Mikey P
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Final version with custom brush deck plate supplied by Rotovac
Thanks to @Loren Egland for the inspiration
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The MB influence continues....
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Final version with custom brush deck plate supplied by Rotovac
Thanks to @Loren Egland for the inspiration
hogjowl
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You’d think they would have figured it out themselves
Kenny Hayes
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Don’t try to make sense out of it!
Steve Lawrence
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Want 2.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Manufacturers don't actually clean carpets.
Cleanworks
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Give them credit for actually listening to carpet cleaners.
steve_64
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But they should be testing their equipment to see how well it performs before putting it on the market and advertising how great it is.
Cleanworks
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The 360i with the brush head has worked great up til now, now it will work even better.
steve_64
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I was speaking in general. Sometimes they get it right just not every time. A lot of junk being sold.
hogjowl
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Looks like the top of my head
Trip Moses
IMOL
I don’t even carry the rotaries on the van anymore. I’m a hack. Whatever.
Mikey P
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Not.
How much agitation do you think you really need? When you started cleaning you only agitated with a grandi groomer and possibly did a good job. All of the agitation equipment out there only replaces what the grandi groomers did. Plus today the cleaning agents are much better.
Granted it can be improved upon but that is up to rotovac.
Granted it can be improved upon but that is up to rotovac.
Dolly Llama
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steve_64
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Today's carpets are not as easy to clean as 30 years ago.
Dolly Llama
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you'll have to help me with that one.
I "guess" you're meaning due to cut pile PET/olie crAp they're selling looking like azz no mater "how clean"?
Juices today compared to 30 years ago has made it easier to clean them from a sec8 hack's expereince
..L.T.A.
steve_64
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Not just different fiber but also multiple fibers as well that react different to a product. But yes more oil loving products today than in the past I think.
I remember mom using the foaming woolite in a can back in the 70s and just vac up when dry. It turned out good too.
Loren Egland
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The new style brush head will be such a big improvement over the old style that has been used for years. It is nice Rotovac listened.
They evidently didn’t agree with all my take on jet placements. I would have cheated closer to the vacuum pick up rather than get as far away from the vacuum shoe as they could. I placed mine about in the middle of the vac shoes. If I were to do things over I may have moved the jet right next to the vacuum pick up. Less time allowed for the water to sit before it is extracted so hopefully leaving carpet a little dryer. However, the thinking may have been to obtain more brush agitation with wetter fibers hoping for a little extra cleaning performance.
In reality jet placements may not make much difference.
Loren Egland
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A quad head with brushes would be my ideal for the system I used. How did you accomplish this quad with brush design?
hogjowl
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Poor Rotovac
So many experts to please
So many experts to please
Mikey P
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Less time for the water to sit?
Lol....
Come on, think about that..
Lol....
Come on, think about that..
Loren Egland
Member
That’s why I ended by admitting I was probably over thinking the matter when I said “In reality jet placement may not make much difference”.
More time for gravity to draw water downward deeper into the carpet was the thought process.
Making it too complicated, eh?
Cleanworks
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That's one of the benefits of mikeyfests. It brings manufacturers and end users together, sharing information.
hogjowl
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No, they just drink
Mikey P
Administrator
does it hurt your pea brain being such a moron?
hogjowl
Idiot™
Not a bit
drilled the holes with a drill press and stole the bristles from a regular brush head. The bristles next to the jets are placed so that on a long nap carpet the spray pattern is maximized. When being used the bristles bend back a little and the spray basically hits the bristles.
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Trip Moses
IMOL
Tell me why I need these brushes.
