Rotovac vs dogy home

[Steamin McFadden]

Goomer, That was too funny!!

Mardei your a good sport, I will give you that. I do realize I've been a little hard on you. Sorry.

 

[Ron Werner]

videos like that bug me

 

[GeeeAus]

This is a very interesting and informative thread, that was a great result in the first video, all the dog oils removed. There was a LOT of dry soil bound to those oils.

My method combines encapsulation and hot water extraction together. I use encapsulating chemicals throughout my process, but I use more or less the same multistage technique as most of you HWE guys.

Dry soil extraction
Solvent spotting
Pre-Spray (using a HWE spray with encapsulating features)
Agitation (using either a mini crb for low soiling or a single disc machine with more pre-spray in the shower tank)
Dwell
Hot water extraction (using either an encapsulating acid rinse or an encapsulating emulsifier)

Because I'm legally blind and not allowed to drive I have a walk behind extractor not much bigger than Mardie's foam extractor. It has worked well for me over the last year and I've been able to build some great customer loyalty. My location is a small town with a suffering economy, so things can be a little hard to grow here, but I'm working on it.

Grant

 

[GCCLee]

Gee,
You are amazing bro!
Not only for your drive and ambition to continue on, but to smile while doing it!

This is why I personally would never bash or down talk competition in any marketing materials. period Regardless of what type of equipt used.

On open forum and only in true love, look out fur my monster rug sucker.

I do gotta ask though?
How u read this post homie : )

 

[Steamin McFadden]

Is this the Grant I met on *** who used the bissel? Do you remember a very kind and noble man by the name of Andy Mc lol ,

(He recommended a few inexpensive scrubbers for you to add to your process)

Glad you got some scrubbing tools!! I appreciate how hard you work, keep up the good work!

 

[GeeeAus]

G'day Andy.... Presuming that's you.

I recently got a Polivac C27, cost me $2,400 inc tax. I couldn't find a used machine and to be honest didn't want the potential for issues. This has largely - though not completely replaced the Sebo Duo /P mini CRB I had been using for the past six months.

It has made the scrub effectiveness much better. I am looking at a replacement extractor but that is still some way off. I did some business analysis and determined that scrub effectiveness was more important than extraction at this point because there were jobs the Sebo just wasn't able to perform, whereas the Big Green works on any type of carpet more or less the same.

Vehicle storage space is also at a premium.

So nice to bump into you Andy, or Andy's friend, whomever you are.

As for how I read the thread, I have some assistive devices on my Apple Macintosh computer which read very well and also allow me to enlarge the display at infinitely variable scales of size. this is helpful sometimes, though usually I can read O.K. unaided I just have the screen closer to me than most of you would.

On the job things aren't so much of a challenge.

I rather imagine I'll get flamed now for the extractor I use...... Oh well, had to happen, that's just how life goes sometimes.

I'll be a good sport though and throw some fat on the fire for everybody.

Extractor

Extractor on job (wife's driving)
http://youtu.be/g97F1u4WQ2g

Job examples

How about some upholstery?

Grant

 

[Russ T.]

Well done Grant. We appreciate all the time and effort you have put in here educating us on dry soil removal. It looks like you are getting great results and I hope you continue to frequent Mikey's Board. You will learn a lot here and hopefully grow your business. I think there's only so much you can do about the local economy but if moving isn't an option for you, you really seem to be making the most out of it...and with a great attitude. Keep up the great work!


The Clean Machine

 

[GCCLee]

That is Awesome !

I need one of those devices, me like large font : )

Wow !!

 

[Goomer]

I'm fookin' impressed.

I can't see how anyone cannot be impressed with results like that, knowing how much additional time and effort was necessary to make up for any performance limitations of your equipment.
Kudos for taking so much pride in your work, and striving for the best results you can deliver given the equipment you have available.

 

[Willy P]

Very impressive results! Now Mardie - Where's yours?

 

[Steamin McFadden]

Impressive indeed, all because of hard work! Go's to show that a skilled operator can achieve great results even with basic equipment,

 

[Mardie]

Great work Grant.

 

[Goomer]

Very impressive results! Now Mardie - Where's yours?

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