Residental Carpet Cleaning with 175 Buffer

[jtmellon]

Thanks to everyone that has chimed in on the topic. However, I think that my actual questions never got answered. Some basic info about my company. I have been in the carpet cleaning business for nine years. For the first 8 years I ran a Hydramaster T/M and when needed I scrubbed carpet with buffer and bonnet prior to HWE.

Within the last year, I sold my T/M and devoted my efforts to CGD cleaning with Cimex and Rick's chemicals. So I know when and how to use each of his chemicals.

While my primary business has been CGD, I still get requests to clean commerical customers houses and since I sold the T/M, I want to encap residential with a 17" buffer. My original question was directed to the guys on the forum that encap residential with a 175 rpm floor buffer. For you guys, do you prespray the carpet with punch and run DS2 through your solution tank or just prespray only? Secondly, on lower pile residential carpet do you use a fiberplus pad followed up with a tuway pad/microfiber pad? If you have medium to higher pile residential do you use a carpet brush on the buffer followed with padding?

I do not want a mass discussion on which is bettter encaping or HWE residential, I have done both and both have there place. Any input will be greatly appreiated!!



Randy

Hi Randy,

I use a 17" 175 all the time for resi work (when I am lucky enough to get any). What I do is if it is a low pile carpet I will pre spray, most of the time I use DS, I will then use a fiber plus pad and then follow up with a damp but almost dry tuway.

Now for a thicker pile carpet (resi) I will pre spray DS and dapen a tuway and use that, I dont use a tank on resi work.

It's easy.