Do you use a coin?

[Mikey P]

Or instruct your techs to mark deep spills or pet spots that disappear immediately as you pre spray so that you can remember to thoroughly flush them?


coins or harley davidson keys or washers or...?

 

[Jimmy L]

I ask them where fido likes to go and then mentally mark them .
Top of the stairs, landings, next to the master's bed or by the door are typical. But if you're like Saiger who allows his dogs to sleep with him , his entire bed will be a cesspool.

 

[hogjowl]

Mikey being Mikey
Idiot

 

[Mikey P]

Mikey being Mikey
Idiot

Mikey being IICRC Standards writer.



If you dont think this is a good practice for new cleaners, YOU sir are a F'idiot.

 

[hogjowl]

And, this is news?

 

[Mikey P]

Who reads the Standards?

 

[steve_64]

I instruct people to watch in front of the wand where the water strikes the carpet and pay attention to the other side too.
It's pretty easy to see the foam or what not as you pass over it.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Post it notes.

 

[Ron K]

Post it notes.

pink ones bleed... then you can charge for red dye removal

 

[jcooper]

If you dont think this is a good practice for new cleaners, YOU sir are a F'idiot.

New or not, if you can't remember 5-10 minutes ago, just give up.


I'll occasionally use painters tape is Ms Smith is one of the crazys.

 

[Mikey P]

New or not, if you can't remember 5-10 minutes ago, just give up.


I'll occasionally use painters tape is Ms Smith is one of the crazys.

If you can remember exactly where multiple spots were in a 400 sf room you should give up and become a poker pro

 

[Ron K]

If you can remember exactly where multiple spots were in a 400 sf room you should give up and become a poker pro

Mikey the problem with this is most cleaners don't have any money and the rest took your advise and pulled the Maytag out from the basement.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

If you can remember exactly where multiple spots were in a 400 sf room you should give up and become a poker pro

No need. After 3 or 4 I treat the whole room as it is surely ALL affected to some degree.

 

[Mikey P]

Mikey the problem with this is most cleaners don't have any money and the rest took your advise and pulled the Maytag out from the basement.

Maytag?

 

[Dolly Llama]

If you can remember exactly where multiple spots were in a 400 sf room you should give up and become a poker pro

I



If using any pre-spray worth spit, we all know lots of those spills and paper plate clean-ups disappear in minutes on berbers

Nothing better to prevent wick-calls than dropping spent ammo brass .

gUrls


LT.A

 

[Cleanworks]

I'm glad YOU can remember "exactly" where
but some of us can't walk on water....



If using any pre-spray worth spit, we all know lots of those spills and paper plate clean-ups disappear in minutes on berbers

Nothing better to prevent wick-calls than dropping spent ammo brass .

gUrls


LT.A

Prevents call backs too

 

[DAT]

Coins. I have bumch of nickles and dimes for it.

 

[Trip Moses]

Or instruct your techs to mark deep spills or pet spots that disappear immediately as you pre spray so that you can remember to thoroughly flush them?


coins or harley davidson keys or washers or...?

IICRC badges

 

[Rob Grady]

Plastic bingo markers about the size of a dime.

 

[Fat Mike]

Spray paint

 

[Mikey P]

Just want to know what kind of shity pre-spray Larry is using that it takes minutes.. most disappear on contact in my experience

 

[Dolly Llama]

Just want to know what kind of shity pre-spray Larry is using that it takes minutes.. most disappear on contact in my experience

I don't pressure wash them to the backing with HF like you do.....

..LTA.

 

[jcooper]

If you can remember exactly where multiple spots were in a 400 sf room you should give up and become a poker pro

Your not giving carpet cleaners enough credit.

Most of us are really smart and just do this for fun.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

cardboard carpet coasters (chips) handier than coins and cheaper

 

[BIG WOOD]

If I was new in the business, I'd carry a role of painters tape. It's easier to manage than a bag of coins or idiot damon poker chips.

But I do similar to Lee's comment on spraying the whole room if a range of spots are present.

 

[Ron K]

Maytag?

Washer!

 

[Mikey P]

If I was new in the business, I'd carry a role of painters tape. It's easier to manage than a bag of coins or idiot damon poker chips.

But I do similar to Lee's comment on spraying the whole room if a range of spots are present.

Tape or sticky notes....soapy slimy carpet....yeah sure...

 

[BIG WOOD]

Get to the important part of this subject in the standards manual and tell the new guys what is says on when to use:
Powdered Sodium Percarbonate
2-4ph Acid rinse agent as a pretreatment
Liquid Hydrogen peroxide
Liquid Enzymes

That's 4 different types of treatment that our suppliers have done a wonderful job at confusing all the new guys. There's a need for each one and there's a specific time when each one needs to be used first and last.

 

[hogjowl]

Let’s not forget to add that it’s easier with the lights on

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Post it notes.

Clarification of use:

I don't use them, but I suggest my OCD customer knock themself out "helping" me find the bad spots.

I look at their pretty artwork, make a mental note (or picture), gather them up, and get busy cleaning.