Ikes

[Mikey P]

Stopped by Ike's in Greenville to say hi..


He has a huge shop with room to park 4 vans inside and pump out a lot of rugs..

he is very happy with his Red equipment..

Ike has no issues with his Black pit..

it was New Years Eve so not much cleaning or drying going on...

After dusting, 175 scrubbing, both sides and a spraybar/wand rinse rugs are spun and rinsed until the water runs clear..

Then hung out to dry

This beauty came in that day...

Sorry for the lack of pics...

I feel like a spy around you rugfag types...



although Ike's "who gives a ****, just clean it" attitude was very refreshing..

 

[GCCLee]

That ROCKS !!

Thanks for sharing Mikey, all of these places are so close to home for us.



And I thought we was alone ! 2013 is gonna be Awesome.

 

[David VB]

Thanks for the pics. I like using the turtle tile. My liner and tile is white though. It''s nice to see the dirt as it flushes out. The stainless centrifuge is great. It will never rust. I expect mine to outlive me and maybe my son as well.

It's not easy to make those cylinders. Clark bends and welds stainless plates into cylinders. He has an enormous lathe that he puts that inner cylinder on and uses it to machine it so it is round. Then it has to be put on a machine to balance it just like a huge tire balancer. Drilling holes in stainless that thick is not easy either. There is a lot of cool engineering that goes into being able to use stainless.

 

[Ron K]

How many people does he have working there?

 

[Mikey P]

Ike had his son and another youngster working that day in the plant and two guys on one truck out cleaning wtw. Another truck (sprinter with a diesel HX Judson) was parked

Sounds lie Ike gets his hands dirty as well.

He is a former SCT president and holds just about ever patch the IICRC has to offer.


Ike waited for 3 years to get his Red stuff on a recommendation from Les. He often wanted to go Blue due to the long delay but held out due to Les' persistance. When it finally arrived Clark was paid in cold hard cash for the racks, Badger and Spinner.


Les didn't even get a thank you card or Waffle House gift certificate from Dusty or Clark.

 

[GCCLee]

So being a member here, do we have any access to them if needed?

 

[hogjowl]

Are you talking about Clark at Orbitec?

 

[Mikey P]

Yes, Clark makes "red" brand rug fag equipment..

 

[hogjowl]

We you exagerating a bit when you said it took him 3 years to get the equipment to him?

 

[Mikey P]

Just telling you what they told me.

 

[Ron K]

I talked to Ike at Connections when I was last there that had to be Three years ago. I just lost some faith in

 

[Mikey P]

In....?

 

[Ron K]

I'd agree with you but then we would both be wrong!