[Brendan (chem2clean)]

Hi,cleaned a large commercial today,carpet tiles.They where pretty worn and thrashed.So had to rotary scrub and extract.The floor was completely empty.So when you looked down the floor you seen the darker worn areas,Used oxibrite in my rotary to brighten it up and green stripe bonnet.Been using the same technique for years as it worked.But hearing guys talking about Dynamall etc,wondering this old geezer is not keeping up with the latest carpet cleaning solution.What do you guys use on tiles that need to be scrubbed and extracted?

[Jamie Pearson]

We used to use the same method you describe on renovation cleans.

We find now with the right match of encap for the soil type and pads we extract less and less.

We often use a HOST liberator on traffic lanes and matted areas to pre-vac when required.

We then extract really heavy soiled patches (less than 10% of area usually)  using an encap product at low concentration in the tank to remove the excess soil followed by a clean using an encap detergent and rotary/cimex with best pad for carpet type/soil level. Sometimes using an absorbent bonnet on really bad areas.

On drying we may post vac then re-clean areas where required (less than 5% of area) we do find that this additional step is required less and less now that we have a range of encaps that are compatible from start to finish to tackle different problems at different stages.

[Brendan (chem2clean)]

What encap do you use on worn areas around desk area that has browned because of heavy wear.?

[Jamie Pearson]

My personal preference for this is Releasit DS2 as on drying it will also coat the fibres improving their appearance.

I find that these areas often need extracting first to remove the deep ingrained dry soil driven in by the wheels of chairs. If you have a CRB/Pile Lifter that you can run on them first this may reduce the need for extraction.

If we have the option to be there for 2 days we will purposely leave these areas wetter than normal to force wicking to the surface. Vacuum again the second day then encap again.