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how does your encap program work

July 20 2011 at 4:29 PM
John  

so if you cleaning say a bank do you HWE every year and then every 4 months encap or is it every 3 months or maybe just every 6 months... how are most of you guys doing this?

 
 
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Joe Gilstrap

Re: how does your encap program work

July 20 2011, 7:37 PM 

I never HWE. Three reasons why:

1. I hate HWE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. If you have a large commercial account it would take you 4 times as long to HWE. You gonna charge 4 times your regular price for that cleaning?

3. How do explain that to your customer? Sir, we are gonna clean it right once a year and give it a lick and a promise the rest of the time.

Encap products used properly with a Cimex does a wonderful job on commercial carpet. Either encap works or it doesn't. I personally believe that it does.

Just my opinion.

 
 
David Edwards

Re: how does your encap program work

July 20 2011, 10:21 PM 

For me, it depends on the building. How much traffic in/out, what surfaces they have outside (concrete, asphalt, etc.), whether they have walk-off mats (appropriately sized and placed), and a number of other factors. Too, some parts of a building will be placed on a higher frequency than others.

David Edwards

 
 
John

Re: how does your encap program work

July 21 2011, 8:09 AM 

Joe i like that answer... i am loving encaping but still not 100% confident yet... close but not yet... i still worry about it not being as clean but i am gettting there and want to be there... thanks

 
 
RichardC

Re: how does your encap program work

July 21 2011, 11:54 AM 

Yes we will generally HWE to begin with so that everything is flushed out. However some buildings are not soiled enough to need HWE, those we just Cimex from the begining.

The conditions really dictate what we will do, often we will use the Orbot's and OP in place of HWE and then encap with the Cimex's until corrective cleaning is needed.

We have a lot of places that are into the second and third year of encap and still do not need HWE. Others we have HWE'ed entry ways and walk off areas and then encap'ed the funnel and traffic areas.

What ever it takes to improve the appearance!

 
 
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