Nate, captain, and jack you guys rock. any of you do dry strokes on cgd with the zippper? if so, are they faster than the wet stroke or slower? what is avg. dry times for cgd?
and nate, what filter pump out do you use? any pics of it?
Dry times does vary... The Zipper Jr. recovers the most out of any tool I've used... I also have 4 airpaths and use them when necessary.... A lot of commercial jobs we drop airpaths and pick them up the next day.... That's the #1 complaint , other companies leaving it too wet..... 1 account bought 4 airpaths of there own, as they seen the value in them..... That same account has probably 12 snail air movers also.... I'm an avid user of 2.5" hose to a 25' whip of 2", regardless of what
@Ruff Hewn says.....
We'd also post pad the bad areas after Zippering, but lately I haven't had to as I assume it's because I'm running higher heat....
Back to the dry strokes, I'll push it a little faster than a wet stroke.... Not very much moisture comes up after a wet front to back stroke, but I still do it in the traffic areas... You have to remember that a front and back dry stroke is like going over the area 4 times what a wand would do.... Basically if you do the zigzag like a zipper, that's how it got it's name, you'll be leaving a drier carpet than a wand with less movement..... I believe with a bigger blower than a 4.5, you could move a lot quicker as it'll recover more....
Sorry, I don't have pics of it..... It's pretty old 20+ years old..... Hydroforce sells a inline pump out box better built than the one I have.... Mine is a clear plexiglass one and has a sump pump with a float to turn it on....
