I just got my icapsol from Rick the other day. It sure looks a lot tougher and bigger than in pictures. It's not a toy, like I read in a post. Very well built.

Anyway, just to see what this thing can do for dry soil removal, I decided to test it in my home. The carpet here is about 6 years old. We maintain it pretty well (helps that I can clean it myself). It's a good quality, high fiber count carpet (cut pile).

First, I dry vac'd (windsor sensor) the whole house. I then threw that bag away, and put a brand new bag in. Next, I used the icapsol over the whole house. I pulled out the collection tray, and there was a good amount of dirty old carpet fluff, hair, and small particles. Not a ton, but something you probably wouldn't want to leave in your carpet. Next, I vacuumed the carpet again, took the bag out, and looked inside. There wasn't a whole lot in there, but it was enough to line most of the the bag, and have a little pile on the bottom.

I've been in the cleaning business for 10 years, and always wondered how a vacuum cleaner could possibly get all the junk that falls to the bottom of a thick carpet. Well, now I know it doesn't. I would think that commercial carpet would usually be fine with just a vacuum, but if the dirt is really caked on, I'm sure the cbm wouldn't hurt.

There is no machine or system that removes all the soil!

Wow. So with that knowledge, we shouldn't even try.

What he is saying is to remove all the soil is impossible. But what we can do is maintain a acceptable amount to improve health, appearance, as well as the increase the life of the carpet itself.

Okay, I see.

I know in the commercial realm, price may not allow it, but for some residential who want the best, and are willing to pay, it may be a nice way to set yourself apart from the rest.

Actually come to think of it, even just vacuuming might set yourself apart from the rest.

I have an iCapsol and I'm pulling alot of dry soil out when I do encapping. And we agree vacuuming doesn't pull it all out.
So where is this dry soil when encapping with a cimex????

You use the cbm on commercial glue-down carpet? I would think that if you need it for just maintenance cleaning, the facility must be doing a poor job vacuuming.

I can see using it for restorative cleaning. That is pretty much every cleaning in the residential setting.