Do the math for me
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Desk Jockey
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65 x 128 oz =8320
8320÷600 =13.86
8320÷600 =13.86
SamIam
Member
You used exactimate
Matt B
Member
Wrong
Matt B
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Lol
SamIam
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Mikey P
Administrator
I did it in my noggin and came up with 14 ounces as well.
Never took algebra or higher math
Never took algebra or higher math
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
So basically A bottle of drinking water per sqft.
I hope it’s clean ,but more so , hope it’s dry.
I hope it’s clean ,but more so , hope it’s dry.
encapman
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Mikey P
Administrator
Define "clean"...lol
Mikey P
Administrator
Is that Normal?
Im not sure, our clear fresh tank on the Transit makes it mesurable, and interesting.
Im not sure, our clear fresh tank on the Transit makes it mesurable, and interesting.
encapman
Member
Was thinking on this a little more. The carpet could've been encap'd 30 times before consuming 65 gallons of water. To look at it another way, it could've been maintained for its entire useful life via encap using as much water as a single HWE cleaning. 
Not bashing HWE. Just thinking out loud. There's gotta be a way to employ less water to clean carpet!
Not bashing HWE. Just thinking out loud. There's gotta be a way to employ less water to clean carpet!
Desk Jockey
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Sierra Clean Care
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As I do both HWE, and VLM, I think they both have their place. I do a fair amount of work for a large janitorial company (150-60 employees). All they do is bonnet cleaning. When they ask me to come in and HWE as the ‘spring deep clean’ as the owner calls it, the water out of my waste tank ALWAYS comes out black as coal.... I think both methods are needed for truly clean commercial carpet....
Desk Jockey
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I'd be more concerned about washing your vehicles. Its done much more often and uses lots of water.
I try not to wash my vehicle much, uhhh to save water.
GreenTechAgain
Member
I'm limited to 60 gallons supply and limited heat with the Legend as well.
So I have been becoming more "creative" trying to get the same results with less flow/more heat.
You can get an amazing amount of work done with less than 60 gallons including tile and grout.
So I have been becoming more "creative" trying to get the same results with less flow/more heat.
You can get an amazing amount of work done with less than 60 gallons including tile and grout.
Shane T
Member
The problem with units that bypass water to control heat is you don't know how much water actually got to the carpet.
Mikey P
Administrator
They're keeping the heat on low at this point
The answer = Cheesecake.
Cleanworks
Moderator
At least a four flusher.I'm a bit of a flusher, that's normal for "me" cleaning. Never been a one stroker.
I cleaned 3 bedrooms yesterday and my machine shut off while doing the last room. My tank is 120 gallons. It kind of pisssed me off. I need to fix my APO float. But 100 gallons for three rooms? Everything was separated by hardwood and it was a huge house. There was a lot of moving hoses around. Probably all the idle time caused the machine to bypass.
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grizzley
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1,181.5 ounces per gallon. Divide 600 sq ft by 65 gallons. That equals 9.23 gallons per sq ft. The multiply 9.23 by 128 ounces in a gallon..... 1181.5 rounded of course
Had a old PC Bruin years ago and it too bypassed into the waste tank. This was around 2000. So after all of these years where is the high tech everyone mentions? I see basic changes and more electronic doodads to fix but over all the same old shit. For more money and more shop time.
J Scott W
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Years ago, we figured 1 gallon per square yard for residential pile was thoroughly flushed. That is just over 14 ounces per square foot. We recovered about 80 - 85% which left just over 2 ounces per sq. ft. in the carpet. Seems pretty close to your numbers.
For commercial carpet with short pile, we could clean about 3 square yards per gallon of water.
For commercial carpet with short pile, we could clean about 3 square yards per gallon of water.
