Steps and Upholstery

[leofry@1966]

what do you guy who are full time encap company do about steps and upholstery

[DON ELDRED]

You can do them by hand or with a small rotary tool Excellant Supply has a few options..

[encapman]

Here are a few excellent options...

The Drill Driver: Makes it possible to use an 8" FiberPlus pad or a bonnet for encapping stairs.
http://www.excellent-supply.com/8-inch-D..._p_10.html

Our Rota-Brush: The soft bristles on the Brush make it perfect for upholstery. It can also be used for encapping stairs.
http://www.excellent-supply.com/Rota-Dri..._p_15.html

The Bonnet Mitt: Can be used for steps. But it might be too much elbow grease for a large staircase of heavily soiled stairs. However the Bonnet Mitt could be used along with the Rota-Brush Drill Driver above. It's also great for upholstery.
http://www.excellent-supply.com/8-inch-B...p_479.html

Gecko 3 Gallon Extractor: The Gecko extractor performs very well in these three functions. (1) Upholstery, (2) Spotting, (3) Stairs. And it's also a nice machine for cleaning car upholstery and carpet - guess that makes 4 things (but who's counting).
http://www.excellent-supply.com/Gecko-Sp...p_249.html

[Jamie]

When I Encap upholstery I spray then agitate with a handheld orbital sander with a Cimex fibre plus pad and then I extract with my spotting machine. Basically the same method for stairs except I don't often post extract stairs. Did a soiled cream sofa this morning and it looked almost brand new afterwards. Post extracting upholstery really helps dry times and minimizes wick backs.

Cheers

Jamie

[encapman]

Almost forgot.
Another excellent tool for stairs is the Orbot Micro...
http://www.excellent-supply.com/HOS-Orbo...p_357.html

[MikeHabib]

I use either a tool that Xerion solutions offers or an Oreck Orbitor.

[Simon]

I use the same method as Jamie except I use cotton polishing bonnets on my orbital sander. I find they absorb a bit of muck like using a cotton bonnet on carpet. Works well on steps too. I get a 2 pack of polishing bonnets for $10AUS so I can always crack out a fresh one on upholstery and then demote them to stair duty .

[Jamie]

Good to see you on here Simon, welcome to the forum.

Remember as I mentioned to you to check out the old Encap forum as well, here's the link

http://www.network54.com/Forum/228309/

[Simon]

Cheers mate Ill have a gander

[Cairnswun]

This is what I use to clean steps.

I keep it secure in a tool box.





Pre-spray steps and risers first, or just pre-spray risers.

Go up stairs using long handle cleaning risers.

Get to top and replace long handle with short handle.

Pre-spray treads, then clean treads coming back down.

Very easy on an old back.

Sometimes when they're really trashed I may have to resort to an extraction clean AFTER the Micro, then I will use this, (copied from an album, but I have the same tool.



For upholstery, I use a Makita variable speed polisher, again, sometimes, I may need to resort to hwe after scrubbing.

Another copy, but I have the same and also keep it in a Stanly tool box the same as the Micro Hos



For my extraction, I use this little porty, only a 100psi, but a very powerful vac; motor.



Preferred upholstery tools are HydroKinetic & Sapphire.

Hope this helps.

Shortwun.



PS::: I'm also going to try something different for those tight little areas on upholstery.

A microfiber cloth on a very small Black & Decker "Mouse", which is a small palm held orbital sander.






PPS::::: Whatever you choose to clean, ALWAYS read the label first.

I know this will be hard for men to comprehend.

[MikeB]

I used to use a Von Schrader Esprit. works very well but what a back killer!! I now use a small extractor or sometimes just pads and brush with bucket then extract or towel off depending on soil level. Mostly extractor on stairs.