[chrisjohn]

Ive just purchased a few of these 17 inch mops from World of Clean as well as some Fusion Clean.As ive never used these before my question is;

After using the mop,whats the best way of cleaning it?

Cheers Chris

[Joe H]

If you on the job, then have a tub to soak them in water then wring out by hand.
Then another tub with fusion clean in for them to soak in, wring out.
You dont want them sopping wet, it will spray everywhere when you get the machine working.
Spray the carpet as well with Fusion Clean.
Get the tubs cheap from Wickes, B&Q etc £5-£7, the very flexi coloured ones. Get different colour, one for dirty water, one for Clean Fusion mix.

If you mean when you get back home - stick them in the washing machine. Dont bother with softner.

[chrisjohn]

Cheers Joe,was going to call you,but didn't want to bother you over Xmas.Thanks again

Chris

[richie]

Those pads are not the best to use to be honest.  I have used them along side the Prochem Soil Sorb pads and the Prochem ones are better.  A friend of mine that does alot of padding work also agrees.  When we are using Fusion Clean we spray the mop heavily with Fusion then spray the carpet then bonnet over.  When the pad becomes solied simply immerse into hand hot water to release the soil.  You will need a wringer & bucket to squeeze out enough water to ensure you dont over wet.  We have done this by hand in the past but find the wringer n bucket MUCH better. 

Richie

[chrisjohn]

Richie, would you personally use a scrub pad first of all, to agitate fusion clean into carpet, before using the Bonnet Mop?

All advice welcome

Chris

[richie]

No, no need for that. We have cleaned some pretty minging carpets using LM and have gone straight at it with the bonnets and obtained some very impressive results.

Richie.

[chrisjohn]

Cheers Richie,might give that a try.

Chris.

[Ken Wainwright]

The general concensus seems to be, as per Richie's experiences, that microfiber pads do not provide enough agitation to release the soil from a carpet. They are, however, reported to have very good soil absorbancy once the soil has been broken from the yarns. This is why many prefer to use an agitating pad, or other medium, prior to absorbing with microfibre.

I too have cleaned acres of carpet with cotton bonnets, producing superb results. Their major disadvantage though is laundering. They become so heavy when wet that you can't load too many in your washing machine and they can take a long time to completely dry prior to storage.

For myself, I've tried the Turan "Queenie" pads with the green agitating strips when performing a generic bonnet clean and the results have been OK. Better still though is when I have used my Dry Fusion pads (also Turan but different construction) on my Victor Sprite and the results have been superb. I've heard of similar good results from Texatherm pads. Unfortunately, Dry Fusion pads are not generally available.

Safe and happy cleaning
The Ken

[Dennis]

Use your local launderette, they usually have an oversized machine or use 2 smaller ones.

[Ken Wainwright]

Dennis

Regardless of size, a washing machine will handle more synthetic bonnets than natural cotton.

Also, I live in a rural village which doesn't have a laundrette. I don't even know where the nearest (or any) is, and would involve at least a 10 mile or so journey.

I have one corporate commercial customer who is making great strides to have the lowest carbon footprint in their industry. When quoting, I was "interviewed" by their team who want to know every aspect of my procedures and this year, for the first time, they asked about cleaning my bonnets. My answer was honest when I told them 40C wash and natural drying using detergent residues within the bonnet (no added laundry detergent).

Safe and happy cleaning
The Ken

[richie]

OH MY GOD.....Auntie Kenneth, you are been a naughty boy.  40C is such a high temp when in todays world things can be cleaned at MUCH lower temps  .  On a serious note, i bet the pads would clean up just fine if washed at Minimum temp in a washing machine.

Richie.

[Ken Wainwright]

Ouch Richie

I've just had my fingers burnt

Safe and happy cleaning
The Ken

[richie]

Taken on the chin like a true Gent......Well done Ken 

Richie.

[cleaningmaster]

Hi Ken,

I did a LM job 2 weeks ago(first one in around 2 years) and used Prochem Pure Clean, got a really good result.

What product would/ do you use apart from DF.

Many Thanks

Daryl

[clinton]

You could always try prochem bonnet buff and it also has a soil repellent built in it gives a good clean and leaves a nice odour.

Going to try a new  solution i got from restormate in the new year that does bonneting so i wil let you know how i get on

If you are going to use your home washing machine i would after cleaning the bonnets put your machine on an empty wash as it leaves all the bits of fluff and muck in the drum.

[Mike Osbourne]

I only know what the inside of a launderette looks like because I saw an episode of east enders once and it confirmed my suspicions.

Craftex Catalyst is another one to try.

I use the same rubble buckets Joe mentions. I also took an old one and cut a ring out of it and makes a perfect splash guard.

[Ken Wainwright]

Hi Daryl

From memory, Prochem's Pure Clean is a powdered microsplitter. I'm sure there will be many here to correct me if I'm wrong.

I've cleaned hectares and hectares of carpet using microsplitters in the past with superb results. When I changed to them from Prochem's Bonnet Buff back in the late nineties, the microsplitters were the better performers. But I gather that Bonnet Buff has since been reformulated. If I were to bonnet buff today, my solutions of choice would be a microsplitter for straight forward cleaning or a colloidal to solve a problem eg general mal-odours or fleas.

Safe and happy cleaning
The Ken

[cleaningmaster]

Ken

Many thanks

Regards

Daryl

[Kinver_Clean]

I use microfbres all the time for LM carpets.
I have a double mop wringer bucket and a soak tub.
I use 4 pads and 3 are soaking in the tub. The water in this gets pretty gruesome and needs changing on a regular basis, probably every 200 sq mt on reasonably dirty carpet. (I do a car showroom among others)
The pad come out of the tub and is wrung out twice into the red bucket and then dunked in the cleaning solution in the blue tub and a 3/4 wring out to leave the pad fairly wet. If you hang the pad by one edge it will start dripping in 10-15 seconds.
Spray the floor.
Use the pad, turn over and use the other side and repeat.
Four pads in the washer with NO softener, the come out vitually dry.
We do around 100 sq mt an hour each without busting ourselves.

Happy New Year- and hope it is better than the last one.

Trevor

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Prochem Pureclean is the sodium tripolyphospate formulation, sometimes called microsplitter'.

I have used it with my texatherm pads with good results.

I have also use Ultrapac on very greasy carpet tiles with an acid rinse in the tank, worked very well.

In truth a good detergent will clean in almost all circumstances but concentrations will vary with degree of soling.

Did some tiles this morning with Powerburst and acid rinse in tank, again worked well.

Cheers

Doug