I have tried using the hand held buffers and have not been satisfied. We've found that using a brush and doing it by hand is working best right now but theres gotta be a faster and more effective way to do it...

What are you guys doing to clean stairs?

Ben Surdi
NW Green Clean

Makita with aggressive stripe on bonnet

Or

Cyclo with brushes.

Ooroo,

Shorty.

I've seen the light, and changed my wicked ways.
www.get.shorty.com.au

Yes I aggree with Shorty regarding the Makita....
but I use the Cimex 8" brush(slight alterations also great on Upholstery Cleaning) with great results.
Cheers

AUSSIE WEST

Don't keep it a secret post the modifications so we can see, please.

I use a Makita buffer (~$250 at any auto body supply house)...what I did is this:

There is a driver that came with my makita...It's a thick rubber driver that you normally would wrap a wool bonnet over it to buff out cars...what I did is I attached heavy duty velcro (The one with plastic teeth on it instead of the regular velcro, bought at home depot) and then attach a fiberplus pad to that (I use the beige pads for that)...I clean steps & commercial furniture with that setup - paid for itself the 1st job....

joe

im talking about nylon plush. If you use a fiber plus pad it will flatten the carpet and does not give the proper amount of lift and agitation deep into the carpet fibers.

Does anyone sell a brush driver for a hand polisher? I have a polisher that is very powerful with the velcrow driver etc. Just need a brush attachment for it.

Ben Surdi
NW Green Clean

http://www.excellent-supply.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=28&idcategory=8


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The ROTA Brush is a cool attachment for encapsulation cleaning on upholstery. Just attach it to a good quality drill and you're set to go. Spray the upholstery with Releasit Encap-Clean, and then scrub the surface. The soft bristles of the ROTA Brush are ideally suited for sturdy upholstery fabrics. It's a quick and simple approach that works.
Commercial Tip: The ROTA Brush can provide a simple alternative for encapsulation cleaning on large commercial upholstery jobs. Have one person spraying chairs as the second person comes behind with the ROTA Brush.



Ooroo,

Shortwun

I've seen the light, and changed my wicked ways.
www.get.shorty.com.au

I use a drill with fiberplus pad. My drill has reverse on it so the fiber can be lifted back up and the other side of fiber cleaned. Hoever in reverse careful not to apply too much pressure. Does something to the motor.

I just tossed the drill and back to using Makita which does just as good job & better.

The poster states:

"I have tried using the hand held buffers and have not been satisfied" and you guys tell him to use the same method he tried and was not satisfied with.

Thats funny.

Well you can stick with the way your not happy with or do it by hand (which is what I do) or buy a small porti extractor and use Ricks encap punch in it.

To qualify my post, he did say this:




"but theres gotta be a faster and more effective way to do it...

What are you guys doing to clean stairs? "



I thought about that first sentence at length and wondered, "just how fast and for how long can I agitate this fabric by hand".

Unfortunately, I was at a loss to come to a satisfactory resolution.


(I also have used a "buffer" when I first attempted this method of cleaning.
I bought a car buffer from an auto store that is used to buff a vehicles paint.

It failed dismally.

After seeing what Gary Heacock, Greenie and several others were using at some fest; a few years back, I went and got my variable speed polisher, which was just the duck's guts.)


He then asked, "What are you guys doing to clean stairs? "

No mention there of any method, so I simply advised what he asked, which is what I use.

I also use my spotting machine for rinse/extraction in conjunction with the Makita/Cyclo when needed.

It's all different strokes for different folks I guess.

What works for some, may not work for others.

Ooroo,

Shortwun.


I've seen the light, and changed my wicked ways.
www.get.shorty.com.au

Shorty, the "duck's guts". How do you come up with this stuff.

That's funny.

Stone the flamin crows mate, wot are ya onabout ???

"The Ducks Guts" has been around as long as "Grouse", which means, good, great, terrif, bonza, etc; ya great drongo.


"The Ducks Guts", even raised it's ugly head in the movie Mad Max, when Max (Mel Gibson, whose about as popular as a brown eyed mullet down under), was told he was getting a V-8 Interceptor, his motorbike mate said, "She's the ducks guts mate".

Anyone down under that doesn't understand the above, would have to be a flamin' Galah, eh ?


I guess I should help you out a bit here, 'cos a lot of you'se foreigners don't underconstomble Easy English , check this site out.

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/aussieslang.htm#a

Ooroo,

( Crikey, to find that, you'll need this.....
http://www.australianhistory.org/australian-slang-etoz.php )


Now let's get back on track, eh ?

Shortwun

I've seen the light, and changed my wicked ways.
www.get.shorty.com.au

oops.

Ben Re: Makita check out the postings (RE:Makita Killer March 2,2008 4.30pm)
Go to Top under "Search" list= Makita Killer. you will find the subject well covered.
Cheers

AUSSIE WEST

I'd be lost without this,

What is ti???

It's a Gem orbital with a modified pad driver.