[david_green]

I'm looking to add on low moisture cleaning & hard floor cleaning to my range of services.  (Just been to prochem hard floor course)

List of options:
Dry Fusion, Texotherm & Prochem variable speed rotary.

I would like to be able to include hard floor cleaning, so versatility is the watchword.

My research so far reveals following:-

Dry fusion has stain blocker (good selling point), though I hear Craftex are producing something similar.  I believe its called "Catalyst".  Longer lasting heat than bonnet from heater bucket though I assume it takes time to penetrate the bonnet.  No heat bucket required.

Texotherm has no stain blocker but instant heat from heater bucket but will cool.

Prochem is very handy & versatile.  Has variable speed 50-500 rpm.  Can I use it with "Catalyst?"  (Awaiting brochure from Craftex.)


Can anyone add to these comments.  I think cost is pretty much comparable - £2000-£3000.

Thanks

David

[Ken Wainwright]

Hi David

As a Fusioneer, I genuinely feel that Dry Fusion is a superb carpet cleaning system. However, I recently attended a Texatherm seminar. The cleaning met with my expectations, it was good, but, IMO, not better than D/F.  However I was very impressed with the versatility potential of the Texatherm machine. Tex. clean, rotary scrub for HWE, bonnet mop (heaven forbid!) strip and seal.

Might be worth looking at a conventional low speed rotary with all the attachments you require and add a couple of Charly's from Nick at Solutions. Would be well within budget.

[david_green]

Hi Ken,

Please put me out of my misery.  Have seen IMO on a few other posts.

WHAT DOES IMO MEAN!!!!!!!!


sorry about my ignorance.

Ashamedly

David

[Mike Halliday]

in my opinion

god its hot

Mike

[Ken Wainwright]

Or

It's Mike's Opinion

Welcome back Mike. I hope it was cold, wet and windy and you had a really miserable Halliday holiday. Is it true that even Terry Wogan doesn't have as many holidays as you?

Safe and happy sun bathing:)
Ken

[david_green]

Are we saying that there is not a market for us independant CC's (must get into this abbreviation game more) for the high speed buffing & polishing,

ie: 300-500 rpm speeds offered by the Prochem variable speed rotary. Which is nearly £1000 more than their 150 rpm single speed rotary.

[HolmansUKLTD]

super pad charley is a good low moisture cleaning system

[Ken Wainwright]

David

We would not normally consider a rotary machine with 300 to 500 rpm as being suitable for use on carpets. As you quite rightly state, it's for high speed polishing and buffing. This service is usually performed either in house or by daily contract cleaners. To bring in an outside contractor such as ourselves would probably be too expensive. Our low speed machines, however, are suitable for strip and seal work on hard floors, a service for which there is a demand from independants.

Safe and happy buffing:)
Ken

[cleanmac]

Hi Ken

It is sensible to recommend a low speed rotary to an entrant in bonnet cleaning,but are you not using a system employing a 290 rpm machine? Also many American vlm-ers are switching to higher speeds.

David

[Ken Wainwright]

If you read again the first line of my above post david, I included the word normally

I don't know the exact speed of the D/F system, so take your word that it's 290 rpm. BUT The Dry Fusion cleaning system and solutions have some unique properties which make these higher speeds viable. I wouldn't like to use a D/F machine with a microsplitting solution on polyprop though

Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I wouldn't mind having a look at a Orbital Pad machine.

Shaun

[Nobby]

Dave,

Craftex Catalyst is an excellent product, I would recommend anybody with the Dry Fusion system to give it a try.  Used in conjunction with Craftex Citrus Fresh it is an effective deodoriser and anti bacterial treatment as well.  The label says dilute 4:1 but used at 8:1 in the presray and 4:1 in the wringer it works just fine.  Sorry I'm a few months behind, but I'm a 'newbie' and I've ony just found your question.  Much cheaper than Activator too!  Of course you can't say you're using Dry Fusion anymore, but hey the customer's never heard of it anyway, call it what you like!

Regards
Nobby