Hi
I am also a big supporter of spm/ mpower and use them mostly depending on the usual variables.
However just done a big hotel , the carpets where quite bad . The complication was the house keeping staff
had been spotting with vanish on a regular basis.
The alternative we had on the van was prespray gold. Did a test lifted everything out , except for the odd stain that needed extra treatment.
We did the whole hotel with it did a great job .
I was quite suprised how good it was, and will always consider it in the future as a viable alternative.
Cool , you used a more effective product and made life easier for yourself with improved results .
And because u diluted it yourself it's probably has a lower carbon footprint than a big can of suppliers watery Microsplitter And the shipping involved
John , I am all for doing things oin a better way , you are quick to try and display a higher knowledge and slam products commonly used as ineffectual and a rip off ,,,,, great , but apart from a bacteriacidal deodorizer , you have offered no constructive alternative , it is easy to knock something down and offer no alternative that is better.
Better means ... in no particular order....
cheaper
more effective
easy to buy
easy to use
safe
Come on John , gain credibility by stating xy or z product is better.
I presume u mean which product is better than the microsplitters etc ?
Briefly , i will go through your list
Cheaper- like , most of these carpet powders are fairly closely matched price wise so price should not be a big deal , as long as your getting a substantial product or your money . Chemicals as such are not a huge spend in terms of the business .
More effective - I presume u know 'microsplitter ' is not a substance , Its a made up marketing term .
Originally it was phosphate in water , now they seem to be using the term for sodium carbonate ( washing soda ) or a mix of the two and even percarbonate added .
So your granny years ago was not washing her drawers in washing soda ... she was ' microsplitting them ' ahead of her time granny .
So the chemicals used in ' MS ' sodium carbonate and phosphate usually form the largest % ingredient in the more complex carpet powders like ultimate master and others ... but they add other ingredients which will improve the overall performance . Bad analogy but u know like some serious diseases are treated by a cocktail of drugs where as one on own is fairly ineffective .
Likewise a cocktail of cleaning ingredients each with a particular strength is likely to perform better in dealing with a variety of soiling conditions .
The usual ingredients added to the mix include solvents and surfactants . In practical terms where u might notice a difference in results between MS and a complex cocktail mix might be in the brightness and vibrancy of end result . Have u ever cleaned a carpet and it looks ok ... but then u spot clean a mark with solvent and the area around the spot is brighter than your carpet ( of course u should know not to do that ) but it shows that a brighter result was possible ... so i want the solvents and other ingredients in my initial prespray .... so as the item being cleaned will ' pop ' and give a vibrant result with the minimal effort on my part .
So to answer your question , just about any complex powder or liquid mix will out perform the MS .
Im not hung up on brands as most use the same twenty of so ingredients in a variety of ways .
Easy to buy -
Isnt everything easy to buy these days ... im off the beaten path in ireland and i can have anything in the post in acouple of days , and shipping is cheap , the likes of mistral , shipping is free!
Easy to use -
... gee , follow instructions , making a sandwich is more difficult .
safe -
you would have to define safe .
Safe for the environment ? like i said , even phosphate MS will cause algae bloom even though its marketed as environmentally safe .
Safe for us , in the way its used most things will be safe as any other product we come in contact with in daily life .
Its simple cleaning detergent were dealing with not radioactive waste .