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Mike Halliday

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rug cleaning
« on: January 24, 2015, 12:19:27 pm »
pick up 5 rugs this morning while cleaning a children's nursery.... that needed 'a quick whip over'

this is what came out of one of them after vacuum the back to shake loose the crap



Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

C o z y

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 02:55:35 pm »
 :o

We get the "While you're here, can you just" type of comment.  We don't do freebies either.
No still don't understand, I must be thick

David Ware

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2015, 05:21:13 pm »
To be honest it makes you wonder how effective vacuuming carpets before cleaning really is. I have seen rugs vacuumed on the face fibres north south east and west, then turned over and vacuumed on the underside surface ( as Mike has done ) and seen as much soil dropping onto the floor as if it hadn't been touched. Bit controversial I know.
David

mark_roberts

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2015, 10:54:37 am »
Have you seen the 'new' air rug dusting device from the states?

It's a dog grooming blower but seems to work and at £400 odd cheap compared to the big badgers

Mark

JandS

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2015, 11:57:39 am »
How did they miss the coke can .............. ;D
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

Bob Allen

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2015, 12:36:33 pm »
Obviously next to a sand pit then Mike ?
Bob Allen

Mike Halliday

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2015, 03:58:33 pm »
How did you guess :D .....their was a sandpit outside but these we're inside. I guess the kids were bringing it in on their shoes and clothes.

Funny how apart from the sand they didn't look too bad but the reverse of the rugs showed lots of liquids ( pee and drinks) had been spilt on the face of the rugs

Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2015, 06:48:50 pm »
When I used to work at Franklins we used to put carpets and rugs through their vibro beater and some carpets puthered dust out and would look like they had been cleaned with just effective dry soils removal.

Shaun

jim mca

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2015, 11:21:56 pm »
Mark

There was a video on TACCA FB page Roy Mcrenolds looked like he had hooked a compressor on to a standard wand
looked good

evan williams

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2015, 05:15:59 pm »
I suspend rugs over card tube in garage and beat first, loads of C**P falls out then hoover and clean

SteveGPoulos

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2015, 06:44:18 pm »
Guys, I think it's a Pepsi can.....

wynne jones

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2015, 09:30:32 pm »
The trouble with the air thing is you really need a mega compressor.
It's not expensive, you just can't afford it.

jim mca

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2015, 11:14:01 pm »

Wynne


air badger

Lisa Wagner

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2015, 05:48:02 pm »
One of my students said when he began he used to clamp down the rugs and run a leaf blower under them, and they shook the heck out of the rugs and dusted them. We used to do the same with air movers.

The new air duster tool is something you could likely DIY - it is not at the level of the Auserehlian compressed air tool, which is a completely different level of dusting - and honestly not something many of us would invest in, in terms of not just the dollars but the containment required to hold all that dust that comes out. You must wear PPE with a respirator.

But the idea is a good one, because when you badger a rug to death, you have no suction, so you need to get rid of the soil somehow - it's just a shame that now you have two pieces of equipment required. Some of us use upright vacuums and vacuum across the back to beat, and vacuum up the soil from the front. However, I am looking at the new duster tumbler that Centrum Force had at the last show here in Vegas. That's an interesting concept - and I like the mechanized component so you don't need a person operating it. But I am sure it's pricey as all the mechanized options are in this field.

Lisa
Lisa Wagner
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Angela Dean

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2015, 06:23:52 pm »
I find to effectively remove all the dirt and grime from carpets and rugs you need a machine that is far more powerful than any you can pick up on the high street. The truck-mount system that we use at http://www.aquawavecleaning.co.uk is ten times more powerful than your average vacuum cleaner and it keeps the noise outside too

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heritagecleaning

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2015, 07:06:18 pm »
That's really interesting Angela, probably much better than the systems we use at www.cleaning4swindon.co.uk
That truckmount looks far more powerful than anything I clean home carpets with at http://cleaning4swindon.co.uk/home-carpet-cleaning/ and maybe we shold conisder something similar for our commercial clients http://cleaning4swindon.co.uk/commercial-carpet-cleaning/
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Len Gribble

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. (Sidcup Kent)

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2015, 10:32:17 pm »
Angela your links are great but have no relevance to google on here.

Shaun


from edge2edge

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Re: rug cleaning
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2015, 11:39:01 am »
Hey Owen don't diss Bassett mate it's where I lost my cherry so for that reason alone deserves a mention..........,Alan( just a little bored in Swindon)