[md_cleaning]

What temprature do you heat your water? Mine is 60 for synthetic and 40 for wool, but reading up lately am wondering if I should go higher and what about upholstery?
Dave

[md_cleaning]

Is that on everything Nick?

[John Kelly]

By the time your water travels through the hose, out of the jets and onto the carpet it has lost a lot of its heat. 40 degrees in the tank is probably 20-30 at the face

[stevegunn]

When using microsplitters hot or cold they still work well.

[Doug Holloway]

Dave ,

As John has pointed out you will lose a lot of heat by the time the water hits the carpet.

I will go as high as 90c tank temp on really trashed carpets but would typically be between 60 - 70.

If using Ultimate master or MS I will use about 50c.

Cheers

Doug

[nick p]

hi dave

yes i use this temp on most things

cheers nick p

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

I'm having a serious rethink about the need for heat. I've bought a cfr tool and cleaned a really grubby 5x8 100% wool oriental rug with cold water after microsplitting. Cleaning results - best yet!!! Drying time - within a couple of hours. Same as using heat. BUT I bet you wouldn't use your hand tool at 400psi with heat and match the cfr tool drying time. I'm considering TOTALLY retooling.

Alan

[Mark Roberts]

Not used heat for years.

Only use is when I need to sanatise.

Agree the cfr tools tools are great, the 3 and 5inch i would not be without.

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

And if you want to talk sanitization the ozone adaption 'has it in the bag' so to speak!

[ABLECLEAN]

How do the cfr tools work guys?

[cleaning co]

i cleaned a sofa yesterday really bad dogs hav been using it as a bed, high heat of my v2 heater made easy work of it , u hav to use on of these to c the diff it makes to your cleaning !!! i couldnt clean with out it now and they dry alot faster with high tempt  it hardly felt damp even at 100ft u can get them so hot u hav to hold them by the plastic cuff u cant touch the metal , try washing your dirty plates in cold water then try very hot water not much diff is there ?

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

Im confused...are you agreeing with me about the cold water?

Alan

[Matt Read]

heat is better for the majority of cleaning,i agree with cleaning co.,its quicker drying and easier work with a high temp.

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

A bit of science.

Heat speeds up reactions including wetting , emulsification in fact everything.

Heat diisolves faster , some dirt / grease will be soluble in water without detergents etc and this solubility will increase with temp .

Heat will melt some grease allowing it to be removed.

Hot water dries quiker , try putting a saucer of hot water next to a saucer of cold water and watch what happens.

Conclusion

Heat cleans better.

Cheers

Doug

[John Kelly]

I'm with you Doug, maybe I'm just set in my ways.
I remember a while ago there was something came out designed to clean dishes with cold water. I gave it a whirl and even though they appeared to be clean something in my psychi just wouldn't accept it.
Water has to reach a certain temperature before it starts evaporating. If a wet carpet is cold it is a while before that moisture starts to leave it. If you can give it a head start it will dry quicker.
Using the CFR tool is all about airflow and using warm water would create even faster drying.

[cleaning co]

well said that man doug

[BRSL]

could be wrong but its similar to what doug said, 

water at 14 degrees has twice the suffaction rate as water at 0 and so every 14 degrees it's grows exponentially 

James

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

Water temperature is not the only thing which affects drying or cleaning,  but when a manufacturer claims to have rewritten the rules of physics , they haven't

Greater agitation , airflow, dwell time, chemical composition  etc will all affect cleaning rates , but if all other things remain the same increasing temp will increase cleaning power.

There are occaisions when the chemical is designed to work in a specific temp range e.g Ultimate master or enzyme based products where performance will drop once you go over a certain temperature.

A biological washing powder will contain enzymes which work in differnt temp ranges so it is versatile enough to clean in different situations.

Cheers

Doug

[md_cleaning]

Thanks for all the answers, rather alot of difference from cold to 90c, with regard to solutions I understood from Nick that they work better hot, as I thought did all chemicals apart from ultimate master and enzimes which as was said have a limit, so was very supprised some people use no heat at all. You learn something new everyday
Dave

[mark_lane]

When using m/s heat is not such an issue