Cimex , OP, or 300 RPM for commercial carpet cleaning?

[Cairnswun]

Guy's thanks for the advice. On residential , I use the VonSchrader and sometimes go over it with a 300 RPM buffer and get great results however, I did a commerical glue down with it and the results where not that good so I encap cleaned it with the 300 RPM buffer. Everything that I have read about the Cimex sounds great except for the cicrles that it may leave behind. I assume I could go back over it with my pilelifter when it is dry and that should correct that issue. I am looking to purchase one in the next few months so it sounds like the Cimex will be my next addition however, I am going to look at the Trinity also. I'll keep you posed. Again thank you for your help.

Mike, I don't have a problems with the circles, neither do my clients.

On a plush pile carpet, if you use a wand and don't groom the carpet, you leave triangular wand marks.

On a plush carpet, if you use a rotary/Cimex/orbital machine, if you don't groom the carpet, you still leave marks of different shapes.

In fact, I rarely rake the carpet unless it is a plush carpet.

There is one exception to this.

I clean a group of travel stores with plush carpet which I don't groom and they love it.

In fact, the managers of the other stores, after seeing the first one, asked me to clean their carpets in the same manner.

Here's a pic or two to explain.





I do the above by first cleaning the carpet, then going to the wall and working my way to the front door, using Big Yella like a swing machine, doing one half across at a time, with no solution.

I do one side, then go the the back wall and repeat, this gives the carpet a scalloped effect, which, the managers say, many customers comment on.

On the positive side.

This one is a poly carpet in a jewellery store.





Hope this helps.

Shorty.