Frieze Carpeting

[GCCLee]

Any tips for this stuff?.......New Very Useful Client to us and he knows it, hence the call, has a new baby girl on the way so Clean, Soft and Fluffy is what were looking for, Fridays gonna be a busy one. Carpet, Olefin Rug and a Smaller Sectional..............We are being tested here and I have never seen this, like it enough I want it in our bedrooms........Mild shot a Judson O2 unmodified and a good Rinse

 

[boazcan]

Hot sauce in the traffic lanes. Extra dry strokes if poly.


Bryan
www.surfacesolve.com
www.tampatilecleaning.com

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Vacuum well. TURN DOWN the pressure (<300psi)!!

 

[GCCLee]

Gotcha! Running at 300 and i don't mind an extra Dry stroke myself.... will use the normal Jusdon Hot Sauced Resi-Mix on it...... Thanks Guys...Can't wait as this Guy is one cool cat and we want nothing but the absolute best.....Plus it is our second appearance in this particular Estate.

 

[Goldenboy]

I hit that with 700 PSI all the time. No biggie.


Golden Boy

 

[renegade_cowboy]

Nothing to worry about its just carpet. Clean it the same way you clean all the other carpet. It can hold a lot of soil so vacuum slow and do extra dry passes.

It wears and stains like all other carpet so communication through prequalifying is going to be your best friend. Most of the customer really judge us off other factors and cleaning is a small part of it. So sell the sizzle.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

It is typically made with much finer denier individual fibers to give it a very soft feel. Thus it can be easily "flared" with close high pressure jets

 

[FB19087]

lower pressure..extra dry strokes..and in my experience better results and dry times WITHOUT a glide........YMMV

 

[Carpet Cavalier]

how about some agitation?

 

[steve_64]

use a solvent protector. any danger will be long gone before the baby gets there and it will leave the carpet soft instead of crunchy like water based protectors. it will make your next cleaning much easier when sucking formula vomit out of it.

 

[GCCLee]

Fred H had a really good question, How about agitation?

Common sence tells me that the longer fiber is likely to get hung up in a rake. 2 jet wand at 700psi ? GOOD GAWD!! we will keep it between 250-300, k

There is one walk in closet that has a nasty traffic lane up the middle of it. I was going to rotovac it with the glided head.

Steve,
Only thing I have on hand is H2O based : FourGuard

 

[Bruce Humphrey]

I hit that with 700 PSI all the time. No biggie.


Golden Boy

 

[renegade_cowboy]

Fred H had a really good question, How about agitation?

Common sence tells me that the longer fiber is likely to get hung up in a rake. 2 jet wand at 700psi ? GOOD GAWD!! we will keep it between 250-300, k

There is one walk in closet that has a nasty traffic lane up the middle of it. I was going to rotovac it with the glided head.

Steve,
Only thing I have on hand is H2O based : FourGuard

You should clean it like you clean any other carpets. Agitation is great if its called for it, raking the modern shag is not a problem either. Like all the other carpets it will wear out and for heavy traffic areas it will be more obvious. Just talk to them about what you are going to do and talk about how and why carpets wear. Been cleaning that type of carpet for 15 years almost and never had an issue.. its all about confidence and if you don't have it the customer will smell that out and question EVERYTHING you do.

 

[GCCLee]

You should clean it like you clean any other carpets. Agitation is great if its called for it, raking the modern shag is not a problem either. Like all the other carpets it will wear out and for heavy traffic areas it will be more obvious. Just talk to them about what you are going to do and talk about how and why carpets wear. Been cleaning that type of carpet for 15 years almost and never had an issue.. its all about confidence and if you don't have it the customer will smell that out and question EVERYTHING you do.

Most of it doesn't need aggitation, just a few higher traffic areas and possibly the filter liines.

He's good, I'm good, and will Solo the job this Friday. Carpets, Rug, Sectional and 1 room Restretch.

15yrs you ever get the willies in yur belly : )

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Do not mistake Frieze for "shag", especially the shag you remember from years past. The similarity is an optical illusion.

Frieze is a cut pile carpet.

 

[J Scott W]

Lee is right, low pressure. Be careful with agitation, especially rotary agitation. The fibers can lose twist, blossom, bloom or whatever description you like. Soft brush may help work in your prespray. No need for grooming following the cleaning.

 

[GCCLee]

Lee is right, low pressure. Be careful with agitation, especially rotary agitation. The fibers can lose twist, blossom, bloom or whatever description you like. Soft brush may help work in your prespray. No need for grooming following the cleaning.

Thanks Scott!
I was going to pamper it with a brush where needed. I wondered about a rotary and will now leave the Roto in the truck,
appriciate, will heed the advice.


Chris

 

[jcooper]

We have a poly Frieze carpet in my sons room, it blows. It has such bad resiliency(?), the area we stand in to change him has two small circles of damage from our feet. Just wont stand up anymore. Traffic lanes never go away.

Like others said, I'd clean it as normal.

 

[Goldenboy]

Wow do any of you fooken clowns clean carpet? California berber is the only style of that carpet to watch out for. You can blast the shit out that stuff and pre scrub it also. I clean the stuff at least three times a week plus its in my home. Pre vac if u want to get your top 25 ranking. Pre spray with cobbs powermax. Agitate with you POS Hruby. Rinse with a Twand and Jeff Lydons perfectly fitted glide. Rinse with clean water. A 56 Blower helps. Dry stroke needed if you are a ex-Vortec owner currently running a 33 Blower. Have a box of tissues close by if you and your helper/boyfriend just broke up.


Golden Boy

 

[steve g]

you have never cleaned frieze carpet??? thats probably about the most common carpet nowadays. if its a polyester frieze I highly recommend using a CRB machine or 175. I have carpet similar to that in my own house. its a poly frieze, builder put it in. just cleaned it with flex w/citrasolve. it came out excellent and seems to not be resoiling as fast. although its too soon to tell on that.

 

[GCCLee]

you have never cleaned frieze carpet??? thats probably about the most common carpet nowadays. if its a polyester frieze I highly recommend using a CRB machine or 175. I have carpet similar to that in my own house. its a poly frieze, builder put it in. just cleaned it with flex w/citrasolve. it came out excellent and seems to not be resoiling as fast. although its too soon to tell on that.

Steve,
I admit I Have not, so go easy on me I'm Virgin.

You are dead on, the builder did put it in, same guy I am doing the Job for's personal house.

Thanks for the input, 175 is something we may consider down the road once the ball rolls a little further.

Chris

 

[GCCLee]

Wow do any of you fooken clowns clean carpet? California berber is the only style of that carpet to watch out for. You can blast the shit out that stuff and pre scrub it also. I clean the stuff at least three times a week plus its in my home. Pre vac if u want to get your top 25 ranking. Pre spray with cobbs powermax. Agitate with you POS Hruby. Rinse with a Twand and Jeff Lydons perfectly fitted glide. Rinse with clean water. A 56 Blower helps. Dry stroke needed if you are a ex-Vortec owner currently running a 33 Blower. Have a box of tissues close by if you and your helper/boyfriend just broke up.


Golden Boy

Everyone starts out as a clown homie

Roots 4.7

 

[steve_64]

my certified pile lifter does wonders on traffic lanes that are discolored and matted. digs pet hair out of that stuff real nice too.

ive been asked what frieze is and i say i think its french for shag. i always get a laugh with that one.

 

[Goldenboy]

Chris I was not banging on you. You asked a good question. The older vets fooked up this post not you its a good thread.

Golden Boy

 

[Jimmy L]

It's starting to feel like TMF here with all the dum questions.

Really?

 

[GCCLee]

It's starting to feel like TMF here with all the dum questions.

Really?

So are you asking us new guys to take our Money and go support them or what ?

I preffer not to be the next generation of TMF Fudd Mister Jimmy Maybe you have been over there reading a little too much lately, aye


I think I'll stay here if that's okay with the powers that b.

 

[GCCLee]

Raining like crazy here but Customer tipped $50.00

Went with Matrix Grand Slam and All Fiber Rinse, light aggitation with a soft brush took care of the Work Boot Closet. Same thing for the Rugs

3 rooms, 2 walk in closets, set of stairs, 1 rust spot, Medium sectional sofa and 4 Olefin Rugs. Couldn't catch the dog for an extra $25, lol

Thanks for the booster guys/gals
Chris