Caution: Avoid using Procyon with a CRB

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Please don't take this as a negative slant toward a competitive product. Procyon has a good reputation and I know a lot of cleaners enjoy using it. By all means, if you like Procyon - keep using it. But DON'T use it with your CRB machine. Procyon will work great in many applications, but it can damage metal parts - like the innards of a CRB machine.

We've heard of serious damage occurring when contractors use Procyon with their CRB machines. Procyon (and a few similar pre-sprays) contain a lot of salt. Salt is corrosive. Corrosives and metal parts are never a good combination. One of our good customers had the habit of using Procyon as a pre-spray, then he'd brush the carpet with his CRB, and rinse with HWE. He destroyed his 10" CRB with this process. That's why it's urgent to issue this warning.

If you use Procyon and don’t flush your machine at the end of the day, you will eventually damage it as the salt will corrode some of the high carbon steel inside. Our recommendation is to avoid using corrosives altogether.

Using corrosive (salt based) products could void your warranty. Worse yet, you may seriously damage your CRB machine. Here's a couple of pictures showing corrosive damage...