this morning i cleaned 3000sf of double stick low pile nylon carpet using my mex with encap ds. i used 8 gallons of rtu solution total.check on the carpet this evening and it looked beautiful but surprised to feel that it still was not totally dry.it should be dry in 2 hours.is this unusual. soil condition was light to moderate.

Possibly a lack of air movement slowing the drying? Hard to say.

Gary

That is Twice the amount of product I would be using cleaning 3000 sq. ft. of moderate to light soil nylon. Perhaps you are using too much.

You will find that under normal circumstances, you will use a gallon or RTU Releasit per 300 sq. feet.

So you should have used about 10 gallons.
Maybe a little less if it was lightly soiled, in some places anyways.

So you were possibly right on with how much you used.
It could have been like Gary said, lack of air movement.

I dont see that you used too much solution.

Was it wet all over, or damp, or in certain areas. Did you check that.
Maybe you gobbed' it on in a certain area, the area that you felt?? possibly???



Steve Dobson
ProFloor
Custom Cleaning Services

It may also the speed you walking at. I had the same problem when I first got mine..
I remember Rick saying "Walk at a brisk pace". Since Iv'e put my rear-end into a higher gear, I get 1 hr dry time on commercial glue down. Keeping in mind the 110 degree, low humidity enviroment of Arizona.. Hope that helps??

Yes this is unusual. The amount of product that you used was right in line with what you should have used. Of course, there are always variables with dry times, such as air movement like Gary mentioned, humidity, carpet pile and density. We need to keep in mind that there has to be a place for the moisture to go. As the water transpires from the carpet it moves into the air within the room. If the surrounding air becomes loaded with moisture there is no place for the evaporating water to go. If you'll make sure that the HVAC is running you'll generally be in pretty good shape (AC in the summer or in the Heat in the winter). If you can't run the HVAC, open the doors and windows. There just needs to be an exchange, or movement of air. And that should take care of it for you.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

I usually take a floor fan with me starting it right behind me, Everytime I add water, I move the fan a little. Usaully by the time I get loaded back up and stuff signed, its very close to dry.

Brian

That is uncommon. I would think it is because of no air movment or you did not scrub the solution in enough.

I cleaned 3558 sq ft yesterday took me an hour with my rotary and used about 4 gallons of chemicals, carpeting was dry when i left.

David