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Drying Time? - Kings Kleen - 05-13-2016 I cleaned a theater lobby and hall. I placed an air mover to speed drying. An hour later the carpet was still not dry... I was concerned because they were opening in another hour - but instructions say it's OK to walk on it even while wet... It looked OK the next day. How long is it supposed to take to dry? I am pre-spraying with DS and then releasing Bio-Encap until it turns white, then doing a second pass. It is more wet than when I use my truck mount. What am I doing wrong? RE: Drying Time? - cjscarpetcare - 05-13-2016 What sprayer are you using ?? Sounds like you are applying too much chemical. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk RE: Drying Time? - encapman - 05-13-2016 Sounds like you're applying too much solution. Here's how to do it... Any pre-sraying should be limited to the traffic areas. Avoid "wetting out" the carpet. With the Cimex - make 1 wet-pass, followed by a dry-pass. The wet-pass is moderately quick, and the dry-pass is fairly slow. On the "dry-pass" you can feather the trigger ever so lightly, to keep the pads slightly damp. A very faint whitening of the surface will begin to appear on the surface during slow dry-pass. This will limit your moisture, and the carpet will usually dry in under 2 hours. With a fan it's even quicker. RE: Drying Time? - Kings Kleen - 05-15-2016 I am using the Penguin sprayer, and I am going through 5 gallons an hour from the tank on the Cimex. On the wet pass I am going slow because it seems to not turn white for a few seconds. then I start moving forward and by the end of the pass its foamy... Probably too much. I'll try applying less tomorrow. Thanks for the help RE: Drying Time? - encapman - 05-15-2016 Nope. There's your problem. A slow wet-pass will put down way too much solution! QUICK wet-pass. Then a slow dry-pass. The whitening occurs on the 2nd pass. There's no whitening on the initial wet-pass. Try it like that, and you should notice a big improvement.