Motivated said:
I know nothing about encap and am curious. I read one post and it is all about how great encap is and then I read another post and read how bad it is.
I need a "encap for dummies" or encap 101 post so i can sort all this out. I have only used hot water extraction but am willing to learn something new.
first you need a rotary, some bonnets and/or VCT pads, either white or beige.
Then get a gal of juice from Jeremy, or Rick (encapman), or Steve Smith (Vac-a-Way) or what your local supplier has on the shelf and shampoo a com carpet.
That's what you're doing ..."shampooing".
It's nothing new and is an old method that was used before steam cleaning dominated the market due to it's superiority .
"encapping" is a term coined by Rick (I "think" ) when some chemist added pixie dust to the shampoo.
As the fairy tale is told, this pixie dust magically "encapsulates" the dirt into a neat tidy little bundle of joy that gets vacced up by the janitor/office cleaning staff days/weeks latter.
In reality, it's a shampoo with a less sticky/soil attracting residue compared to some of the shampoos and/or bonnet cleaners of yesteryear .
..L.T.A.
