08-30-2015, 11:34 AM
I did a job a few Friday's ago that a previous carpet cleaner had done with HWE. It was very low pile commercial carpet and it looked terrible. It was obvious that everything had wicked up from the bottom and looked like the previous clean was done with mud. The customer told be every time it was cleaned it looked great the first day then all the spots would come back a day or two later. I was excited as this was exactly the perfect job for VLM.
I used a CRB. DS2 penguin sprayer and a bottle of encap spot also an air mover.
This is what I did.
I used very little moisture when I spayed. Just enough to see a slight color change. Then I scrubbed and scrubbed with the crb. If any areas did not come clean I simply ignored them and moved on. I did not want to risk over wetting the area. I put the blower down and moved on the the next area. I just kept following the process throughout the whole carpet. However I would occasionally go back to the trouble some spot and lightly spray around the area and scrub and scrub. Over wetting is our worst enemy in these situations. If it does not come clean move on give it chance to dry a little.
Long story short. I returned on Monday to examine the work I did. Not one spot came back. Customer was delighted.
I too in the past have spent too much time on a problem area and the results are never good ie wicking. If no moisture gets the the back of the carpet then there is no vehicle for the spot to wick.
I used a CRB. DS2 penguin sprayer and a bottle of encap spot also an air mover.
This is what I did.
I used very little moisture when I spayed. Just enough to see a slight color change. Then I scrubbed and scrubbed with the crb. If any areas did not come clean I simply ignored them and moved on. I did not want to risk over wetting the area. I put the blower down and moved on the the next area. I just kept following the process throughout the whole carpet. However I would occasionally go back to the trouble some spot and lightly spray around the area and scrub and scrub. Over wetting is our worst enemy in these situations. If it does not come clean move on give it chance to dry a little.
Long story short. I returned on Monday to examine the work I did. Not one spot came back. Customer was delighted.
I too in the past have spent too much time on a problem area and the results are never good ie wicking. If no moisture gets the the back of the carpet then there is no vehicle for the spot to wick.