took maybe an extra 10 minutes in that room, NOT 2 hours.
(Sheesh, show one extreme and they think I vacuum that long on "every" job. :roll:
I'd rather spend an extra 10 minutes than make mud. I don't care if you have a 1208 blower, once its wet, it takes a lot more effort to flush it out,
if at all. If you don't know what came out of the carpet, you have NO idea what you left behind. You
THINK you got it clean because it
LOOKS clean. Sounds no better than the OP story.
Custy's either don't have a good enough vacuum, don't want to vacuum, don't have the time or just don't know how. I'm hired to
in effect get the soil they can't.
IICRC S0001
E. Principles of Professional Carpet Cleaning
"to remove substances that are foreign to the construction of the carpet, i.e., soil."
1. Dry Soil Removal
Professional carpet cleaners should have the ability to perform thorough dry soil removal with professional vacuum cleaning equipment. Professionals should have more powerful equipment, a better understanding of how and where soils build up in a carpet, and the knowledge of how to remove maximum amounts of that dry particle soil with the techniques they employ.
We keep talking about all this "high performance" equipment and yet hardly any one in this industry seems to care about removing the biggest source of damage to a carpet, the dry particulate soil. There is all this bragging about lift and airflow and getting it dry in 10 minutes, and yet the majority of cleaners leave so much soil in the carpet it would make the custy gag if they ever knew. I watched a cleaner
RX20 an area and it turned brown from soil wicking before my eyes. 20 minutes of vacuuming would have saved him 20 minutes of overwetting the carpet.
These aren't low end homes either, these are average and above homes from good average people that just want to know their carpet is clean and they are willing to pay more than average to get it done. In a world where everyone is trying to make the most with the least effort, I for one want to make sure that when I leave, I
KNOW I've gotten it as clean as I can, not have to drive away wondering what I left behind.
(how many cleaners even care, just as long as they made their $1000+ for the day)
