[colin thomas]

tomorrows special in aldi supermarkets, or mine at least, 2 in 1 moisture and temperature sensor, £9.99

 

[Mark Stanley]

Looks good for the price.

Here is the link. http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/sunday_special_buys/sunday_special_buys_pid_50726.html

regards
Mark

[Andy Hogarth]

I know this'll probably sound dumb to you guys but why would you need this in relation to carpet cleaning?

[John Kelly]

Looks basic but not bad at that price. These are quite good for determining the extent of urine contamination as the uric salts will give a positive reading.

[colin thomas]

looks real good if quoting and you do a reading on a patch where the poodle has puddled and get a reading, 'ah yes missus, this is where the trouble lies'

cbt

[Damian]

Erm pardon me but wouldnt the customer or yourself know where its wet? Or where the problem was? Unbelieveable! lol

Damian :

[John Kelly]

When do you clean wet urine? Its normally dried in and you can't always see the stain. And there are sometimes multiple stains some of which the customer is not aware of.
The uric salts in the urine give a positive reading on a moisture meter as they are always slightly damp by absorbing atmospheric moisture. This enables you to treat the whole stain with suitable products giving you a better chance of remediation.

[Damian]

Ere we go - again?John i do bow to YOUR knowledge. However i am sure that most cleaners should recognise what stains are formed or constituted of what? That said if you cannot tell cat pi$$ from coffee stains then there is summat missing in-a)your wardrobe of available remedies
b)your training-search out some courses! There is far too much hot air on this forum with little knowledge and im afraid a little gadget telling guys where the cat has had a cr@p will do little to influence a customer if you cannot move the said stain! Like i say John i do know you are Very experienced in this game -and i do hope our paths will cross at some point however some postings just make me laugh at times!!

Damian.

[Ian Rochester]

I recently had a customer who had had a flood from upstairs, the walls and carpet were damp but not soaking.

John K loaned me a big dehumidifier and his moisture meter, he then informed me to be a bit careful with it as it cost £350!!

For £9.99 I may well invest in one of these and see what it's like, I'd probably feel a bit more comfortable with it.

Agree with Damian, not a massive amount of use in the carpet cleaning industry but I can see a use for it in related areas.

[paul wright]

lol nice one damian 

[John Kelly]

Damian, I take it you've never cleaned a nursing home with dark carpeting before. As you are aware urine stains need to be dealt with in a specific way to ensure they are not an ongoing problem, ie neutralised, extracted and deodourised.  If you have 100 square meters of carpet where it is impossible to detect where the urine is by sight are you going to use product on the whole carpet and hope for the best/
Would it not be better to identify the specific stains, treat them and then clean the carpet as normal. This would give you the chance to complete the job instead of some manager ringing up and saying we can still smell the urine.
This is why people spend upwards of 300 quid on ultra violet lamps. You can do a similar job with this 9.99 meter. or not as it takes you.
I'm not talking about visible stains as it would be daft getting a meter out then. A lot of urine stains are permanent anyway and the crux of the job is to remove the odour.

[Damian]

ok John thankyou for that.

Damian.

[John Kelly]

Have a look at this interesting article on the matter. I don't like to talk bullpoop just on things I have personal experience of.
http://www.cleanfax.com/article.asp?IndexID=6630471

[gwrightson]

if your unsure where the urine lays  surly a black light does the trick, detects all bodily fluids

Geoff

[Cleaning Resource]

If you got a 100 sp mtr carpet, covered in pi$$, are you gonna crawl around on your hands and knees prodding  at it until you have checked it all inch by inch with your moisture detector and found all the stains.
or are you gonna explain to the customer that it is gonna cost more because your gonna have to treat it like one big pi$$y stain, and therefore treat the whole carpet.
or use a black light.

Sorry I was gonna get involved, but its Sunday so what the hell

[John Kelly]

Bloody hell, the bloke only asked what he could use it for