Greetings Everyone


I know this topic has many threads but some are old.
I know if I dry extract(moist compound)a home with normal wear and dirt, it takes about 30mins to dry w/o fans.
When I use HWE with my drimaster tool i tell client 70mins, stairs are longer.

Cimex I have not done yet but I think I might have my first job this week.

Anyways

many variables determine dry times, I have read 1-3 hours(cimex), if the client is told the drying times I have had no real complaints. Of course if the results are there. Setting expectations I find to help my business. I sure commercial cleaning will be different.

I read on the web site that it takes 24 hours for releasit to cure.
Can anyone elaborate on that data

Your Friend
Steve

Dry times are generally in the 1-2 hour range. It all depends on how much solution you put down. Usually, when you first start using the system, you tend to overuse the solution and therefore dry times are a little longer. Just remember, you want to see a nice even level of white foam across the surface of the carpet but not so much that it starts to fling. When you start your wet pass, it takes a few seconds for the solution to start to flow, but remember at the end of the wet pass to let go of the solution trigger about 5 or 6 feet before the end to run any excess solution out of your pads.

Rick Thode
Releasit/Cimex Canada
rick@releasit.ca

When using the releasit/cimex system, I had to learn and still learning, but have gotten better, that less solution is better so that agitation is plenty. But just enough to wet the fibers and encap the soil. The results will be there immediately.

To ensure that the polymers fully crystalizes it is recommended that you begin your routine vacuuming the following day. Your customer will see even greater results. But as Rick mentioned, carpet usualy dries in 1-2 hours. Releaseit will not let you down when it comes to setting expectations and meeting them.

Thanks
Your Servant Alex

Is it really dry? Do you feel that it is dry? Did you use a moisture probe? What type of carpet is it? olefin, polyester, nylon or wool? What is the humidity of the space that the carpet is in? How dirty is it? What method are you using to apply the solution to the carpet? Are you talking about casual dry or real dry? And what is real dry? In residential I tell the customer/client that there is a one hour drying time and let it go at that. Commercial could be 20 or 30 minutes for drying.

Good answers above!

The carpet will normally dry to the touch within 1-2 hours.

Crystallization will occur after ALL of the moisture has evaporated from the carpet. After the carpet is completely bone dry the crystallization process takes place. It may take a few hours for a carpet to become completely "bone dry". So we recommended post-vacuuming the following day. That may actually be more time than is needed, but I’d rather err on the side of making a more conservative statement. But not to worry, if the carpet were to be vacuumed before full crystallization occurred there would not be any adverse affect, you just wouldn't recover as much soil with that first vacuuming.







Rick Gelinas
rick@excellent-supply.com

That just got me thinking. How low does the humidity have to be for the polymer to fully crystallize? FOr example in some places in the south the humidity is very high. I understand that affects dry times but what about crystalizing times?

I am in the Tampa Bay area, a virtual sauna. And all our testing is done in this environment with ultra high humidity (98% relative humidity is very common). We get full crystallization in about 12 hours under these muggy conditions. The 24 hour recommendation is a bit of overkill to make sure all the moisture has had a chance to evaporate from the carpet.






Rick Gelinas
rick@excellent-supply.com

Good question Dion. I appreciate it.

Thanks for the answer Rick.
Education for the inquiring custys

Thanks
Your Servant Alex