Tried dry strokes today...

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How the heck do you guys stand it? I was ready to tear my hair out after the first room. Took me 2 hours to clean a 500 sqf mobile home. With the oh-so-scientific hand feel test I couldn't notice any difference in dampness.
 

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How the heck do you guys stand it? I was ready to tear my hair out after the first room. Took me 2 hours to clean a 500 sqf mobile home. With the oh-so-scientific hand feel test I couldn't notice any difference in dampness.

I never met a carpet cleaner who didn't think he left the carpet dry. Personally the ones I've experienced aren't even close to my standards. Depending on your location, humidity, it might not matter much. Here, in the tropics, it matters. I dry stroked one today more than 5 times with the zipper. She stayed in the bed and had an aide. I wanted it dry before I left just for her safety.
 

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I guess I'm not very funny Jeremy. Sorry about that. For us a dry stroke is an ingrained habit. It does leave the carpet dryer so we do what we can. Here is Florida we also crank down the air conditioner...there isn't a better dehumidifier anywhere than central air. Drying cannot happen once the air is saturated. In California or dry climates I would find a window to open if possible. It takes a little more time but we find faster dry times.
 

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Stanley Steemer didn't dry stroke this poly. Took 3 days to dry, customer had to stay in a motel due to musty stench.

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I had it dry with my lowly 12" 1.5 PMF in under two hours.


3 days means chem loaded rinse, no dry stroke and a plugged filter..
 
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oh to live in Arizona or someplace dry. I was in vegas a couple of years ago for the experience. listening to the news in the morning was hilarious. weather guy was warning everyone that it was going to be a horrible day, temp was going to be 90 and 20% humidity that day. I was in a good mood all day because I had just left 90 and 80% humidity. I was laughing all day over that one.
 
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Stanley Steemer didn't dry stroke this poly. Took 3 days to dry, customer had to stay in a motel due to musty stench.

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I had it dry with my lowly 12" 1.5 PMF in under two hours.


3 days means chem loaded rinse, no dry stroke and a plugged filter..
or their dump valve was open on their single stage portable.
 

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Stanley Steemer didn't dry stroke this poly. Took 3 days to dry, customer had to stay in a motel due to musty stench.

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I had it dry with my lowly 12" 1.5 PMF in under two hours.


3 days means chem loaded rinse, no dry stroke and a plugged filter..


I'm sorry, but a carpet that really took three days to dry wouldn't of benefited that much from dry stroking. Maybe two and a 1/2 days. Something else went really wrong, like they forgot to hook up the vacuum at the truck, or close a dump valve.
 

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Stanley Steemer didn't dry stroke this poly. Took 3 days to dry, customer had to stay in a motel due to musty stench.

That was here in Nevada? It's actually not that uncommon here. Hard to believe, with it being as dry as it is!

So Jeremy, can you walk us through your dry stoke method you tried?
 
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The way I clean carpet using a wand is, pull the wand towards you with the trigger on, push it back exactly in the same groove, trigger off, Overlap at the top of your stroke by 1/3-1/2 width of the wand and repeat. When I am done the width of the room, I dry stroke back over the same area. I get 3 dry strokes for every wet stroke. Only in heavily soiled areas, will I flush back and forth. The more dirty water you remove, the cleaner and drier the carpets. No carpet cleaner knows his drying times unless he goes back with a moisture meter. 2 hour drying time on a heavy residential carpet over pad is bullshit. They mean "dry to the touch" which doesn't mean anything. A dry time under 24 hours is acceptable. Faster is always better of course.
 

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You shouldn't expect to feel a difference in dampness. The top of the carpet is where the water is moving to as it dries. Unless you are evaporating at a much faster pace than the water can move up, like when using fans, it is going to feel damp. Still you are removing much ore water... and some dirt.... With the dry strokes

Dry to the touch when you leave... Using fans..... Likely means damp an hour later

Edit... Tablet keyboard is a pita
 
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