WALL OF TEXT. Drop to questions if you don't care to hear my story.
I do drywall finishing by day and office cleaning at night (odd combo huh?) for the last 10 years.
My little brother had a couple years part time experience working for a HACK with an old Bane clene POS that could make water more than warm. Then bought an old Platinum 2001. He failed at his own business because he's not capable of being his own boss.
So I bought the machine. Really high heat (hit 280 on accident), pressure and tons of vacuum. But it's old and will have lots of problems soon i'm sure (Like having to go buy a fuel pressure regulator on the first job because it was being flooded). Also it can't run a rinse, i'm stuck with just water. But hey $1200 for a machine, water tank, and a couple a 100ft of hoses and other small tools I thought I could make some money with it. So I bought a van to side it in too.
I thought my brother knew all about carpet cleaning and he could teach me. WRONG. He's a fantastic salesman that's great at quoting what the chemical bottles say lol. After watching probably every youtube vid I can find and reading on here for a week I hate to say I know more than him now.
Big work is lining up and I'm not even under bidding ( I just stay cheaper than Stanley Steamer) or advertising yet. Just talking to people I know. I dont even have my logo or cards finalized. My brother is lining up work just from cold calls and old connections. I'd say charm is any entrepreneur's greatest tool.
I just today picked up a client today that has 80 houses and 250 apartment/duplexes and I'm freaking out a bit. They didn't even care about prices....
QUESTIONS
I need a middle of the pack upholstery tool for stairs and furniture. Suggestions? I'm not buying a stair tool. If I can handle drywall I can bend down for cleaning.
I'm going to need a new side in ASAP I guess. Currently I'm thinking a Judson c4. I've read every good and bad thing about him on here. I wanta SIMPLE, dual wand and powerful. Any other thoughts for a side in?
I currently just have this cheesy wand. A GlideMaster s bend 2jet. Does that (amongst other things) make me a hack right there? If so what's a decent wand?
I loaded up on chemicals from Advantage Marketing. Anybody have an opinion for their stuff?
Dumb question I haven't fully found the answer on. Do I just add deodorizer to my pre spray or do I put it on after like scotch guard? If so, before or after scotch guard?
If I'm doing commercial carpet do I only use lane cleaner for the whole thing or just normal pre spray with some degreaser mixed in it?
THANK YOU! I hope to make this place my new home.
I do drywall finishing by day and office cleaning at night (odd combo huh?) for the last 10 years.
My little brother had a couple years part time experience working for a HACK with an old Bane clene POS that could make water more than warm. Then bought an old Platinum 2001. He failed at his own business because he's not capable of being his own boss.
So I bought the machine. Really high heat (hit 280 on accident), pressure and tons of vacuum. But it's old and will have lots of problems soon i'm sure (Like having to go buy a fuel pressure regulator on the first job because it was being flooded). Also it can't run a rinse, i'm stuck with just water. But hey $1200 for a machine, water tank, and a couple a 100ft of hoses and other small tools I thought I could make some money with it. So I bought a van to side it in too.
I thought my brother knew all about carpet cleaning and he could teach me. WRONG. He's a fantastic salesman that's great at quoting what the chemical bottles say lol. After watching probably every youtube vid I can find and reading on here for a week I hate to say I know more than him now.
Big work is lining up and I'm not even under bidding ( I just stay cheaper than Stanley Steamer) or advertising yet. Just talking to people I know. I dont even have my logo or cards finalized. My brother is lining up work just from cold calls and old connections. I'd say charm is any entrepreneur's greatest tool.
I just today picked up a client today that has 80 houses and 250 apartment/duplexes and I'm freaking out a bit. They didn't even care about prices....
QUESTIONS
I need a middle of the pack upholstery tool for stairs and furniture. Suggestions? I'm not buying a stair tool. If I can handle drywall I can bend down for cleaning.
I'm going to need a new side in ASAP I guess. Currently I'm thinking a Judson c4. I've read every good and bad thing about him on here. I wanta SIMPLE, dual wand and powerful. Any other thoughts for a side in?
I currently just have this cheesy wand. A GlideMaster s bend 2jet. Does that (amongst other things) make me a hack right there? If so what's a decent wand?
I loaded up on chemicals from Advantage Marketing. Anybody have an opinion for their stuff?
Dumb question I haven't fully found the answer on. Do I just add deodorizer to my pre spray or do I put it on after like scotch guard? If so, before or after scotch guard?
If I'm doing commercial carpet do I only use lane cleaner for the whole thing or just normal pre spray with some degreaser mixed in it?
THANK YOU! I hope to make this place my new home.