I want to OP my bed room carpets..

[Jimmy L]

ENCAPSULATION IS AN INDUSTRY FRAUD!

You too will see the light when you switch from Walmart Great Value to Charmin toilet paper.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

ENCAPSULATION IS AN INDUSTRY FRAUD!

You too will see the light when you switch from Walmart Great Value to Charmin toilet paper.

The difference is you don’t vacuum after smearing it around I vacuumed the pixie dust up today in my bedroom and wala

 

[hogjowl]

Idiot

 

[Johnny]

Doesn't everyone use the thin, plastic (Kydex?) discs in the middle of the more aggressive pads (like Glads) and cut-pile carpet? Not necessary with TuWays. One side of the disc has Velcro to stick to the pad. Got a set of different diameters and shapes from Guerkink about fifteen years ago, but easy to make them yourself. Not sure whether their purpose is to isolate the center of the pad or to cause the pad to float more, but they do reduce blooming.

 

[Old Coastie]

Encapping a house with animals in it is futile.

Mike is a pro. He’d probably use pads instead.

 

[Mikey P]

Doesn't everyone use the thin, plastic (Kydex?) discs in the middle of the more aggressive pads (like Glads) and cut-pile carpet? Not necessary with TuWays. One side of the disc has Velcro to stick to the pad. Got a set of different diameters and shapes from Guerkink about fifteen years ago, but easy to make them yourself. Not sure whether their purpose is to isolate the center of the pad or to cause the pad to float more, but they do reduce blooming.

Those were the wheel up days..

 

[GeeeAus]

I cleaned my bedroom carpet today with a #bissel, seriously

I did vacuum first!

I see your Bissell, and raise you 2 years professional use.

 

[FredC]

professional use.

you forgot the air quotes

 

[Kenny Hayes]

I use the Bissel Crosswave, multi surface machine #formyhouse. Encap Punch for spots and doorways 18* yesterday and the spots were bugging me, so I got the Bissel after it.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

I used my Orbot on my living room last week. It came out good. Used tuway pads and DS2.

 

[Hack Attack]

then call a pro...

 

[Steve Lawrence]

but I can't recall ever having used VLM on a nice nylon pile..

Clue me in to the process so that I don't cause texture damage..

I've been experimenting with all kinds of processes on my nice nylon pile carpets for 35 years. The carpets still look good but the texture has been damaged some. Mostly from pad cleaning, I think. Haven't done that in quite a while--been getting away with occasional HWE and interim cleanings with CRB and trays (works surprisingly well and much less aggressive than pad cleaning. The best has been when I've used RX-20.

 

[BIG WOOD]

The first thought that came to mind when reading the title of this thread is Pile Distortion.

You can get away with this type of cleaning on rental carpet that's already trashed. But nice carpet? Go have fun making that carpet look 20years older

 

[Mikey P]

Does the increase orbit size make it harder on the carpet texture or just faster?


If I see damage occurring, I'll just do my olefin rug.
I'm more interested in in seeing how the vibration effects my porcelain pig collection.

 

[Jimmy L]

When I had my OP machine I used tuways and it did damage the fiber on my own carpet. I got rid of it and sold it.


Last I heard it was seen in a ACE hardware store and used for mixing paint.

 

[Mikey P]

Apparently you used it enough to rattle a few screws loose.

 

[Jimmy L]

That and a few things rattled off the walls when doing a nursing home.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Cimex for life

 

[encapman]

What's the gentler pad, the blue microfiber or the cotton polly Glad Pad?

The blue microfiber bonnets are the absolute gentlest. The ones we sell are called GLIDE bonnets, and for good reason. That’s what I’d recommend. Use a gentle bonnet, keep it well lubricated, and keep the machine moving. You should be just fine.

 

[encapman]

P.S. Cotton tends to grip and pull at the fiber. Microfiber glides over the carpet. Microfiber also has pretty amazing cleaning properties. Here's a link that talks up the cleaning properties of MF https://www.explainthatstuff.com/microfibercloths.html

 

[Old Coastie]

I would like to hear how the Spyder compares to the Mytee ECO, pro and con. I need a way to go down long hallways. Like in a large hotel.

 

[Cleanworks]

Get a cimex

 

[hogjowl]

Get a Cimex
Who am I fooling?
We all know you can’t afford one LOOZER

 

[Old Coastie]

Mmhmm

 

[Mikey P]

P.S. Cotton tends to grip and pull at the fiber. Microfiber glides over the carpet. Microfiber also has pretty amazing cleaning properties. Here's a link that talks up the cleaning properties of MF https://www.explainthatstuff.com/microfibercloths.html

I think I have some blues with no scrub strips
.

 

[Jimmy L]

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WWW.CHIMPHAVEN.ORG

 

[Cleanworks]

I think I have some blues with no scrub strips
.

You'll still have the blues afterwards.

 

[encapman]

Mikey the ones with the scrub strips are more aggressive. Don't use them on residential carpet.

 

[GeeeAus]

I would like to hear how the Spyder compares to the Mytee ECO, pro and con. I need a way to go down long hallways. Like in a large hotel.

Why not just use a single disc machine like a 175?

Cheap to come by.

 

[Old Coastie]

I do use a 175. But it has the drawback of being intermittant, because one has to spray a small area and then quickly pad it. I should think an OP could pad continuously, scrub grout, buff VCT and with a chrome coffeecup holder, satisfy my deep need to look cool. Everything the 175 can do, but at ten times the cost.