Questions about setting the jets on my wand

[Joseph225]

Help? Check the video out for full explanation. I've had a couple things turning over in the back of my head, and am not sure I've got this optimized properly.

 

[Nomad74]

What PSI are you cleaning at? Turn the pressure down to 400-450, slower dry passes maybe also.

 

[hogjowl]

Stop
Just stop.
Before you need a shrink.

 

[Joseph225]

What PSI are you cleaning at? Turn the pressure down to 400-450, slower dry passes maybe also.

I keep it at 450. My dry passes are slow, that's not the problem. I'm worried it's not flushing the carpet as effectively as it could.

Stop
Just stop.
Before you need a shrink.

I have a shrink, thanks. I think you're great, Marty, but find it hard to take people seriously if they tell me I'm overthinking something. Don't be that guy.

 

[FredC]

what jets are you using?

and what TM?

 

[Joseph225]

what jets are you using?

Whatever Thomas sends. I think he's got two different flow rates, and I have the higher flow rate jets. I can't say for certain what that flow IS, though.

 

[hogjowl]

Nobody takes me seriously anyway

 

[Trip Moses]

Dry passes are where it’s at. But… are you PreVacing? Are your waste tank filters clean?Is your solution filter clean? Is your waste tank seal intact? Is your lift set properly on the TM?

 

[Trip Moses]

Nobody takes me seriously anyway

I do. Except for the rotovac. Off the van. Permanently!!!

 

[hogjowl]

Joseph needs a RV

 

[Trip Moses]

He needs to look at the whole forest. Not just the Tree.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Carpet cleaners...just clean carpet! Too much time is lost on minutia.

 

[hogjowl]

I know what he’s talking about with the streaking, and we all know how to correct it. I’m just letting others feel all smart first.

 

[Trip Moses]

Oh. There’s streaking. Didn’t get past 10 seconds. He is crossing the streams.

the spray from the jets are hitting each other. Turn the jets so they do not hit.

 

[Joseph225]

Oh. There’s streaking. Didn’t get past 10 seconds. He is crossing the streams.

the spray from the jets are hitting each other. Turn the jets so they do not hit.

If you're not gonna watch the video, why tf are you gonna offer advice?

I know what he’s talking about with the streaking, and we all know how to correct it. I’m just letting others feel all smart first.

...you have my attention.

 

[hogjowl]

Take the check valves out of your jets
Put new jets on
Turn your pressure down
Start doing a double pass with a follow up dry stroke.
Or go to a slot glide.
One or more of these will correct it.

 

[Joseph225]

1. Take the check valves out of your jets
   Put new jets on
   Turn your pressure down
   Start doing a double pass with a follow up dry stroke.
   Or go to a slot glide.
   One or more of these will correct it.

   • Done
   • Done
   • 450 psi
   • Do you mean overlap the cleaning passes? Do that, too. Doesn't help.
   • What's wrong with my hole glide?

 

[Joseph225]

what jets are you using?

and what TM?

Dev jets, straight from Thomas's place, and the SS570.

 

[BIG WOOD]

have you tried cleaning at 600psi?

And when was the last time you took your glide off to clean behind it?

 

[Trip Moses]

If you're not gonna watch the video, why tf are you gonna offer advice?

It was all solid advice. I didn’t watch the video because you are complicating a simple process.

 

[Joseph225]

have you tried cleaning at 600psi?

And when was the last time you took your glide off to clean behind it?

When I first got the wand, Conway said 500-600 is ideal, so that's where I was, for a bit.

It was all solid advice. I didn’t watch the video because you are complicating a simple process.

For the sake of my sanity (and personal edification), why don't you simplify it for me?

 

[Nomad74]

I already told him he can't find his way out of a wet paper bag. But I will say it again.

 

[Trip Moses]

When I first got the wand, Conway said 500-600 is ideal, so that's where I was, for a bit.

For the sake of my sanity (and personal edification), why don't you simplify it for me?

Take it all apart. Clean it. I’m not trying to be a dick. Guess you don’t get me.

 

[Nomad74]

The jets will wear out over time. I would replace them. heck, they could be clogged with something. I think I got three years out of my jets on my first Dev wand.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

debris in the glide

 

[FredC]

You guys are assholes.

Me I'd do as marty suggested.


and make sure I wasn't manipulating the jets too much............ or decide if it's even needed (I've never touched a conway wand)

I might turn down the pressure a bit.

I'd probably order a static manifold.

"wisdom" here has in the past been jets hitting just behind the glide but as you noted as you angle it more toward the glide you get less flushing.........further away you'll extract less water all things like wanding speed being equal. Which is better is debatable


can you post a picture of your manifold/ jets?

 

[Jimmy L]

As a fellow idiot I do understand everything you said.

 

[hogjowl]

1. 
   Do you mean overlap the cleaning passes? Do that, too. Doesn't help.
   • What's wrong with my hole glide?

No. I mean feed your water on the up and back stroke then follow with a slow drying pass.
Nothing is wrong with your hole glide. That’s what I use, but it doesn’t lift the fiber the way a slot glide does.

 

[hogjowl]

By the way. I use a hole glide, use 1.5 jets and clean at 600 psi.
I don’t have that problem.

 

[Nomad74]

By the way. I use a hole glide, use 1.5 jets and clean at 600 psi.
I don’t have that problem.

Yeah. But you’re a fellow idiot