daniel@procarpet
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What do you use to store or carry your spotters in?
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Brian R
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Stanley Tool box from Lowes or The Home Depot. Works like a charm.
Becker
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Bought the kit years ago.. Box still works great.
daniel@procarpet
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So the simple answer is a tool box that will hold a 32 oz bottle of spotter and all the tools I need.
I can make that work.
Currently I keep all my spotters on my van shelf.
There are necessary spotters.
I keep a lot of chems on my truck. I am trying to cut back.
Spotters:
POG
Rubbing Alcohol
Citrus Gel
Acetone
Urine Rescue (peroxide)
Protein Spotter
Red Relief
Stain Magic
Rust Remover
Oxidizer (odor rescue)
Those are what I feel are necessary spotters)
I also keep
Presprays:
Redline (covers just about everything
Fine fabric prespray
Fine fabric shampoo
Cotton Shampoo
Alkaline tile cleaner
Acid tile cleaner
stripper
sanitizer
deodorizer
bio enzyme deodorizer
jugs for applying the chems
Defoamer
Carpet protector
Dry slurry (not on shelf, but by the mix jug)
I know I am forgetting something
That is a lot of stuff to carry
I can make that work.
Currently I keep all my spotters on my van shelf.
There are necessary spotters.
I keep a lot of chems on my truck. I am trying to cut back.
Spotters:
POG
Rubbing Alcohol
Citrus Gel
Acetone
Urine Rescue (peroxide)
Protein Spotter
Red Relief
Stain Magic
Rust Remover
Oxidizer (odor rescue)
Those are what I feel are necessary spotters)
I also keep
Presprays:
Redline (covers just about everything
Fine fabric prespray
Fine fabric shampoo
Cotton Shampoo
Alkaline tile cleaner
Acid tile cleaner
stripper
sanitizer
deodorizer
bio enzyme deodorizer
jugs for applying the chems
Defoamer
Carpet protector
Dry slurry (not on shelf, but by the mix jug)
I know I am forgetting something
That is a lot of stuff to carry
Becker
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32 oz bottle?
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FB7777
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I use 2 5 gallon bucket bosses
one has spotters and towels
the other has shears, tabs, blocks, furniture movers
one has spotters and towels
the other has shears, tabs, blocks, furniture movers
daniel@procarpet
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pfred said:
That sound better.
Don most spotters such as red relief, pog, rust remover etc are in 1 qt bottles.
Most spotting kits accomodate 16 oz (pint) spotters.
Brian R
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danielc said:
Have you ever actually cleaned a carpet?? lol j/k
Yeah, the qt bottles I would usually have on the shelf.
For now they're in the bigger Tool box with wheels until I decide if I want to put shelves in the truck.
Becker
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Well if you are going to go with qt sized bottle for a spotting kit, forget about a tool box.
Go with the bucket like Fred uses.
I buy a lot of spotters in bulk and refill smaller bottles.
I carry tabs, blocks, tools, sliders etc in a large heavy canvas tool bag.
Go with the bucket like Fred uses.
I buy a lot of spotters in bulk and refill smaller bottles.
I carry tabs, blocks, tools, sliders etc in a large heavy canvas tool bag.
spotters???? wtf
cobbs...takes 93% of shit out.....and the rest...most custys could give a shit....and most custys, there are no "extra" spots or stains there....
little rust, citrus, and i am good to go....
plus i dont ACE around with pet odors/spots.....it makes me gag, plus its a pita....and yet again, most custys dont care or just dont have it....
cobbs...takes 93% of shit out.....and the rest...most custys could give a shit....and most custys, there are no "extra" spots or stains there....
little rust, citrus, and i am good to go....
plus i dont ACE around with pet odors/spots.....it makes me gag, plus its a pita....and yet again, most custys dont care or just dont have it....
KevinL
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You kids. Get a caddy from walmart. Holds 4 quart bottles on one side( citrus, purple power,(takes out grease and food) rust remover, defoamer). blocks,tabs, gum tool and little crap on the other side. Keep it close by but make sure the kids don't get to it. Any other spotter you need is not that often and you keep it on the truck.
Royal Man
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I have a caddy like Kevin with red relief, stainmagic , rust remover, solvent and also 2 buckets like PFRed.
I also have 10 quart sprayers ready to go with fabset, cotton cleaner, deo, urine remover etc...
3 shelves of chems. 2 steamers for spots
It take a lot of crap to clean carpet.
I also have 10 quart sprayers ready to go with fabset, cotton cleaner, deo, urine remover etc...
3 shelves of chems. 2 steamers for spots
It take a lot of crap to clean carpet.
Ron Werner
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I have the Vacaway spotting kit shown above.
Blocks and tabs are in a bag with my sliders
I wear a electricians tool pouch to carry my everyday ready to use spotters. Hate having to keep walking back and forth whenever a spot won't come out with the prespray. And darn it if I don't spot one, look around for more, don't see any, go put the spotter away, and on the next pass there's another spot! :roll: SO I keep them close.
Blocks and tabs are in a bag with my sliders
I wear a electricians tool pouch to carry my everyday ready to use spotters. Hate having to keep walking back and forth whenever a spot won't come out with the prespray. And darn it if I don't spot one, look around for more, don't see any, go put the spotter away, and on the next pass there's another spot! :roll: SO I keep them close.
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FB7777
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this wasn't a question as to whether you are a complete hack, or a carpet cleaner that says "sorry maam I don't clean pet spots" :shock:floorguy said:
I assume you carry blocks, tabs and at least one water based spotter and a solvent spotter in the home?
What do use to carry them into the customer's home?
If I left 7% of what " Cobbs leaves behind" in the carpet my customers would hate my guts
pfred said:
"when" i need them i go grab them.....dont forget that 75% of my biz is commercial...so i would gather i dont do things the way you "country folk" do....
and liek i said, most people dont have the shit on the carpets i hear you guys talk about....and those that do, when i bring up an extra cost, i see the wheels turning....
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FB7777
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:mrgreen:
I hear ya Doug, some times I'm jealous of the ease of hacking out large areas and the absense of specialty spotting
I hear ya Doug, some times I'm jealous of the ease of hacking out large areas and the absense of specialty spotting
renegade_cowboy
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Thats really odd you pass onpet stains..any of my clients call me out because of their pet. I charge extra for it..why? Because its extra work and nothing better than adding on another chunk of change. I dont recall ever someone complaining when they wanted the pet odor taken care of.
floorguy said:
Thats really odd you pass onpet stains..any of my clients call me out because of their pet. I charge extra for it..why? Because its extra work and nothing better than adding on another chunk of change. I dont recall ever someone complaining when they wanted the pet odor taken care of.
Larry Cobb
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Daniel;
We use an open-top tray for time-saving (in background).
Like all chemicals, you do have to keep it away from children.
Larry
We use an open-top tray for time-saving (in background).
Like all chemicals, you do have to keep it away from children.
Larry
Alexander Supertramp said:
Thats really odd you pass onpet stains..any of my clients call me out because of their pet. I charge extra for it..why? Because its extra work and nothing better than adding on another chunk of change. I dont recall ever someone complaining when they wanted the pet odor taken care of.[/quote]
with all of that said...I am tinkering with trying out some more residential areas...There is a new JH opening here, and the PTA brought up of the budget being low....sooooo I am thinking of offering cleaning for X amount and donating Y amount of each room to the school of their choice.....
soooooo if i am going to be doing more res. I have thought about getting the (damn forgot the name
) and doing SPOTS...not these places that have 20 in a room, and getting the black light, and all the pony show stuff..They ask, i usually side step, tell them ill do my best....and so far, people still call me back...sooooo
A. it takes care of it
B. it isnt all that bad to begin with (see A)
C. they could give a shit, cuz they let their animals shit :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
I had 2 dogs that we were house breaking...and i blotted them up right away, etc.....after the 2-3 mths of that fun, i cleaned....and it smells just fine...REMEMBER...I didnt let them ABUSE my carpet...yuck
sweendogg
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Doug... if you are doing alot of commercial work.. and it ain't a vet's office... I'd stay away from the urine issues as well! :shock:
In the van. Some on a shelf, some in a milk crate, some in the bin between the seats, some behind the waste tank, some in the doors, etc.
Never been anal about organization. I know where everything is (usually).
Never been anal about organization. I know where everything is (usually).
daniel@procarpet
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I keep mine on the shelf.
I really don't have room on the floor for a kit.
I just stick what I need in a small bucket with towells, blocks, and tabs, and then carry that inside.
So far it works.
If I get a bigger truck, I may put something together.
I really don't have room on the floor for a kit.
I just stick what I need in a small bucket with towells, blocks, and tabs, and then carry that inside.
So far it works.
If I get a bigger truck, I may put something together.
steve frasier
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I will put it in a bucket or just carry in what I need
tabs are in my pocket, blocks are broken up and sat on the furniture where they will be used and sticky tabs are put under the furniture were needed
hel gel
spot n boost
pig
peroxide
ammonia
red 1
rust remover
cyclone
don't need much else but pig and hel gel will take care of most things that prespray doesn't
tabs are in my pocket, blocks are broken up and sat on the furniture where they will be used and sticky tabs are put under the furniture were needed
hel gel
spot n boost
pig
peroxide
ammonia
red 1
rust remover
cyclone
don't need much else but pig and hel gel will take care of most things that prespray doesn't
