Mikey P
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Why every truckmount set up should have two wands on board.
Besides the obvious of plugged jets, broken or leaking trigger valves or, wOOps! you left a wand at the last job across town (or at the car wash, ask me how) myself, a 36 year veteran truckmount guy FIRMLY believes that every van or truck should have two wands on board.
And both wands should be serving two very different purposes.
Unless all you clean are shithole apartments, the majority of your customers, especially for you established professionals, should clean up JUST FINE with “just” four (4) flow. This isn’t 2006 anymore where all the Carpet Cleaning SuperHeroes on the forums had 59 or 68 blowers and convinced themselves and you that anything less than 12, 18 or God forbid, 24 flow, was doing a disservice to our loyal clients.
If your customer base is having you out at least once per year, 4 flow at 400 to 500 PSI is amazing adept at flushing most any wall to wall carpet. Fact.
But if they wait three years or more, you’re going to need more flow.
Fact.
Will six cut it? Probably… But If you live in a humid area where slow dry times are a concern, ^ is your happy spot
But if you live out west and have a 4.8 or larger blower, go for broke and set up a second wand with 8 flow.
Lets be real folks why be an Over Cleaner if you don’t have to? There is no Morality Mattress Police checking your jobs to see if you achieved wash pit results on wall to wall carpet. #truth, despite what that Over Cleaners on Face Book lead you to believe.
Less is more in MOST cases, but that’s an opinion for another day.
What do I carry on my van? A 4 flow AW29 (with a sheer kit and a Glide, of course)
and a 6 flow 12” Sapphire Titanium…
I clean predominantly for retired old peeps with no leaky pets, so 80% of the time 4 is fine. ESPECIALLY through two very impactful jets. (test this, it’s a reality)
For all my hard surfaces and the occasional shit pit or ultra thick pile, I use my SSTI12.
( Oh, and on about 10% of them I use my TOPS OP, because old folks just drip coffee and red wine and love that the carpet dries in under an hour and the bugs and weather stay out.)
Besides the obvious of plugged jets, broken or leaking trigger valves or, wOOps! you left a wand at the last job across town (or at the car wash, ask me how) myself, a 36 year veteran truckmount guy FIRMLY believes that every van or truck should have two wands on board.
And both wands should be serving two very different purposes.
Unless all you clean are shithole apartments, the majority of your customers, especially for you established professionals, should clean up JUST FINE with “just” four (4) flow. This isn’t 2006 anymore where all the Carpet Cleaning SuperHeroes on the forums had 59 or 68 blowers and convinced themselves and you that anything less than 12, 18 or God forbid, 24 flow, was doing a disservice to our loyal clients.
If your customer base is having you out at least once per year, 4 flow at 400 to 500 PSI is amazing adept at flushing most any wall to wall carpet. Fact.
But if they wait three years or more, you’re going to need more flow.
Fact.
Will six cut it? Probably… But If you live in a humid area where slow dry times are a concern, ^ is your happy spot
But if you live out west and have a 4.8 or larger blower, go for broke and set up a second wand with 8 flow.
Lets be real folks why be an Over Cleaner if you don’t have to? There is no Morality Mattress Police checking your jobs to see if you achieved wash pit results on wall to wall carpet. #truth, despite what that Over Cleaners on Face Book lead you to believe.
Less is more in MOST cases, but that’s an opinion for another day.
What do I carry on my van? A 4 flow AW29 (with a sheer kit and a Glide, of course)
and a 6 flow 12” Sapphire Titanium…
I clean predominantly for retired old peeps with no leaky pets, so 80% of the time 4 is fine. ESPECIALLY through two very impactful jets. (test this, it’s a reality)
For all my hard surfaces and the occasional shit pit or ultra thick pile, I use my SSTI12.
( Oh, and on about 10% of them I use my TOPS OP, because old folks just drip coffee and red wine and love that the carpet dries in under an hour and the bugs and weather stay out.)
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