First off Rick you have a great sales staff and both ladies I talked to today were very friendly and helpful. Now I have a big church job and will be cleaning all their pews. I purchased both the pad driver and the roto brush for a drill. Just wondering which would work better with the pad driver for cleaning something like this. Do most use FP pads or the small bonnets. I have both for my cimex so just wondering. I will be using releasit as my cleaning solution of choice. Do most use it at regular carpet strength for Uphostery?

I'm glad to hear the girls were helpful. I'm proud of our little team at Excellent Supply. Thanks for your comment, I'll make sure they know what you said. It will make their day.

I would suggest trying the drill driver both ways... with a pad, and with a bonnet. I think that with different types of fabrics you'll see different results with each scrubbing medium. I'd say try both to see what you like best. I'm thinking that the bonnets will be what you'll like best. But then again, the FP pads will work well too, and as far as that goes so will the Rota brush. Well at least you have all the bases covered with the tools that you have. Experiment a little and let us know how you make out.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

I just received my drill driver and bonnets the other day and tried them out on a set of heavily soiled, plush residential stairs today. First I sprayed with Releasit DS and then used the Rota brush to dig in and loosen up the soiling then I used damp bonnets to absorb. The stairs came out real good. I would think FP pads or the Rota brush would work well to loosen the soiling on upholstery then follow up with the bonnets or cotton towels. If the upholstery isn’t too dirty using just the bonnets would probably work good.

Just my thoughts.

Rich @ Hit The Spot

i bought a variable speed polisher-type-drill off of eBay. but the lowest speed setting is 600 RPM. i think it woulda been better to have 300 RPM as the lowest setting.

wondering what you folks think. even if i use a cotton bonnet, is 600 RPM going to be too fast for some upholstery?

thanx --- Derek.

Derek a higher speed drill shouldn't be a problem on commercial upholstery. Keep in mind you have limited pressure, it's not like running an 80 pound floor machine. Just keep the surface lubricated and keep the drill moving and watch what you're doing. I clean the seats in a building with about 150 theater type seats and about 75 stackable chairs every spring. I've had inexperienced helpers work with me using high speed drills and Rota brushes and they haven't damaged the commercial upholstery fabric. Just use common sense and reasonable caution and you ought to be fine.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

thanx Rick

--- Derek.

My experience with residential furniture is- a slow speed is better than a fast speed. How slow? I don't know the rpm's, but going over compound curves like arm edges of a sofa can spatter a lot, or even have the Fiber Plus Pads come out from under the driver.

Commercial furniture is a different story, same with stairs.

Gary

What about a Moto Scrubber it is able to handle a 8 inch pad or brush
with a 4 hour run time I bet one could do a lot of work with it.
Anyone use one ? It seems like it would be very adaptable and good in those hard to get at areas

David

Well we only have the Rota brush thingy. We use it on stairs and upholstery. Works great. I did not know that there was a drill thingy that could hold the fiber plus pads. That is awesome looks like I will be calling tomorrow and ordering one along with some more juice. Being a HWE guy I still can't believe how well this stuff works after two years. It amazes me every time. Maybe that is because I am easily amused.

Kevin Pearson

I took a new Cimex pad driver for the 19" machine. I ran a 1/2" bolt through the center and put a washer and nut to keep it tight. I drilled some flat spots on the end of a bolt so that it would fit well in my 19.2 volt drill. Works great on upholstery with a 8" bonnet

Also have one of those cheap polishers I believe Derek is talking about. You can reduce the speed down to whatever you need. It comes with an 8" backing wheel with velcro. Stick a bonnet onnet and away you go. Or an 8" beige/fiberPlus pad. BTW you can buy the polisher to which I refer on Ebay for $35.00.

DF