100% VLM ???

[Kenny Hayes]

I saved your post. I need that for me personally in my house.

 

[bob vawter]

I get it, and there's nothing wrong with a 175, but we're talking to a long time P R O here. Don't #blush Sam!

WHY DOES MY PHONE SAY I'M IGNORING CERTAIN MEMBERS?

 

[Living The Dream]

CTI Power Gel works great on filtration lines. https://excellent-supply.com/produc...-15-oz-118-ml-tube-commercial-carpet-cleaning

That's good stuff, but I wish they would put it in a bottle and also get better labels.

 

[Cleanworks]

WHY DOES MY PHONE SAY I'M IGNORING CERTAIN MEMBERS?

It's a smart phone

 

[SteamwayPro]

Interesting discussion going on here. I'll start by saying that HWE is still the most efficient way to flush the highest level of contaminants from the carpet in a single shot. And that can be helpful in the case of a pigged out neglected carpet. However, to think that HWE alone can remove everything from the carpet is not realistic.

When we apply pre-spray we're adding a strong detergent, because we need the firepower to break up and emulsify soil. Now we have 2 components to rinse (1) pre-spray and (2) carpet grunge. We'll call that combination the "HWE target load".

So can HWE work to eliminate all of the "HWE target load"? No, it simply can't.

To illustrate: Consider taking 1 gallon of red paint / representing the "HWE target load". Now let's dilute the gallon of bright red paint 5 to 1 with 5 gallons of hot water. What do you have? It's still bright red! Dilute it with 10 more gallons of water. Still bright red. Add 25 more gallons of water. What do you have? Still red. It would take hundreds of gallons of water to get the water to a level that you can't see a trace of red.

That illustration describes the HWE process. The "HWE target load" is reduced (somewhat). But through the process of dilution and extraction, there will always be some remnant of the "HWE target load" left in the carpet. Anyone can easily recognize this fact. Even when an extremely effective HWE cleaning is performed, there would still be some "HWE target load" (i.e. red paint) left behind.

With encapsulation the soil can continue to be recovered after the initial cleaning / providing that you have an encap product that dries to a brittle crystal polymer that can be extracted through routine post vacuuming.

To be 100% honest, no cleaning method is completely perfect. So to say that any method achieves 100% soil removal is ridiculous. Our place as cleaning professionals is to reduce the "HWE target load" to the highest level that's reasonably acceptable. To imply that a method delivers total sanitizing, when we're dealing with carpet fiber, is simply not realistic.

This video about encapsulation pre-spray explains how adding an encapsulation component to our pre-spray can further reduce the "HWE target load".

This week I did some furniture cleaning at 2 Houses. I did one on Monday and after the sister saw the job she called me to do hers

Both Sisters have 2 German Shepherds that lay on the furniture. Lucky for me both Sectionals were dark blue but still were atrocious

I used Punch as a Rinse Detergent at 1 oz per gallon in my Heated Portable ( water gets to 200 degrees ) and was very pleased with the results and so were the customers

After doing those jobs I thought maybe I should have used it at 2 oz. It says on label 1-2 oz per gallon for portables but I think that is for carpet not furniture



What are your thoughts on using Punch as a Rinse Detergent on TRASHED Furniture

 

[Kenny Hayes]

I wouldn't put it in my portable‍♂
I'd mist it on.