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So I got a call today from a customer to clean some SmartStrand carpet. Insisted that the retailer told her that we cannot use any chemicals on it to clean it just water. Oh and her little dog has pissed all over it too. Has anyone heard of any of this nonsense.
 

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Smart strand is basically polyester, people think they have some magic carpet when in fact they have crap!
 
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is there anything you can print out from mohawk and show them that the retailer is wrong?
cleaning carpet is your biz not some dumb ass sales man.
 
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Im going to go talk to the retailer today.
Cleaning polyester with a pH under 10 and only a hundred and sixty degrees is this possible?
 

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Im going to go talk to the retailer today.
Cleaning polyester with a pH under 10 and only a hundred and sixty degrees is this possible?

just remember the hot water your spraying starts cooling instantly when sprayed. so i wouldnt worry too much about heat unless your have a super hot tm with short hose runs and a pimped out wand with jet extenders and high flow.
 

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I have smart strand....

Been cleaning as normal....

No problems...

And I have a higher density carpet (57 ounce) and no wear patterns or other issues....

But, have come across some junk too
 

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Smartstrand is a Mohawk product... they require a preconditioner with ph 10 and below with fresh hot water rinse not to exceed 160 degree...

Remember, these guys don't understand "At The Machine" and "At The Wand" temperatures. They are considering a consistent temperature of 160 on the carpet fibers themselves. When you factor in the temperature loss once your cleaning fluid exits the jet, breaks down into a spray, each droplet of which releases heat into the air, its unlikely most any truck mount will maintain such heat consistently on the fiber surface.
 

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Im going to go talk to the retailer today.
Cleaning polyester with a pH under 10 and only a hundred and sixty degrees is this possible?

pH under 10 and water as hot as you can get it (160 F at the fibers could easily be 220 F and above at the machine) - This cleans a lot better than water only. You have gained a lot from the information posted in this thread including directly from Mohawk.
 
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Little giant #3 with 10 flow on a pc ti wand. If I clean my burner it pops steam before the water comes out.
 

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I have cleaned smart strand with hot water only as told. It didn't clean up. I now feel confident to tell people they are throwing their money away not using chemicals to clean with but it's their carpet and I'll do whatever they want.
 

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pH under 10 and water as hot as you can get it (160 F at the fibers could easily be 2210 and above at the machine) - This cleans a lot better than water only. You have gained a lot from the information posted in this thread including directly from Mohawk.



Then that's one hell of a temperature drop or one hell of a hose run. :lol:
 
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I told a long time customer not to buy Smart Strand. I told her to insist on 100% solution dyed nylon.

So, the retailer sold her hardwood.

I'm keeping my mouth shut from now on.



Don't keep your mouth shut....how would she know that you clean hardwood?? (and make at least twice as much as cleaning her carpets...)
 

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I talked with the retailer and she called the customer to let her know and it is okay to use a preconditioner on her carpet.
I grabbed all the literature I can find on SmartStrand and other Carpets they were selling so I can keep up with this new stuff.

I got a sample of this stuff called lifeguard Carpet it has a moisture barrier built into the backing. kind of cool, very expensive. I wonder how this stuff will work for the water damage
 

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Man, I looked at that Smart Strand brochure. Wow!! I almost ran to the local dealer to buy one.
Then, unfortunately, I remembered how it looks after a few years. Mr Happy's excluded.

I love the longest part of the brochure- "Exclusions"!
Brutal.
That's a fine sample of American legal brilliance at its best.
 
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I have two customers that have filed wear warranty claims on their smart strand carpets this w eek. One was installed only four months ago! I've not had very many problems cleaning the crap. It's the wear problems that make me angry. If it wears out in a year or two, they're less likely to replace it with more carpet.
 

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To help Mahawk and their manufacturing buddies. And to save ink and all these trees used for the paper. And in the spirit of Joseph Heller, I've taken the time and liberty to write the best (certainly the shortest) warranty.

It's short. It's auspicious. It's bullet proof:

Our carpet is forever (and we mean FOREVER) warrantied*. It will never stain or deteriorate.
* Any claim will void this warranty.


And for the millennials with their reading aversion:

 
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