Does timing matter when it comes to using fans to dry as you clean?

[Mikey P]

Lee Senter has done some testing that convinced him that if the snail or down draft fan is placed within the first five minutes of cleaning it will dry the carpet MUCH quicker than if placed 20 minutes or longer

Letting the rinse water drip down to the backing being the premise...

 

[Nomad74]

Marty is going to love this.

 

[Mikey P]

he should, he just bought IICRC suggested Dri-Pods...

 

[The Great Oz]

Could be that a fan placed at five minutes rather than twenty has fifteen more minutes of drying time.

Tell Lee he's welcome.

 

[Dolly Llama]

I'm into rocket science


if no pre-spray used, I'd hypothesize the reason isn't water dripping down to backing, but more to do with surface tension/wetting agent(s) time on fiber making it "wetter" deeper into fiber before the big blow evaporation process starts


..L.T.A.

 

[Old Coastie]

Sooooo.... more drying fan time is better than less?

Gawrsh and Golly!

 

[Ed Valentine]

IMHO, and experience, "if" the carpet fibers are "completely cleaned" and rinsed with very good extraction performance, that this timing would not make a difference, period. After all, prior to drying with a fan, the fibers should completely be damp, and not just surface cleaned.

 

[Cleanworks]

In my humble experience, I sweat less when the fans are on.

 

[Mikey P]

Could be that a fan placed at five minutes rather than twenty has fifteen more minutes of drying time.

Tell Lee he's welcome.

yeah not quite that simple there smart ass he was noticing many hours of difference

 

[Hoody]

I could see that. Could have to do with evaporation potential as well. Assuming the carpet will be warmer than the ambient air(assuming cool and dry with AC or warm and dry with heat) within the first 5 mins, applying airflow to it quickly before it cools could provide more evaporation at the start. The airflow from the air mover would also help push the initial humidity out of the area and help the EP too because the moisture has to go somewhere.

Edit: shut up Marty.

 

[Cleanworks]

yeah not quite that simple there smart ass he was noticing many hours of difference

If there was that many hours of difference, he needs to change the way he cleans carpet.

 

[hogjowl]

I’ve noticed that using them seems to work

 

[Jimmy L]

Turn on their ceiling fans ......DUH!

 

[Hack Attack]

and watch the dust off them settle on clean carpet...

 

[Rob Grady]

My RVJR gives the fastest unassisted drying times available. Even on barbers.

 

[Rob Grady]

Berbers

 

[hogjowl]

I don’t care either way

 

[Living The Dream]

and watch the dust off them settle on clean carpet...

Everytime this happens to me!

 

[Hack Attack]

Everytime this happens to me!

I turn them on when vacuuming now, turn off while prespraying and rinsing, then back on again

 

[Cleanworks]

When you turn in the customers ceiling fans, watch them for a moment to make sure they're not wobbling too bad. Never leave them on high.

 

[DAT]

I always open windows and turn on the fan before I poop. I believe in being proactive about it.

 

[Mikey P]

I rarely use fans.

Right @DAT ?

 

[DAT]

Me neither. Not needed here.

 

[Living The Dream]

I leave air movers behind at 95% of my jobs. Being able to see how the carpets look and dried down has really helped me dial in my methods. I get very few wick backs now days. On FB I see a lot of cleaners bragging about how they don't agitate or do dry strokes, but I gurantee there's a lot more wicking going on then they know about.

 

[hogjowl]

Congratulations
It always good to believe what you need to

 

[Cleanworks]

I leave air movers behind at 95% of my jobs. Being able to see how the carpets look and dried down has really helped me dial in my methods. I get very few wick backs now days. On FB I see a lot of cleaners bragging about how they don't agitate or do dry strokes, but I gurantee there's a lot more wicking going on then they know about.

Not doing dry strokes is just plain lazy. Especially with modern glides. I am often doing a few more dry strokes just because I can.

 

[Living The Dream]

Not doing dry strokes is just plain lazy. Especially with modern glides. I am often doing a few more dry strokes just because I can.

I think it was @Lee Stockwell that said on here "the water you leave behind not doing dry stokes, is just as dirty as the water in your waste tank."

 

[Matt Middleton]

Lee Senter has done some testing that convinced him that if the snail or down draft fan is placed within the first five minutes of cleaning it will dry the carpet MUCH quicker than if placed 20 minutes or longer

Letting the rinse water drip down to the backing being the premise...

I agree.

 

[Matt Middleton]

Could be that a fan placed at five minutes rather than twenty has fifteen more minutes of drying time.

Tell Lee he's welcome.

Pet peeve. I can't stand to see a blower not doing its job. Get them running asap.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I think it was @Lee Stockwell that said on here "the water you leave behind not doing dry stokes, is just as dirty as the water in your waste tank."

I always found it curious that some seem to think that your extraction system removes all the dirty water and only leaves clean water on the carpet.