Ron Lippold
RIP
I want to know about your wand stroke. not talking about extremes just regular everyday cleaning. give me a good example.
Josh said:Keyed on the forward stroke and keyed on a slower back stroke, then moving to the right and overlapping about a third I repeat forward and back stroke about 5 strokes, then reverse with dry strokes. All straight lines, no backgammon marks. Then mist on some Fab-Set, groom some more straight lines, and set airmover.
What?
It's not like I got me one of them fancy Vortex TMs!
Ron Werner said:using the greenhorn, lately I've been jetting only on the back stroke, dry pass on the forward, overlapping by a couple inches.
I make a nice fairly slow back stroke, then forward over the same path and pull to the left at the top of the stroke for the next path.
I release the trigger just at the bottom of my stroke and continue pulling back to catch that lapline. Then push forward and slide over at the top. Do it again.Greenie said:My only problem with the "slide over at the top" guys is....you had to get there first....and you are missing you "lap line" at the bottom of your stroke.
Johnny said:GreenHorn: Keyed back stroke, forward dry stroke, lift wand, move to next row overlapping about an inch. No triangles.
Greenie said:So...since you have to "get there" you might as well trigger up on the very first stroke of a given area, and make that (wet up) the exception as you dry straight back for light soil, or double rinse and wet on the back as well for heavier soil, and then chase it up and back with a dedicated dry pass.
Now as you finish that dry you are near your forward foot...real easy to slide over 13" in a little bit of a J shape and that will catch your "lap line" from the end of your 1st wet stroke...that little bit where the vac slot didn't quite pick up the water line.
Josh said:Johnny said:GreenHorn: Keyed back stroke, forward dry stroke, lift wand, move to next row overlapping about an inch. No triangles.
Seems like you'd wear out your body faster that way. I use to lift the wand when I first started and didn't realize how much harder I was working my back than I needed to.
Try what Greenie just said-
Greenie said:So...since you have to "get there" you might as well trigger up on the very first stroke of a given area, and make that (wet up) the exception as you dry straight back for light soil, or double rinse and wet on the back as well for heavier soil, and then chase it up and back with a dedicated dry pass.
Now as you finish that dry you are near your forward foot...real easy to slide over 13" in a little bit of a J shape and that will catch your "lap line" from the end of your 1st wet stroke...that little bit where the vac slot didn't quite pick up the water line.
To each his own, but I think you'll find it's much easier on the body and it may even cut your cleaning times down.