Fast Foamer info

[Cleanworks]

Russ Roberts:
You guys don't know me, but as someone who has used a fast foamer, several times at churches, cube farms, carpeted worked out tracks full of drink spills, doctors offices etc, (my buddy Steve Brown is the one who has been doing all the testing with the carpet mills for Fast Foamer), this is going to hit you diaper spinners hard.
We did a side by side comparison in my garage with mill test sample carpets, and the results were the practically the same between a 570 running 9.5 flow and 450 psi with 2 dry strokes and the fast foamer with pet vac, and scrubbing it in both directions twice.
I'll see if I can get Steve in here so he can explain the difference, but just know a lot of this is probably going to go over most guys heads but it's undeniable it rivals HWE as long as grease isn't involved but who wants to clean restaurants anyway?! This system is targeted at commercial, not residential, and for the people who are worried about the lil dingleberries (carpet balls that fall out of the trays here and there), you gotta move the cord every hundred feet so pick up the one or two that MAY have come out and typically the brushes and the CRB overall stay cleaner.

I used to love certainty of monthly, bi-weekly cleanings over at Golden Corral, Baker's Square, and Culver's. I'm talking pre-covid numbers, which have crumbled since. There were situations that I wouldn't mind to use Fast Foamer, Encap, anything that would help me to make cleaning effective. The sad part is that many restaurants don't even use vacuum
( I'm sorry to admit that) so I wouldn't be able to witness that encapsulation ensued. Fast Foamer makes sense to me for a residential, and commercial environments( medical offices, sports clubs, PT) Soil suspension and its effective removal
( WRE, HWE , or other forms) is what we strive for. Who wouldn't like to have a clean, soft and dry carpet. If we're to use a neutral cleaning solution, we can skip alkaline/ acidic game. Simple is better, right?

Did you do a real world test comparing encap with an orbital machine against a fast foamer?

 

[Luky]

You should read the discussion...

Did you do a real world test comparing encap with an orbital machine against a fast foamer?

No, I did not.

I started out two decades ago with the Rotovac Power Wand and the Speedster portable. I realized quite early that I needed to adapt to stay relevant, and I did. Every manufacturer promotes their products, often glorifying them for one main purpose—revenue. Machines like the Cimex, RX-20, Bonzers, Zippers, and CRBS were created to make cleaning more effective. It's a love-hate relationship we have with those products.

We celebrated the addition of jets to a water claw for improved rinsing power.

When I responded to Russ' comment, I had my own agenda in mind: why not connect my two CRBS machines together (a simple fix that costs just a few bucks), add my own foaming device, and see what I could achieve with a 37-inch width on longer runs? I wouldn’t be inventing anything new, but I bet it would be fun to experiment.
As far as discussion goes ( to answer Mikey), the quality is as usual .

 

[Kenny Hayes]

I’m not sure Ron’s question was to you, but I could be mistaken.

 

[Cleanworks]

No, I did not.

I started out two decades ago with the Rotovac Power Wand and the Speedster portable. I realized quite early that I needed to adapt to stay relevant, and I did. Every manufacturer promotes their products, often glorifying them for one main purpose—revenue. Machines like the Cimex, RX-20, Bonzers, Zippers, and CRBS were created to make cleaning more effective. It's a love-hate relationship we have with those products.

We celebrated the addition of jets to a water claw for improved rinsing power.

When I responded to Russ' comment, I had my own agenda in mind: why not connect my two CRBS machines together (a simple fix that costs just a few bucks), add my own foaming device, and see what I could achieve with a 37-inch width on longer runs? I wouldn’t be inventing anything new, but I bet it would be fun to experiment.
As far as discussion goes ( to answer Mikey), the quality is as usual .

I can see the application of the fast foamer system in larger commercial places. One thing is needs is an attached container to dump the trays into. When I use a CRB with the renovators attached, I pick up tons of debris.

 

[Willy P]

I think the B in Steve B's name is Bris@or.