12-02-2012, 08:17 PM
situation I thought I would bring to the board brotheren:
I've had a couple of requests for cleaning area rugs. Honestly, the few rugs I have encountered so far, I simply cleaned the way I've cleaned the other carpet--vacuum, spray with my solution (i'm an encap-hydrox junkie), work in with my procaps machine, done. However, doing some reading today and I see that there is a whole different world in that regard--carpet badgers, pile lifting, etc. So here is what I'm wondering.
Is there a low tech method for getting rugs clean? I'm not ready to go out and buy a Badger (not enough volume yet). I think from a couple of things I've read, flipping the rug over and vacuuming with my beater bar vac will get a lot of dirt out of the rug that otherwise would stay trapped in there. I am not sure which is better--encap using a brush by hand (i would use the soft brushes on the zebra spot brush) or HWE. Or if I should just pass until I have other equipment. Rug cleaning is obviously lucrative and I don't really want to pass on the business, but if there isn't a low tech method that any of you guys can speak on, I'd rather pass it on to make sure the customer gets a clean rug.
I've had a couple of requests for cleaning area rugs. Honestly, the few rugs I have encountered so far, I simply cleaned the way I've cleaned the other carpet--vacuum, spray with my solution (i'm an encap-hydrox junkie), work in with my procaps machine, done. However, doing some reading today and I see that there is a whole different world in that regard--carpet badgers, pile lifting, etc. So here is what I'm wondering.
Is there a low tech method for getting rugs clean? I'm not ready to go out and buy a Badger (not enough volume yet). I think from a couple of things I've read, flipping the rug over and vacuuming with my beater bar vac will get a lot of dirt out of the rug that otherwise would stay trapped in there. I am not sure which is better--encap using a brush by hand (i would use the soft brushes on the zebra spot brush) or HWE. Or if I should just pass until I have other equipment. Rug cleaning is obviously lucrative and I don't really want to pass on the business, but if there isn't a low tech method that any of you guys can speak on, I'd rather pass it on to make sure the customer gets a clean rug.