Explain glides to me

[Old Coastie]

so: I bought a green glide for my wand. It has 1/8” holes the length of it. Yes the glide helps me slide that overweight anchor across the carpet. Yes, it seems to work just fine.

What I don’t get is how. How can all those tiny holes possibly move enough air to suck the water up?

 

[Mikey P]

What wand?

Hooked to a porty?


Why didnt you get a slot glide?

 

[Mikey P]

Where is Mr KnowItAll, he tell you how they work in his mind..

 

[Hack Attack]

like a de Laval nozzle.. thats how they work in my mind

 

[Old Coastie]

What wand?

Hooked to a porty?


Why didnt you get a slot glide?

Rotovac’s Ungainly Wand, 10” of soon to be re-bent stainless 1 1/2” horror.

The porty (and you knew it) is the CFX with dual 3-stage vacuums. They made the RUW clomp down on carpet to the point it was a struggle to push.

I got the hole glide because that wS the one recommended to me. I might ream out the alternate holes.

I just do not understand how it can work when the air volume is throttled down by about half.

 

[Hack Attack]

choking a garden hose makes it squirt further not less, its the same in reverse.. de Laval nozzle

 

[Mikey P]

The theory is that the velocity is speed up through the holes, thus increasing dry times and some say soul recovery.


Some say it's just easier to dry stroke.


How many jobs have you done so far?

Do you have a photo of your wand?

 

[Old Coastie]

Well, I have only used it twice since putting the glide on. As I said, it seems fine.

I intend to adjust the wand tube to give me that optimum angle without having to hold the handle up past my elbow. I suppose I could take a pic tomorrow.

 

[Mikey P]

Or a link
...

 

[Hack Attack]

and some say soul recovery.

 

[JohnHawkP]

Rotovac’s Ungainly Wand, 10” of soon to be re-bent stainless 1 1/2” horror.

The porty (and you knew it) is the CFX with dual 3-stage vacuums. They made the RUW clomp down on carpet to the point it was a struggle to push.

I got the hole glide because that wS the one recommended to me. I might ream out the alternate holes.

I just do not understand how it can work when the air volume is throttled down by about half.

You might find that wand chatter will be eliminated on CGD with a glide.

It will be a little easier on your body when you use a glide.

 

[BIG WOOD]

The Theory behind the glides is no different than the public school system's common core math. Adding a bunch of big words and theories, making it sound like it's a better setup.

But on a real life setup, You're adding the fact that the velocity of air is increased, but you're leaving out the fact that the lips of the wand are no longer contacting the carpet, making it easier to push. Truth is, you're leaving more water in the carpet. I found this out with my prochem quad wand. I clean a restaurant every 7 weeks. I first started cleaning the restraint with a slotted glide on it, and was getting ok results. After several times cleaning it, I switched over to a single lip glide, which goes on the back lip of the wand only, and noticed that the dry times were improving dramatically, which told me that since the wand is closer to the carpet with a longer opening, it's extracting more. On one job, I went with no glide on it, and the dry time was awesome.

My lesson learned, a glide is good to help, but go slower, because it's not extracting the way the glide salesman is telling you. After the wands I've used, I feel that the PMF mach glide is the best because it gives you the combination of recovery of water like a wand with no glide, yet the ease to push with a wand with a slotted glide.

 

[Dolly Llama]

slOT velOsity is the rocket surgery behind it I think
I believe fizzicks can show air moves faster thru a smaller opening than a large one

in the real world of practical value for our applications, the hole makes wanding easiest on the body
...and little else

..L.T.A.

 

[Jim Martin]

a wand without a glide is going to suck itself down on the carpet and lock..the air flow has a lot of resistance against it...and does not move freely.....the glide does not allow the wand to lock down on the carpet.....so the air is moving faster and more freely...this is giving you more lift at the tool which is giving you better dry times........

 

[BIG WOOD]

I remember reading somewhere, where it says the glide produces more lift, making recovery more efficient. Of course there's more lift...it's blocking more than 50% of the opening. On recovery of water...that's a different story. There's less water in the hose, which makes the cfm better, so that gives you more reason to slow down on those dry passes

 

[BIG WOOD]

a wand without a glide is going to suck itself down on the carpet and lock..the air flow has a lot of resistance against it...and does not move freely.....the glide does not allow the wand to lock down on the carpet.....so the air is moving faster and more freely...this is giving you more lift at the tool which is giving you better dry times........

That thought makes perfect sense. So why were my dry times better without a glide on that commercial restaurant job without the slotted glide?

 

[hogjowl]

Just use the glide, you idiot.
It works.
Who cares how?

 

[Old Coastie]

Just use the glide, you idiot.
It works.
Who cares how?

Me. I mistrust apparent improvements and assume it must be a trap.
Fortunately that is not an issue in our bromance, big fella....

 

[Jimmy L]

And it keeps your blower operating at maximum lift at all times...................stressing it.

Like Matt and Larry...............we see the TRUTH.

And the TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE!

 

[Jim Martin]

That thought makes perfect sense. So why were my dry times better without a glide on that commercial restaurant job without the slotted glide?

because there is no grip on commercial carpets with a glide.....on a cut pile carpet...the wand is still planting itself into the fibers....its just not locking down like it used to without the glide....on commercial carpets and even some loop Berbers...its just gliding along the top and there is nothing for it to grip...so if you remove the glide...your back to locking it down to the carpet and in this case you can see a difference....BUT...if you have a wand that has a good head weight and switch to a hole glide then it will work better for commercial carpets....this also explains why...a Zipper and a rotary works so well.....they are heavy enough to really plant themselves on CGD.....

 

[hogjowl]

Now tell me, would JM steer you wrong?

 

[Cleanworks]

choking a garden hose makes it squirt further not less, its the same in reverse.. de Laval nozzle

If that was true, why would we bother with 2 inch hose at all. If we ran 1.5 inch all the way to the truck, we would have way more power. I use a slot glide to reduce friction, making it easier on my back, not necessarily for better extraction. Because it is easier on my back and produces less chatter, I may do more dry strokes.

 

[hogjowl]

There’s a balance needing to be maintained. Years ago, I ran a poorly plumbed 36 blower unit. Putting a hole glide on tremendously improved my dry times. Years later, I ran a Vortex. The hole glide didn’t affect the drying much, but it sure made pushing the wand easier.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Im willing bet m last Little DebiDe none of you rockrt scientists have done side by side, same room, same day with same wand dry n clean evaluations ...even in your own house
Let alone on different carpet types too

Or it would be obvious just how clueless you ancedotal brainiacs are

Here's bottom line, use glides to make life easier on your body.
THAT is the viture of them

Mow-rons


LTA

 

[hogjowl]

Shut the hell up
You aren’t even a carpet cleaner

 

[Dolly Llama]

I'm a hall of famer damyoo!!!

LTA

 

[Jimmy L]

Non glide wands all you do is drill a couple holes at the ends of the slot to relieve lock down.

 

[hogjowl]

Ivan with Procyon told me that 20 years ago
He’s an idiot too

 

[Hack Attack]

If that was true, why would we bother with 2 inch hose at all. If we ran 1.5 inch all the way to the truck, we would have way more power. I use a slot glide to reduce friction, making it easier on my back, not necessarily for better extraction. Because it is easier on my back and produces less chatter, I may do more dry strokes.

for the same reason you dont restrict your garden hose at the tap but at the nozzle, the easier wand movement is just a welcome side effect

a perfect vacuum has zero air movement (think outer space) the glide breaks vacuum on the carpet allowing more airflow velocity which improves extraction.

For every action there is an opposite equal reaction.. physics

 

[Dolly Llama]

Non glide wands all you do is drill a couple holes at the ends of the slot to relieve lock down.

it's stoopit too.
May as well set HG at 9 and be done with it.

before glides, some rocket skeeantists were filing shark teeth groves on their rear wand lip.
they were overthinking geenyoouses too

wands pretty much only lock down on worn out com.
That's one of the few exceptions glides make a practical difference (beyond their greatest virtue of making life easier on the body)

rarely on other carpet will your HG meter peg to 14-16 hg (if that's what you set relief at)



glides aren't magical pieces of plastic that make you grow hair, get chics, ward off evil spirits or clean carpets better 'n drier
They're simply a fantastic gizmo that makes wanding SOOO MUCH EASIER

duh

..L.T.A. ​