[Darran Pryce]

Anyone know where I can get the Activa pads for the Oreck cheaper than this one on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORECK-ORBITER-FLOOR-POLISHER-ACTIVA-PAD-/111209559901?pt=UK_H_G_Major_Appliances_Oven_Cooker_Hoods_ET&hash=item19e49b375d ?

Thanks
Darran

[CarPete Cleaning]

Hi Darran,
You can get these pads from Nick, down at World of Clean / Solutions in Cornwall.

[Lewis Newby]

2nd that, was down there yesterday and he had several in stock

lew

[stuart_clark]

They are not very good Darren , I used to own a floor mac but sold it on, why dont you use a pad ?  You will get much better results

[Jamie Pearson]

I have Fiberplus Pads that will fit an Oreck.

[Darran Pryce]

I have Fiberplus Pads that will fit an Oreck.

Can you send me the link please.

[Jamie Pearson]

Fiber Plus Cleaning Pads http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/788/fiberplus_carpet_cleaning_pads

Fiber Plus Max Renovation Pads
http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/789/fiberplus_max_carpet_cleaning_pads

You would need the 12" pads for Floormac which are boxes of 5 and last about 1000m2 for the Beige and 750m2 for the Grey per pad.

[Radek Jablonski]

the price £28.81 is for one pad or box of five?

[Darran Pryce]

Fiber Plus Cleaning Pads http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/788/fiberplus_carpet_cleaning_pads

Fiber Plus Max Renovation Pads
http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/789/fiberplus_max_carpet_cleaning_pads

You would need the 12" pads for Floormac which are boxes of 5 and last about 100m2 for the Beige and 750m2 for the Grey per pad.

Thanks for that. Which would you recommend for carpet tiles (commercial) and wool carpets (domestic)  How long do they last too.  Can you rinse on site and keep using them?

Thanks
Darran

[Jamie Pearson]

the price £28.81 is for one pad or box of five?

5

[Jamie Pearson]

Fiber Plus Cleaning Pads http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/788/fiberplus_carpet_cleaning_pads

Fiber Plus Max Renovation Pads
http://www.cleaningsystems.co.uk/product/789/fiberplus_max_carpet_cleaning_pads

You would need the 12" pads for Floormac which are boxes of 5 and last about 1000m2 for the Beige and 750m2 for the Grey per pad.

Thanks for that. Which would you recommend for carpet tiles (commercial) and wool carpets (domestic)  How long do they last too.  Can you rinse on site and keep using them?

Thanks
Darran

Coverage as above. They are agitation pads for Encap so dont absorb as much as they scrub.

Beige is for most work. Grey is for commercial loop low profile or totally trashed stuff.

[wayne zabel]

How many Sq Mts per hour would you average using a floomac and those pads mentioned above for Encapping?

I do very little commercial work but its something I'd like to a bit more of but only on a small scale,not 10,000 sq mts of offices.

I have a floormac which is currently used only for agitation prior to HWE

[bennymon]

Wayne you would be better off with a normal rotary and can probably pick one up for the same price  del

[wayne zabel]

Its something I have been thinking about for a while but with space at a premium in my van at the moment I had just thought about trying encapping with the floormac on small scale work.


Reading about all the encapping stuff has got me interested in having a go without the initial additional cost outlay.

[JandS]

Nothing to it Wayne....I've been encapping domestics all this week using the Floormac with Dynamall.
I have a 13 and 17 inch Victor Sprite but wanted to see if the lighter Floormac would suffice...it does on domestics.
Did the first one today...lounge/diner...elderly couple so just the usual marks where the feet touch the floor on sofa and chairs.
Vacced even though it had been vacced...sprayed down...dwell for 5 or 6 minutes for coffee...agitated using black brush...then sprayed a 17 inch scrub bonnet with it and went over it again especially the marked areas and it came up lovely and nearly dry thanks to bonnet.
It was one of those houses where the lounge is on the first floor above the garage so I reckon it would have taken me 1hr 40mins with humping gear up and down to the entrance door on the first floor to HWE.
Time from arriving to departing plus obligatory coffee but no biccies 1hr 5mins.

[Darran Pryce]

We mainly do all domestic custy with encap.  Never complaints.  Like the chap above, all we have done this week is domestic encap.  Got two tomorrow to do.  Saves so much time humping all the gear.  Don't get me wrong if a carpet is a stinker, then we will get the beast out.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Wayne, get yourself a rotary !
I paid £200 for mine 3 years ago. I can't tell you how much money it has made me in that time, but it earnt me £700 this week alone.

[SteveAllan]

Hey Darran did you try those fiber plus pads in the end.

[Darran Pryce]

Hi Steve

I didn't mate.

Anyone else used them?

[stuart_clark]

You will clean far less sq yds per hour with a orbital verses a rotary ! Second hand rotarys are plentifull and if you want a smallish 12inch one they are available, I can easily clean 150 sq yds an hour with my rotarys , but imho orbitals are hard work

stuart