaven know it.......yor busting my hump over a more non-preferable way to make the cheese?

I think I may open a new bidnes....we'll call it Spray N Glo !