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[Mikey P]

A very well known member in the carpet clean community bought a couple of brush glides and took one out to clean some vinyl floors.

He texts me mid job and says hey what the hell's going on here John Olson told me I wouldn't need to do a dry pass and I got water going all over the place

I asked him 101 questions about his setup, pressure, filtration, truck mount, hose size blah blah blah blah blah and everything sounds in line so I start to worry that this guy is going to go blast me online.

I give him a call and had more questions and found a couple things wrong in his process and suggested some changes the next time he cleans lvp..

But it had me stressed as his word carries a lot of weight in our community..


At one point he seemed to get insulted over the types of question I was asking and then he assured me that he knew his equipment like the back of his hand and that he was actually insulted by some of the things I was asking.


Well today he called me very humbly he says "Mike I just feel you should know that this new truck mount didn't seem quite right and I started pulling things apart and in the 2 and a half inch hose that goes from the blower to the waste tank I found a 2-in rubber stopper lodged in there........




I thanked him for his honesty and suggested that he call all the customers that he cleaned with this particular machine apologize for the shitty dry times.


Now I can't wait for his next LVP job.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that stresses over stupid shat

 

[Jim Pemberton]

They're very well known member in the carpet clean community bought a couple of brush glides and took one out to clean some vinyl floors.

He texts me mid job and says hey what the hell's going on here John Olson told me I wouldn't need to do a dry pass and I got water going all over the place

I asked him 101 questions about his setup pressure filtration truck mount hose size blah blah blah blah blah and everything sounds in line so I start to worry that this guy is going to go blast me online.

I give him a call and has more questions and found a couple things wrong in his process and suggested some changes the next time he cleans lvp..

But it has me stressed as his word carries a lot of weight in our community..


At one point he seemed to get insulted over the types of question I was asking and then he assured me that he knew his equipment like the back of his hand and that he was actually insulted by some of the things I was asking.


Well today he called me very humbly he said Mike I just feel you should know that somehow this new truck mount didn't seem quite right and I started pulling things apart and in the 2 and a half inch hose that goes from the blower to the waist tank I found a 2-in rubber stopper lodged in there........




I thanked him for his honesty and suggested that he call all the customers done with this particular machine apologize for the shitty dry times.


Now I can't wait for his next LVP job.

Give him credit for the return call.

The more people dig in their heels in a disagreement, the more difficult it is to admit error. He could have as easily kept his embarrassing secret, just not complained any longer, and moved ahead.

....and left you with some nagging questions and stress.

 

[Mikey P]

I thanked him profusely..

 

[Mikey P]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that stresses over stupid shat

My reputation, a huge chuck of change and hundreds of chunks of Delrin were on the line...

 

[hogjowl]

I wouldn’t have told you.
You do evil things with information.

 

[Nomad74]

The video of your grey floor. It looked pretty splashy.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Maybe he should turn the pressure down to 500psi? 700 looked like it was too much water.

 

[Dolly Llama]

The video of your grey floor. It looked pretty splashy.

View attachment 109053

I was just fixin' to find that vid.

Later in the vid when pulling left to right, appears to be a substantial amount of water left during back stroke.
I don't consider that a big deal though really

and I don't know how a "well known member" of the Society of CC's couldn't/wouldn't know they had a 2" obstruction in the vac system

..L.T.A.

 

[Mikey P]

The video of your grey floor. It looked pretty splashy.

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I just love it when people watch YouTube videos with the sound off and then make comments and suggestions that were fully discussed.


Idiot.

 

[Mikey P]

I was just fixin' to find that vid.

Later in the vid when pulling left to right, appears to be a substantial amount of water left during back stroke.
I don't consider that a big deal though really

and I don't know how a "well known member" of the Society of CC's couldn't/wouldn't know they had a 2" obstruction in the vac system

..L.T.A.

You too.

 

[Mikey P]

Maybe he should turn the pressure down to 500psi? 700 looked like it was too much water.

And you too of course

 

[Nomad74]

A bit sensitive are we?

 

[Mikey P]

You're right Mike I watched with the sound off and am making assumptions... Is the correct answer, but I can see you're going to be a dick today.

 

[Nomad74]

You're right Mike I watched with the sound off and am making assumptions... Is the correct answer, but I can see you're going to be a dick today.

The only way to watch your videos is with the sound off. Hahahaha

I took that pic of the video you posted with no sound on here....Marty, do I need to say it? I don't feel like sending you a royalty check.

 

[Nomad74]

I'm sure your glide is wonderful, but marketing it as a dry stroke free solution is a stretch. I think the solution for that claim would be by using internal jets, like the Sapphire upholstery tool.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Saiger burnt me out to vids.

the little blurp vid w/no sound is one I watched.
cause it was only seconds long....

..L.T.A.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I just love it when people watch YouTube videos with the sound off and then make comments and suggestions that were fully discussed.


Idiot.

I did too. lol

Not that I don't want to hear the commentary but I'm in a elevator or in the commons or office and don't want everyone hearing.

 

[hogjowl]

I just love it when people watch YouTube videos with the sound off and then make comments and suggestions that were fully discussed.


Idiot.

It’s the Saiger effect. It’s happens with too frequent videos.

 

[Nomad74]

Will you be sending the Wheeler Brothers a free glide to test out?

 

[Mikey P]

I'm sure your glide is wonderful, but marketing it as a dry stroke free solution is a stretch. I think the solution for that claim would be by using internal jets, like the Sapphire upholstery tool.

Yfp.
nobody has ever said it's a dry stroke free solution for Christ's sakes.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Will you be sending the Wheeler Brothers a free glide to test out?

Who are the Wheeler brothers?

 

[Mikey P]

There will be no free glides sent out to idiots.

 

[Desk Jockey]

There will be no free glides sent out to idiots.

Good thing!

Don't give "them". A free one.

 

[Mikey P]

Real hard surface cleaners get it.

Spin everything morons wont.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I like spinning but we used hard surface tools a lot in restoration. There was a brush wand on every truck.

 

[hogjowl]

I should be the exception

 

[Desk Jockey]

I should be the exception

Oh you are. I've NEVER have seen anyone as ignorant as you.

Congrats! A-1, Top of the heap!

 

[Mikey P]

I hate using anything with a T handle

 

[Nomad74]

I really love ducks. Maybe I’ll soften towards Crocs next.