New carpet cleaner

[Condog]

Hi group,

A friend said I should give carpet cleaning a try. So I went with him. A month later on after a lot of YouTube and Google here I am. I purchased the Rotovac 360i and Ranger package (my friend has a truck mount that he runs his 360i with, so I followed what he has as affordably as possible). I received the package and was a little disturbed to find out that the cfx doesn't have a pump to spray a rinse on as it connects directly from the sink straight to the 360i and water is sprayed to the floor. There is no way to apply a rinse with the cfx unless it is connected to the ranger (another part of the package). This doubles the size of the extracting unit. I was told that the RPM pre-spray has an alkali of 9.5 and that water (Phoenix hard water is probably a 6) provides enough dilution to bring the carpet pH back close to neutral. Any advice on when to use the ranger and when it isn't necessary? My combo also has the cfx-zx. I also purchased a Mytee 240-120 Mytee® Hot Turbo in-line-heat. I work near Sun City, AZ and most homes in the area do not have 20 amp circuits. The Mytee lets the operator choose the amount of amperes drawn.

I'm also looking into picking up a crb.
Any advice on the equipment I'm using would be appreciated.
Feel free to share with group, as I'm not sure how to post a conversation. A YouTube video would be helpful, is there one?

Thank you,

Condog

 

[Hack Attack]

umm welcome.. I think

never used your setup but from what I understand of them use the ranger on dirtier carpets.
Then you can run an alkaline rinse or acid rinse if using a high pH prespray for extra cleaning power

Buy a 175 before (if ever) you buy a crb, they're cheaper more versatile etc

 

[Condog]

Thank you,

I hadn't thought about the 175 until I watched a video on polishing marble. You have given reinforcement to doing a 175 instead.
I was thinking of the crb for tile floors, residential. I was thinking of marketing packages.
Intro package - $99 3 rooms (1st year only, hopefully).
Pet package - Using crb to pull embedded hair, if only for marketing purposes.
Restorative package - 360i deep clean.
Purely thinking of the residential market. I thought the crb translated well to branching into the commercial end later.
I'm not sure if the 360i can do what the 175 can do, I was hoping it could.

 

[hogjowl]

Welcome
You’ll fit right in
Most of us were idiots who bought the wrong equipment at first too.

 

[Mikey P]

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[Condog]

Welcome
You’ll fit right in
Most of us were idiots who bought the wrong equipment at first too.

Sweet, I'm an obsessive nut!

 

[Nomad74]

Oh man.

 

[Old Coastie]

Tony. The CFX and the 360i form a potent package. For the moment, use the brush head to scrub and extract simultaneously. Use defoamer generously. If you have a wand, get a holed glide and use it to dry as you leave each room. When you can, upgrade to 2” hoses and get an inline filter. That sock thing is a pain.
Also, be SURE to empty the CFX after every job. Set the power head down gently, flip the vacuum chamber over. If you do not, it will stink by morning.

Don’t let this cluster of foaming dingleberries discourage you. Set money aside on every job for equipment upgrades and do NOT undersell your services.

Good luck!

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Advice: change friends!!!!

 

[Mikey P]

Come try just about any and every piece of equipment available, just down the road from you in November..

Mikey's Fest Scottsdale 2019

Join the Mikey's Fest Crew this November as we spend the week in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona-RMHC Cleaning of three very needy homes on Wednesday November 6th. This time around we'll be taking time to add more of an education experience for the new cleaners in attendance.All homes will feature...

www.eventbrite.com

Seriously, come get a ten or 20 year head start at this event.


Call me if you have questions

775 552 5429

 

[Condog]

Tony. The CFX and the 360i form a potent package. For the moment, use the brush head to scrub and extract simultaneously. Use defoamer generously. If you have a wand, get a holed glide and use it to dry as you leave each room. When you can, upgrade to 2” hoses and get an inline filter. That sock thing is a pain.
Also, be SURE to empty the CFX after every job. Set the power head down gently, flip the vacuum chamber over. If you do not, it will stink by morning.

Don’t let this cluster of foaming dingleberries discourage you. Set money aside on every job for equipment upgrades and do NOT undersell your services.

Good luck!

Many thanks for the advice and encouragement.

 

[hogjowl]

He’s old and a porty hack. Not reliable.

 

[Cleanworks]

Most of us started with portables and eventually moved on to truck mounts. You can do good work with a portable system but it will take you longer and your drying times may be longer as well. Think about investing in some small drying fans such as the Dri-Pod. With the system you have, foam is always a problem. Watch your chemical dilutions carefully and carry lots of defoamer. It's not always about what you are using but what the customer or last cleaner has done to the carpet before you.

 

[Nomad74]

Rob Allen will be your new friend for $5000

 

[Trip Moses]

Rob Allen will be your new friend for $5000

Dancing with the Devil.

 

[Old Coastie]

He’s old and a porty hack. Not reliable.

Two outta three ain’t bad.

 

[Condog]

Most of us started with portables and eventually moved on to truck mounts. You can do good work with a portable system but it will take you longer and your drying times may be longer as well. Think about investing in some small drying fans such as the Dri-Pod. With the system you have, foam is always a problem. Watch your chemical dilutions carefully and carry lots of defoamer. It's not always about what you are using but what the customer or last cleaner has done to the carpet before you.

Thanks for the advice on the defoamer.

 

[Condog]

Thanks for the advice on the defoamer.

And fans too

 

[SamIam]

Rob Allen will be your new friend for $5000

No just a bucket of
Chemicals

 

[Mikey P]

I talked to Tony this morning

Sounds like we'll see him in November.


If not, well............................................................................................................................................................

 

[Bob Pruitt]

Welcome to the Group and this Industry.
I hope to meet you at MF Phoenix.

 

[Mikey P]

Dont do this...

 

[Condog]

I'll definitely be attending!

 

[DAT]

That's funny

 

[Condog]

Tony. The CFX and the 360i form a potent package. For the moment, use the brush head to scrub and extract simultaneously. Use defoamer generously. If you have a wand, get a holed glide and use it to dry as you leave each room. When you can, upgrade to 2” hoses and get an inline filter. That sock thing is a pain.
Also, be SURE to empty the CFX after every job. Set the power head down gently, flip the vacuum chamber over. If you do not, it will stink by morning.

Don’t let this cluster of foaming dingleberries discourage you. Set money aside on every job for equipment upgrades and do NOT undersell your services.

Good luck!

The package came with the swoop glide no brush bristles. Do you recommend buying the brush carpet head? Any agitation advice until I can purchase the brush head? Do you recommend the crb or brush head first? Will I need an adapter to put a 2" hose on the CFX.

 

[Condog]

That's funny

Why?

 

[Mikey P]

Why?

He meant the flier

 

[BIG WOOD]

Dont do this...View attachment 93961

What does "K" stand for on the flier?
Kreep?

 

[scotty747]

Brush head first. Forget about the hard surface head. If I still have mine you can have it.

 

[Old Coastie]

The package came with the swoop glide no brush bristles. Do you recommend buying the brush carpet head? Any agitation advice until I can purchase the brush head? Do you recommend the crb or brush head first? Will I need an adapter to put a 2" hose on the CFX.

Buy the brush head first, even a used one. You do not need an adapter.

I use the CFX/Ranger. If you want to talk, PM me.