[Reachwash]

Hello all you sages of carpet cleaning, Ive been  contract window cleaning for a number of years and some of my customers started asking if I knew any good carpet cleaners, so being clever I invested in a reconditioned sensei from ashbys in kent, its been ok, but now it is time for an upgrade. First thing I will do is purchase a steam gun for chewing gum and stain removal, but I dont have a clue what machine to upgrade to for office carpet cleaning. Any ideas?

Mike.

[Dan Williams]

The new Altec Advantage looks smart I would like to stroke it!

[Joe H]

My money goes on a Scorpion with 75 ft of 2" hose, what more do you want?

[lands]

Mike,

I see you are in Kent somewhere. If you want to give me a call I might be able to advise. (alternatively you can just sub it to me

Seriously though, I'm happy to help.

Pete
07816 276290

[Len Gribble]

Mike

Most offices have carpet tiles I would go for a LM system and keep the sensei for other jobs. (Or sub it me very local 

Len

[lands]

Agree with Len, get yourself a muck spreader

[Joe H]

Ooops!
Missed you mostly clean carpets in offices.
Yep, to some extent agree with the others - as you have a water extraction machine then go for a rotary for the office cleaning that have low profil tiles. Fairly cheap to buy 2nd hand too.

[Reachwash]

I really appreciate all your words of wisdom, interestingly they have carpets, but no tiles. The big pain in the neck is the multitude of desks chairs and other stuff, so if the rotary comes with hoses as well then it sounds ideal.
Mike

[lands]

Mike

Rotary's don't need hoses and the desks are sort of irrelevant as you never move them. Your PL insurance won't cover you for it as there will be an IT network running through each desk and you are not insured to touch these.

Pete

[Reachwash]

Yes of course. Any thoughts on this combination, from cleanpro.
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[Reachwash]

Greif Ive just noticed the rotary wand is £1700+vat, forget about that. But the machine is £1200+vat.
I know it is an entry level machine.
Mike

[Len Gribble]

Mike

Not really

I would still go down the LM route.

Len

[Reachwash]

What is LM Len? excuse my ignorance.

[davep]

Its low moisture cleaning, some refer it to 'muck spreading' some love it 

[Joe H]

Reachwash,
you seen the buffing machines in the shops polishing floors. Long handle, head on the floor about 20" where a polishing pad rotates.
same principle used for the rotary carpet cleaning but at a lower rpm, typically 150-230rpm max.
generally speaking, a pad goes on the bottom of machine that is then passed over the carpet, obviously water is in the process as is cleaning fluids.
the pad picks up the dirt from the carpet.

some refer to it as a "muck spreader" cause to some extent, whilst some soil in the carpet is lifted to the pad, some is transferred from one area of carpet to another.
sounds not good but the results can be very effective.

[davep]

Good if the area is busy and needs to be back in service quick.

Like one of these..

[Reachwash]

Oh ok, that one is completely new to me, what an education this is, Ill check it out.

Many thanks everyone.
Mike

[Joe H]

Theres a low speed rotary for sale in the "for sale" section on this forum. £150
Worth checking out.

[Art]

You could also try an envirodri or host. Rapid drying times and very easy to use

www.envirodri.com

Arthur

[carpet guy]

The little Oreck is too small, but there is a 15 " O/P machine which uses 21" pads and with the right product will give excellent results.