I got a Q for you ex Stanley hacks.

[Mikey P]

Back in the mid 90's SS ran a campaign stating that if Mrs Pifts could get dirt on a clean white towel from the freshly soaked carpet, the SS chimp had to reclean the area.

I see SS cleaning a ton of rentals and dumps around my parts. These carpets are usually loaded with embedded dirt. Considering SS's quick one step process I would guess that if (IF) the towel was not soaked in Teflon like some claimed, there was no way in hell that the towel would come up clean.

I think most of us know that if' you've already soaked a soil impacted carpet, more prespray or more wand strokes ain't gonna accomplish anything but more wicking. By now I've flushed enough rug in my pit to fully realized just how long it can take to get a rug/carpet fully "clean". And the sad fact is. Most low end/apartment thrashed carpets will never come more than 30 to 50% "clean".


So I just have to wonder...

How many refunds were given before that lame stunt was tossed?


Below are some pics of a dump we "cleaned " today. After "Hello" the next words out of my mouth were, wow! time to replace this one!.


The new tenants accepted it as they have two cats and know that they will be destroying it.

We pre vacuumed, used Redline boosted with DD12 and 40 vol and scrubbed with a Tan pad. Wanded like mad with O2 rinse and post padded with a 40 vol/encap misting. Looked better but still was so impacted by the front door you could knock on it and it sounded like wood.


Cleanest/ least worn area I could find..

After wanding , before padding

New pad..

After 9 feet of entry area..

Done and looking like Vawter's lung.

I think a IICRC requirement would be a full day in a rug plant pit washing before you got your CCT patch

 

[Rex Tyus]

A stiff bristle brush on the rotary, a slot glide and some Esteem CBS in the rinse would have cut your time down,reset the nap better and left a better appearance.

You could maybe even have been profitable at less than the cost of replacement. :shock:

 

[Mikey P]

The last shot was not groomed and yes, I do need a shampoo brush for garbage like this.


Who said it took long?


.48 was worth it to both parties involved.

 

[Guest]

Ya,you need a brush,pad doesnt cut it on pile

 

[Mikey P]

Sure they do.


Most carpet worth cleaning respond just fine.

Garbage like this stuff need a Nylogrit.


I doubt my GLS would have done any better.

 

[Rex Tyus]

I forget where you are. Cost of replacement is more than likely considerably higher there than here.

Didn't say it took long just know it would have taken less time with a good emulsifier and a slot. I do quite a few of those types. Not proud if it but not ashamed either. :wink: A slot with the suction you have will rip more soil out of the backing n stuff like that than one can believe.

IF, your biceps are big enough to handle it. 8)

 

[Mikey P]

I have my serious doubts that a Slot sucks more dirt than a Hybrid when hooked to a 2.5 V.

 

[Guest]

Sure they do.


Most carpet worth cleaning respond just fine.

Garbage like this stuff need a Nylogrit.


I doubt my GLS would have done any better.

Have to disagree,I have used both and using a pad on pile carpet is like using a loofa on your hair opposed to your fingers(which would be the brush)

 

[Mikey P]

What color pads under what type of rotary Kevin?

 

[Guest]

What your talking about is just changing the coarseness of the pad,which works great on commercial and hard surface,but it cannot reach the bottoms of any pile 3/8 or better in lenth.just like it isnt really effective with inset grout lines.You really should have a brush ,you hack

PS-Hey,I got an 1100 burnisher you can have to go with those pads

 

[steve frasier]

reguardless, it will still be matted in a couple of days

 

[roro]

The last shot was not groomed and yes, I do need a shampoo brush for garbage like this.

Shampoo brush may be too soft Mikey. Suggest you also get a tile brush for real grotty polyprop carpets - don't ask how we found that out

roro

 

[Mikey P]

So who wants to sell me a shampoo brush for my Advance SD17?

I tried a Adjust A Glide brush once.


Damn thing was way too stiff, so much resistance it actually blew some breakers.

 

[gary mackay]

Nylon bonnet with brown scrubs brush strips for pre-scrub. New chinese microfiber pad has several stiff micro fiber scrub lines in it that do the same but gentler.

 

[Mikey P]

Can we get back to the question about SS's White Towel guarantee?

 

[The Preacher]

why do you have a phone book form 1995???

someone needs to get a life!

MArdy on Dannys computer

 

[Lyman]

You have to adjust the plate on the bottom with the three screws to the thickness of the carpet. You were blowing breakers because the brush was set to deep.

 

[The Preacher]

"Stoopit is as stoopit does"

Forest Gump on Dannys computer

 

[Scott Rogers]

Towels were not soaked in teflon. LOL straight out of the pack terri cloth rags.

Test was only done on request, I never had a request for it from a prop manager, and rarely from a home owner. Most figure if it looks clean then it is clean and leaves it at that.

Never needed to give a refund or a reclean because of the test.

The Stanleys I worked for were the higher priced cleaners in their markets. So we didnt have to do a bunch of rat nasties in general. Most who live/own rat nasties call the lowest price cleaners and expect perfection. So rat nasties were not the norm for us.

 

[Ron Lippold]

more flow needed there Mikey

 

[Guest]

Did you prevac?? That set of pictures looked really muddy. And yes I rember that deal thingy; I was working for SP at the time doing WDR. Yeah they lost theirs shirts on that.

 

[Mikey P]

I adjusted the glide plate. The bristles were too stiff even for CGD. POS.


15 flow


Vacuuming doesn't remove adobe.

 

[The Great Oz]

A shampoo brush has to be broken in before you can use it on carpet. Run the brush on concrete until the brush bristles are splayed out and the individual fibers have lost their sharp edge. If you do it right you can take the training wheels (glide plate) off.

A shampooer is a terrific tool to use in your pit.

 

[Ron Lippold]

15 flow is sooo 06

 

[R W]

Mike...what brand of pads were you using?

 

[Moser Bros.]

I worked for Stanley back in 98, but I don't remember this ad in my area. The only guartees I remember were, they'd send another crew out until the customer was tired of complaining.

That at least half of the employees were ex or current cons, I was forced to work with pedophiles, perverts, junkies, and everyone that shouldn't be in a customers home, so the while towel was the least of their worries.

There was a lot of wet and jet going on, and one of the guys ruined a $15,000 sectional and they didn't fire him.

Stanley is the reason I started my own company, they are like McDonald's, anyone with half a brain can make a better hamburger, but they are the masters of marketing to the masses, and if you give them a constant product, they accept it even if it taste like $%*#.

 

[Kevin. McCreary]

Stanley ran that in my area back in the 80s. The Stanley around here has always run a pretty good franchise.

 

[Walt]

Seriously what kind of brush and who sells them?

BTW - I agree that a slot glide does clean better. Even with a vortex, 2.5 and huge flow. Your shoulder will burn but it's worth the effort on the nasties.

 

[KevinL]

New Teri towels aren't very absorbent. The SS here never used that.