Now, I know encaping resturants is not recomended, but many have had success, as have I. Well this chineese resturant I encap is in need of a good flush. I was planning on using my Cimex with Punch to prescrub and Steamin Demon to extract. Is this a good plan? I plan on extracting only the high traffic grease areas (under the tables, kitchen entrance, etc.) Should I try prespraying the Punch, and put DS in the Mex then extract?

Any input and experiances with these two pieces of equipment would be greatly appreciated!

I have very limited experience in resturants but the one that I did I tried to spray with punch and then hit with the Cimex with DS. The problem I had was it was so greasy that the fiberplus pads got coated with grease real quick and lost their scrubbing power. So next time I will HWE first and then Cimex with
Punch and DS.

At first I was reluctant to recommend encap for restaurants. However many cleaners are having success encapping restaurants (including our cleaning company). And like you mentioned, there may come a time when a good flush is needed. Using your Cimex to prescrub with Punch and then rinsing the mess out of it with your Steamin Demon should do the trick nicely. Just run the Punch mixed strong with HOT water through the Cimex as your "pre-spray" application (no spraying needed using the Cimex as your applicator). Use the FiberPlus Max to get the best results.

Let us know how you make out.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

I have a resturaunt I encap. I find that twice a year I need to flush  the carpet. I use an enzyme prespray and the RX20. The next cleaning I got back to encapping with release it. If I were you this is what I would do. Run punch through the chemical jug or I  sometimes and use it as an after spray.Just to keep up with the soileze.

Encap-Punch is very good with grease and Encap-Clean DS may foam with HWE especially with the Steamin Demon. However with a lot of grease foaming may not be a problem lol. I would use Encap-Punch.

Naturally I haven't seen it but I think I would extract all of the carpet at this point in the maintenance. I have one that I Padcap monthly and HWE every six months. The six month extraction I charge 30% more than the regular padcap cleaning.

try using the soft shampoo brushes works for me. the only thing is id rinse them brushes of right away when you are done with them or dedicate those brushes for restraunts and trashed out carpets i even use the grout brushes sometimes but i think the softer ones work better if you ask me...............

i encap a restaurant every 2 months and it always looks great. it's not a grease pit though so that's a big difference from most restaurants. and i use bonnets on the Mex, not pads...another big diff.

thanx --- Derek.

If i do use the Punch and then extract, is there any protection left behind?
Im not sure how to feed any extra punch through the steamin demon, ie to rinse with it. is there any way?

thanx for all the info guys!

With the Demon you'd be rinsing most of the encap benefits out of the carpet with the clear water rinse. However you can rest assured that anything you might leave behind in the carpet won't leave a villainous detergent residue, since Encap-Punch's residue dries to a brittle crystal that can't attract soil. <--(How was that for a run-on sentence?)





Rick Gelinas
encapman

Did you take a breath on that one? LOL Thanks for the info. Guess I should apply the soileze afterwards then.

My process currently for restaurants which are big enough is to scrub in a 50/50 mix of DS & Punch with my Cimex, and then go back over everything with OP machines (Challenger and Orbitec CX-20) with terrycloth pads as the extraction part. Seems to work. The owners who formerly had been exposed only to HWE keep calling back.