Little tip on filling up your inline sprayer

[BIG WOOD]

Use your lead hose that hooks up to your wand to fill up every time. I know some of you think the courtesy hose should be used. My reason is, you'll know at the beginning of the job if your hose is shooting BLACK water if you use your lead hose. Would you rather see the black water in your inline sprayer jug or your customer's light beige couch?

That's all. Enjoy your Sunday

 

[Mike Draper]

Change your lead hose out more often so you never have the chance of spraying out black water.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

Or buy all plastic Parflex hose next time. More heat to the wand, less chance of burning carpet or your hands with super hot metal braided hose and best of all--no black water. Ever.

 

[Nomad74]

Use your lead hose that hooks up to your wand to fill up every time. I know some of you think the courtesy hose should be used. My reason is, you'll know at the beginning of the job if your hose is shooting BLACK water if you use your lead hose. Would you rather see the black water in your inline sprayer jug or your customer's light beige couch?

That's all. Enjoy your Sunday

No, Because if you have a 250' Live hose (Like me) then you'll be filling up your HF with the leftover acid rinse that's in your solution line. So the lesson here is; always fill your HF with your short and stubby courtesy line that's not filled with standing acid neutral water.

Let me know if you need any more advice Matt, I'll be here all day.

 

[BIG WOOD]

That lead hose was only 6months old.

Damon, you’re an idiot. You’re supposed to turn off your rinse at the end of the job when you cool your machine down.

Let me know if you need anymore advice. I’m here all day.

By the way...quit using Goodyear continental crap. This raptor blast hose is nice

 

[Nomad74]

That lead hose was only 6months old.

Damon, you’re an idiot. You’re supposed to turn off your rinse at the end of the job when you cool your machine down.

Let me know if you need anymore advice. I’m here all day.

By the way...quit using Goodyear continental crap. This raptor blast hose is nice

I can't help you.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I can't help you.

You’re as stubborn as I am

 

[BIG WOOD]

Or buy all plastic Parflex hose next time. More heat to the wand, less chance of burning carpet or your hands with super hot metal braided hose and best of all--no black water. Ever.

Can that Parflex hold up to Everest heat?

 

[BIG WOOD]

I can't help you.

You’re an idiot for using acid rinse on plastic carpet.

 

[Jack Zipper Zerkie]

I ALWAYS clear all the hoses on the first job into the toilets and allows anything to push through the hoses. Easy & quick& safe. jz

 

[Cleanworks]

How about filling your hf at the shop or at home. Busy day, bring some extra jugs.

 

[BIG WOOD]

How about filling your hf at the shop or at home. Busy day, bring some extra jugs.

The important part isn't where you're filling your sprayer up. It's detecting any black water before it becomes a problem

 

[Dolly Llama]

here's an idea

flush your line into the vac hose BEFORE you dump black gunk into you HF or someone's white carpet

it ain't rocket science, Kiddies ...

L.T.A.

 

[Johnny]

What's courteous about a "courtesy hose"?

 

[hogjowl]

You people are all Einsteins

 

[SamIam]

Change your lead hose out more often so you never have the chance of spraying out black water.

Word Homie

 

[Jim Williams]

Here's a tip. Quit using 240 degree water on barely soiled carpet and your hoses will last longer before breaking down the liner.

I'll be here the rest of the night.

 

[sassyotto]

well for those of us that premix their prespray at the shop and use that to fill the hydroforce before going out, I have a tip

Use a funnel with a mesh filter on the end when you fill your jug and you will never get any buildup on that spring thingy inside the hydrofoce.

 

[Cleanworks]

well for those of us that premix their prespray at the shop and use that to fill the hydroforce before going out, I have a tip

Use a funnel with a mesh filter on the end when you fill your jug and you will never get any buildup on that spring thingy inside the hydrofoce.

mix it in a pail first. stir well, then pour it into the hf.

 

[hogjowl]

Why?

 

[Cleanworks]

Why?

Dissolves better.

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

Or,
Use purified water,
AND NEVER HAVE THE BLACK DEATH AGAIN....
One show only, I’m here and gone..

 

[Mikey P]

Can that Parflex hold up to Everest heat?

Absolutely

 

[JDM]

just the tip, n only for a lil while

 

[hogjowl]

Dissolves better.

The pail makes the water better?

 

[Cleanworks]

The pail makes the water better?

Idiot, you can stir it in a pail. If you put powder in a hydro-force you can only shake it a bit. You know if you shake it more than twice, you're playing with it.

 

[sassyotto]

I like to mix prespray at the shop in a 5 gallon bucket as Cleanworks said. Its the basic prespray that can be used on everything. then I fill the Hydroforce and two extra jugs on the van. Im set to go for the day. If I run into a situation where I need a booster, I just mix it in to the Hydroforce and shake. that way Im not mixing from scratch on each job.

But my point above was any prep going into the Hydroforce or jugs on the van get strained first. There will be nothing in the Hydroforce, wand or upholstery tool filters. I clean them once a month and even then there is very little if anything to clean out.

 

[hogjowl]

You’re my hero

 

[Cleanworks]

I like to mix prespray at the shop in a 5 gallon bucket as Cleanworks said. Its the basic prespray that can be used on everything. then I fill the Hydroforce and two extra jugs on the van. Im set to go for the day. If I run into a situation where I need a booster, I just mix it in to the Hydroforce and shake. that way Im not mixing from scratch on each job.

But my point above was any prep going into the Hydroforce or jugs on the van get strained first. There will be nothing in the Hydroforce, wand or upholstery tool filters. I clean them once a month and even then there is very little if anything to clean out.

Pretty well exactly what I do. I often have two different presprays mixed. One for synthetic, one for wool. On large commercial jobs I mix a couple of extra jugs. Run out? Just swap in an extra jug. Very fast and efficient.

 

[BIG WOOD]

My dumb ass titled this thread wrong. I don’t care how we mix up our cleaning juice.

My main concern was noticing the black water from a bad hose before it sprays all over the Jones’ white carpet. Fill your Hf sprayer with your leaf hose and you’ll notice it before it’s too late