Mikey P
Administrator
Marcus Wendt will be joining us here and at Mikefest to promote their Counter Rotating Brush Machine.
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adamh
Supportive Member
I have often thought using something like that to prespray and scrub it in at the same time would be the way to go.
Adam
Adam
Mikey P
Administrator
we'll have one up for auction tonight and have both size machines at MF with a super "Take Home" price...
hogjowl
Idiot™
Counter rotating brush machines are too light for prescrubbing.
They're only good for scrub and run cleaning ... and marginally so for that.
They're only good for scrub and run cleaning ... and marginally so for that.
Desk Jockey
Member
hogjowl
Idiot™
Like we need another Guerkink here ...
idreadnought
Supportive Member
crb machines are perfect for pre-scrubbing carpet. The weight per square inch on the carpet is more than a swing machine. On a 17" rotary the entire pad is on the carpet at one time distributing the weight over a large area. On a crb machine only the bottom of the brush is on the carpet creating more pressure per square inch. Also on a swing machine the outside of the brush is spinning faster than the middle. You don't get as even of a scrub with a swing machine.
As a benefit the crb is much easier to use. And weighs much less.
As a benefit the crb is much easier to use. And weighs much less.
hogjowl
Idiot™
That is complete and utter BS.
Steve Lawrence
Member
6 lbs empty? Now that's light duty.
FredC
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how much should the spray system weigh to be considered heavy duty?
Mikey P
Administrator
Not so great in grease pits but killer in doggy homes and matted piles. A must for travertine tiles..
idreadnought
Supportive Member
Not at all I am sorry to say. On a 17" rotary machine how many square inches are touching the carpet? Divide that by the weight of the machine and you have pounds per sq inch pressure on the carpet. A crb will have more weight per sq inch. Or at least that type displayed
KevinL
Supportive Member
Again, that is BS. You really think a 10 pound machine is gonna scrub better than a 95 pound machine. You said a swing machine spins faster at the outside. So does a mower but you are moving it. I have no need for one.
Eric Valentine
Member
Read the specs again.....The SPRAY SYSTEM weighs 6 pounds empty. IT attaches to a Whittaker scrubber. The TM4 is 35 pounds, so you will have about double the pressure/sqin than a 17"rotary.
carpetcleaner
Member
My BrushPro scrubs as well as or better than my rotary on everything but CGD.
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
marty I like most of what you say but you-are completely wrong on this one. I don't know what brand of crb you used, but these Whittaker style crb scrubbed the crap( literally ) out of the carpet. The double as a pile lifter and a vacuum with the renovators.
what brand unit did you use?
Because if it was host, prochem or other lightweight you haven't really experienced what Richard is talking about.
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
The brushes on the crb pick up debris from down in the carpet and also brush in the prespray down into the pile.
rotary unit shear the soil off of the fiber.
rotary unit shear the soil off of the fiber.
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
Our units the 20 inch weigh around 40 pounds.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Whittaker GLS.
Wonderful at digging hair out of carpet. Ok for encapsulation cleaning. As a prescrubber prior to HWE, light duty and nowhere near as effective as a 175 rotary.
Steve Lawrence
Member
I misread the specs. Thank you.
Strong Dry Carpet
Member
As Mike mentioned it is in the auction, and if need be there is a super special that involves two machines with a tandem bar, which will give you double the cleaning width. This is a very popular option, since it broadens your options and you can break it down into two separate machines unlike the Cimex
Strong Dry Carpet
Member
Do not pay too much attention to that marketing, that was old stuff and done by people who were ignorant and did not understand these types of discussions. The CRB is actually an 8 in 1 machine, works well for pre spray, compound, encap, tile and grout, agitation for HWE, pile lifting, tandem (double cleaning width) renovators (pick up capability) and the on board spray system which is expected to launch in the 1Q of this year (2013)
