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How long

September 9 2007 at 8:13 AM		 Phil R  
Under "normal conditions" does it take CGd to dry. Subjective I know with many variables BUT

I made tons of dry passes, I did use lots of water (well, considering i was using a Mytee porty 100 PSI pump) but I tried to make sure to recovered as much water as I could....I used dry pads over and over....

What I am really asking is, can I go back TODAY to pad/encap for whatever "wicking" may have returned?

I finished yesterday about 3 PM.

 
 
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Rambo

Re: How long

September 9 2007, 8:43 AM 

Phil, CGD is most likely 100% Olefin which holds less than 1/10th of 1% of it's weight in moisture. You are dealing with a verticle surface, so guess where the other 99.9% of the moisture goes? Straight down to the bottom. Of course that is not very far on CGD. If you are using 100% cotton pads after the HWE, you should have drying times of 2 hours or less, even less with Air Movers.

 
 
Phil R

Thanks

September 9 2007, 4:57 PM 

Thank you. I did over-wet the carpet....bur wanted to make sure i did the best job I could at flushing it...so i wnet over it many many times dry passing.

All in all, they turned out great. If stained...

 
 

Rick Gelinas

Re: Thanks

September 9 2007, 10:10 PM 

An hour or two at the most (possibly less) is normal drying time for a good encap cleaning. Make sure the HVAC system is running to help get it dry. And if you need to speed dry the carpet, blowers/fans will help speed things up.







 Rick Gelinas
rick@excellent-supply.com

 
 
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