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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: scholl on December 17, 2009, 01:47:06 pm

Title: When is 500ml less than 400ml.
Post by: scholl on December 17, 2009, 01:47:06 pm

The answer is ...when it is a so called large 500ml spray can of Scothgard sold on ebay.

It seems I buy everthing on ebay these days. This includes the majority of my carpet cleaning kit and like many I have stories of successful buys and great savings.

In the past I have bought 400ml cans of 3M Scotchgard off ebay.  However wanting to makes savings I decided to try the other brands available. In total two other brands. Both were 500ml spray cans and about the same price of my 400ml 3M cans however the main attraction to me was the large discount should I buy 12 cans.  I decided to "test the water"  (apologies for the pun ! )  and buy a can of each.

My intention was to test the effectiveness of these brands using my Dupont  fabric protector oil/water repellence test kit. Even before I reached for the test kit I realised there was a problem. My 3M can was heavier than these new so called 500ml brands and in fact one was so under weight I just had to laugh.

The results of the tests were interesting too. The 3M brand was more effective at repelling water born stains that the other two brand. All three products including the 3M were poor at repelling oils but I expected that, however 3M was again the best.

I know most CC will buy fabric protector in bulk and use a commercial sprayer but if your buying single tins them Ive found 3M the best.
     



 
   

Title: Re: When is 500ml less than 400ml.
Post by: Peter Sweeney on December 17, 2009, 02:29:19 pm

Scholl, do you work for 3M?

I would'nt touch 3M products with a barge pole, there are far superior products out there.

Pete

Title: Re: When is 500ml less than 400ml.
Post by: scholl on December 17, 2009, 02:41:07 pm

 No.

but if your better products come in an spray can I would be happy to test them.

I havent bought a good commercial spayer yet and would not rely on cheap spayers. As a former commercial carpet complaints manager Ive seen the results of uneven application.

Title: Re: When is 500ml less than 400ml.
Post by: Peter Sweeney on December 17, 2009, 02:55:29 pm

Scholl

My previous statement probably came across a bit short and for that I apologise.

Just to clarify, are you talking about aerosol "ready to spray" cans and if so are you using these on commercial carpets?

Pete

Title: Re: When is 500ml less than 400ml.
Post by: Ian Rochester on December 17, 2009, 05:52:58 pm

Extracta do a good quality stainguard in a can for about £3.40 per can

http://www.extracta.co.uk/chemicals.html  (http://www.extracta.co.uk/chemicals.html)

Title: Re: When is 500ml less than 400ml.
Post by: scholl on December 17, 2009, 06:18:38 pm

Thanks,  ill try out the extracta product. 

Im only using the cans to do upholstery at present. I really must get down to getting a good sprayer.