When Did You Discover VLM?

[Kevin K]

We started in 1980 as a janitorial service primarily serving medical offices. We already had a rotary for stripping VCT, so we naturally began bonnet cleaning our accounts. Very fast, but not pleased with the final results. We were also using other carpet cleaners to clean for us, and the results were horrible! So we went into HWE- I figured we couldn't do WORSE than the other guys, and we might actually do BETTER!

So we eventually became primarily a truckmounted HWE firm, and were always pleased with the results. The only negative was busting out the portable due to long hose runs, etc. We began encapping maybe about 10 years ago. Really had to twist my wife's arm for the Cimex purchase ("you're going to spend HOW MUCH on a machine that doesn't really remove the dirt?!?") But, she's glad I won the discussion, and now we have 2 Cimexes. We're still primarily HWE, but use lower moisture where we can. Nice to have different methods in the arsenal.