how many of you pre treat w 175 and shampoo tank?

[juniorc82]

I have had a wave of rentals and nastys in general lately. I typicly just spray with the hf then scrub but here lately have been using the gravity feed on my 175 and scrubbin it in. Because I normaly pre scrub every job it seems to save me alot of time and give pretty great results. The only thing I dont like is my 17 inch wont fit into all the small spaces so I keep a half gallon hand sprayer for edges closets ect. This is old technology I know , I was just curious how many others do this regularly.

 

[ACE]

Calling all porty only guys

 

[jalexander]

I have always sprayed first then scrubbed. I've often considered using the tank, but haven't.

 

[juniorc82]

Calling all porty only guys

ya some of us dont have the luxary of a steamway box truck in our driveway lol

 

[GeneMiller]

paid extra for the tank and then pulled it because i like to control the prespray better. i always felt like i was putting to much down.

gene

 

[green guy]

Yea its an awesome way to not only move faster through some nasty carpet but also builds value for your customer. If you run into some real crap try a white polishing pad for a real aggressive aproach. I tend to use this often at rentals w/ alot of food and bev and alot of urine. I go heavy on sodium percarbonate mixed with something real acidic. Its stunning.

 

[XTREME1]

I agree with Gene.

And you should have a scrub brush for the areas you can't reach with the 175. You should be scrubbing the edges anyhow with a hand tool

 

[Carpet Cleaning Fool]

That's how its been done for decades.

A three gallon solution tank, 17" showerfeed brush and a porty!

Sounds like your almost busy enough to put a truckmount to use.

How much longer till ur in the market for a rig?

 

[Royal Man]

IMHO

I have done it with and without the tank.

The tank & gravity will draw the solutiuon into the backing B4 you extract it.

Prespraying is better.

 

[juniorc82]

I am in the market for a tm right now just runnin low on the flow. once i get a couple bs goin I will be able to buy one. I have a big commercial job in the summer that will get me one. other than that I will probly pimp out the resoil with a booster and hose reel to get me by till then and take unit off of truck for long runs.

 

[XTREME1]

I have a booster with next to no hrs