Mikey P
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and how residue/detergent free was the carpet before you applied?
when was the last time you applied protector to a commercial carpet?
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Jim Pemberton
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The second half of the question is the important one to ask.
There is a huge difference between applying protector to a carpet you have maintained and left (relatively) residue free from the time it was new and one you inherited after having been cleaned by an assortment of unknown cleaners and/or in house maintenance staff using GKW* for their cleaning products.
*God Knows What
Every time I clean the Mongolian Grill I apply protector. They want it, so I do it. At 11:30pm it's a PIA and I just want to get out of there. As far as your OP question to the residue, who really knows. I don't get resoiling complaints and always use an acid rinse and drypass. I don't over mix my chems and I don't run through jobs.
Maybe Matt and his Walmart carpet will have an answer.
Maybe Matt and his Walmart carpet will have an answer.
Cleanworks
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I have several buildings, including my own that i apply protector after cleaning. It has made a visible difference compared to buildings that don't want protector.
Mikey P
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have ether of you treated half an area to see if it really works?
No, but what are you digging at? Are you saying protector doesn't work? Personally I think it does. I had a customer spill and entire 1/2 gallon of concord grape juice on her white berber carpet. She called me to come get it out. I could see how the protectant I had applied kept it from penetrating the fibers. Thankfully I was able to get it all out. I'm pretty sure if she hadn't wanted the protector It would have been a different story.
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To answer your question more directly than my diatribe against residue and protector:
Yes I have.
Yes, I have compared it to unprotected carpet.
Yes, it works.
Yes I have.
Yes, I have compared it to unprotected carpet.
Yes, it works.
Cleanworks
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Yes, many years ago I did all those tests. It works if diluted and applied properly.
People expect that what ever gets spilled to just bounce right up
And there are residential where they just go ahead and spill everything they want and blame you if it doesn't come out
And there are residential where they just go ahead and spill everything they want and blame you if it doesn't come out
Old Coastie
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Some time ago I posted a short video of me cleaning a filthy restaurant carpet that I treated the previous time. It was coming clean with only hot tap water.
Cleanworks
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There are idiots everywhere. Up to you to qualify the customer and not oversell it. It makes it easier to vacuum and when you clean it the next time the soil will release much easier. The commercial buildings where I apply it are a dream to clean, other buildings that I clean regularly need more attention.
hogjowl
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20 years ago
The Mormons insisted on it
The Mormons insisted on it
Kenny Hayes
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My one place, church and school has All the money, so even when it’s brand new, put it down. But I spray in between every mass too
The Great Oz
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Time to add more experience to the room.
Yes I've done it, and recommend it on all of our recurring commercial work. Not because I want the customer to pay for it, but because I want life to be easier for the commercial techs.
I did half of two carpets and never had to prove it to myself again.
The most severe was a white wool entry to a wholesale furniture mart. White was dumb to begin with, and they didn't have it cleaned much. It had to be pre-scrubbed before extraction.
I did half, and the next cleaning I kicked myself for not doing the whole thing. Treated side came clean with a quick wand pass and I had to scrub the other side. After that I treated both sides and never had to scrub again.
hogjowl
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Well it was WOOL dumbass! OF COURSEi it could benefit from SG! Nylon can too.
Cleanworks
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You'd be surprised at the difference it makes on polypropylene.
Mikey P
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pics or it didnt happen
Cleanworks
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You wouldn't see the difference in pics unless I only did half. You see and feel the difference as you're cleaning. I have one building that I have been doing for about 10 years. Heavy polypropylene over pad in the hallways. I have applied protector every time I clean. Carpets are about 20 years old and they clean like magic. My own building I have been doing for 6 years. Nylon over pad. Same thing. I discount the protector for my building as it makes it easier for me to clean and makes me look good. The property manager noticed and has given me more buildings over the years. I don't sell a lot of protector but on the buildings that take it, it makes a big difference in the performance of the carpet.
Thats all very interesting, but I want to hear more about how Canada won WW2
Cleanworks
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I never said Canada won it
Cleanworks
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You should read about the Canadian Corvettes escorting convoys, the Canadian pilots in the RAF, the liberation of Holland, the Canadians on the beaches of Normandy, (my grandfather was there) the Canadian intelligence service, (read the book the man called intrepid).
Mikey P
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is there a 3 minute
Did upright humans exist there BG?
Canadian history for dummies video for the rest of the world?
Did upright humans exist there BG?
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Lee Stockwell
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Why would you ask people who don't clean carpets?
The Great Oz
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Not according to the Wool Bureau or Wools of New Zealand. They still insist wool magically cleans itself and doesn't need protectants.
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Let's see....the scaly outer layer of the wool fiber holds dirt but doesn't allow it to penetrate, so that it readily vacuums away...it is inherently soil retardent.
Something like that Bryan?
Mikey P
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Odd that Brian buys that bullshit but doesn't buy the Encap theory
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Methinks you misunderstood Bryan
His response was laced with a wee bit of sarcasm
His response was laced with a wee bit of sarcasm
