[gavyn horton]

Hi all
I am looking at trying dry carpet cleaning I have seen a host reliant. Just wanted to ask if people have tried it or do it and if so how good is it  and cost effective is it. 
Thanks
Gav

[Ian Harper]

gavyn horton

great opportunity.  sisal is where you need to focus marketing, you will get good rates as well. just keep in mind any sisal with stains tell prospect up front they are not coming out. this just manages expectation just in case thats the resown they are having it cleaned.

You should also look at travailing outside your normal area for this type of work but this should not be an issue as the rates will cover your time and exps.

Good Luck

[davep]

Complete waste of time.  Do you want to sell s carpet clean or a shake n vac?

[Robin Ray]

Host is a good tool to have. But in 99.9% of cases the Hot water extraction method is more effective and quicker. The host machine makes a good pre agitation tool.

Remember a good tradesman will have every tool at his disposal to give the best result for each situation. You will never see a carpenter that uses only nails or uses only screws, both are essential.... it is the same with carpet cleaning.

[john martin]

Host powder saved my butt recently ,  i totally misread a dried in  chimney Brest leak  , a few square feet , i reckoned i could flush it out , damn stuff just kept coming no matter what ... and then started to spread like i was drawing more from the underlay  ...   i tried bonneting , that spread it even more .   I soon had quarter the room light brown     luckily the lady was partially sighted  and though the  stain was gone .... but i couldn't leave it like that  , her family would be back to me anyway .
So i told her i need it fully dry and il be passing in a few days .  Returned  and tried a quick bonnet ... just spread it again .  Host powder and the crb ... was just the right tool to strip the brown from the top of the fibres without adding or spreading moisture . Turned out fine .

But generally i dont use it much , mainly because its fairly messy , gets everywhere  i find .

[Derek Corbrick]

Hi Gavyn, I started with the host reliant it is an excellent machine unfortunately the host sponges let it down. I now use my reliant for encap using surround ultra. I still carry dry cleaning compound as I have customers some with allergies who insist on it. I now offer Dry-low moisture (encap) and hot water extraction.  Good luck whichever method you choose.

[elliott cleaning]

........... I now offer Dry-low moisture (encap) and hot water extraction.  Good luck whichever method you choose.

I'm not sure that you can use the term 'dry-low moisture'.  Either it's dry or it has moisture (I.e. wet).

Ian is correct - there is a market for the types of carpet which require dry cleaning that idiot interior designers get their clients to purchase.  In 90% of the cases where you are called to clean these it's not just  for a general maintenance clean but for stain removal and 'dry cleaning' products just ain't going to shift that.  To clean carpets which are wet cleanable with a dry compound is just basically giving the client a second rate job.

[Derek Corbrick]

I'll re-phrase that I now offer Dry carpet cleaning, Low moisture carpet cleaning and Hot water extraction