regarossa
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First off, I'm usually a lurker here but love to read the posts...Mike convinced me to post these so blame him. Anyways, we have probably met some of you at the trade shows and Mike's get togethers. I am one of the fellas at Carpet Cleaner America and we are the guys that import the real CRB machines from Austria you know as the Brush Pro and Brushencap.
Okay, so before you pull out the swords and sticks on me for mentioning this process, I want to share some before and after pics using encapsulation and dry compound on really nasty carpet.
So have a look and let it fly.
Background- The carpet pictured below is a mat being used in the service area of a large cleaning supply distributor in Ft Myers FL. They said it hadn’t been cleaned in years. This was to be my demo area for an open house vendor show. When I first asked them if they had any carpet I could use to demo our low moisture process with, they dropped this in front of me with a laugh and “good luck with that” comment.
Process- I pre-scrubbed the carpet dry using the renovator pick up trays to remove as much dry soil as possible before adding any chemistry. Then I mixed the encap very aggressive- 50/50 mix and pre-scrubbed it in before sprinkling the compound onto the areas and brushing it in as well. Then using the renovators again, I picked up all the used, dirty, black compound from the fibers. As you can see I taped off each area being cleaned and pulled off the tape to reveal a very distinct line of clean vs dirty. Each area was addressed twice with this procedure and it was dry within 15-20 min with no air movers. I did leave the far right portion untouched to show the pre-cleaned condition to potential customers.
For those of you who have entertained adding this process to your arsenal, I just wanted to allow you to see some real world “oil tracked up” results. If you have a CRB machine, do yourself a favor and try it. It can be a very effective option to add to what you already offer…especially in the commercial atmosphere.
Okay, so before you pull out the swords and sticks on me for mentioning this process, I want to share some before and after pics using encapsulation and dry compound on really nasty carpet.
So have a look and let it fly.
Background- The carpet pictured below is a mat being used in the service area of a large cleaning supply distributor in Ft Myers FL. They said it hadn’t been cleaned in years. This was to be my demo area for an open house vendor show. When I first asked them if they had any carpet I could use to demo our low moisture process with, they dropped this in front of me with a laugh and “good luck with that” comment.
Process- I pre-scrubbed the carpet dry using the renovator pick up trays to remove as much dry soil as possible before adding any chemistry. Then I mixed the encap very aggressive- 50/50 mix and pre-scrubbed it in before sprinkling the compound onto the areas and brushing it in as well. Then using the renovators again, I picked up all the used, dirty, black compound from the fibers. As you can see I taped off each area being cleaned and pulled off the tape to reveal a very distinct line of clean vs dirty. Each area was addressed twice with this procedure and it was dry within 15-20 min with no air movers. I did leave the far right portion untouched to show the pre-cleaned condition to potential customers.
For those of you who have entertained adding this process to your arsenal, I just wanted to allow you to see some real world “oil tracked up” results. If you have a CRB machine, do yourself a favor and try it. It can be a very effective option to add to what you already offer…especially in the commercial atmosphere.