I am trying to drum up business for my janitorial and carpet cleaning service so our town has a really nice little town theater, they show movies and put on plays, ite really nice.

Went in today to give out my biz card and ended up getting the weekly job of cleaning the bathrooms and giving the floor a quick vac for some pocket money.

I will do the carpet in trade for advertising in their playbill and on the their website.

The carpet is made up of 12 x 12 squares low lev loop, very nice quality.

I will be using a 17" floor machine, Releasit and either bonnets or FPP's which woud be better?

Any precautions I need to be made aware of with carpet squares?

Thanks

Joe, For 3 years we cleaned a large office building quarterly, and it had the carpet tiles like you describe. 17,000 sq. ft. We used the Cimex with the fiber plus pads with no problem. Carpet tiles are tough. We even used Max pads once in a while with no problem.

Do you know the manufacturer? How old are they - if they are new you have to watch - mills have yet to come around to our way of thinking and don't like anything rotary - if they are older any warranties have been voided 1000 times over so it won't matter. Tiles are pretty tough and should respond well.

Hi Joe,

You could use your rotary with FiberPlus pads. Make sure your machine has a tank on it. Shampoo like normal. You can use the bonnets for a little bit of post-bonneting in the worst areas following your shampoo step if you want to. Watch for loose carpet tiles. A rotary machine will turn loose tiles into a frisbee. So try to avoid loosening the tiles as you're scrubbing the carpet. But honestly, if they're already loose you're not likely going to make then worse. You should be just fine - go for it.





Rick Gelinas