Hand Washing vs Rug Pit

[Rob Allen]

Which is better and why?

Hand Washing



Pit Washing

[leofry]

Both look like they do a good job... wish i had a better place to do mine..... i have a garage i do mine in but such a mess to doel with if no place for the water to run..... No drainage....

[LisaWagner]

A wash pit is a transitionary wet wash step as you make your way to having a full rug cleaning facility with a cement wash floor. A pit also allows you to set up a wash station in a place that maybe later you need to use to park a vehicle, or dry rugs, or whatever.

You can clean really well whether you use a wash pit, or wash floor, or a patio in the back of your home - the wash quality is NOT the result of the set-up, but a result of the training and care of the rug cleaner.

I teach this in my clinic - that buying the better equipment and larger space allows you to be more PRODUCTIVE and PROFITABLE. A wash pit set up takes longer to turn around rugs, pumping out the water, getting fresh replacement water, and extracting - you can do more in less time on the wash floor - and if you get a wringer, or revolution, you can get water out of the rug much faster also than extraction. We doubled our volume when we went from extraction to a wringer 15 years ago.

That said, I can outclean the quality of one rug WAY better than a Moore fully operated system with a vacuum, ivory soap, cold water, hand brushes, vinegar, a squeegee, and a wet vac. It would take me a LONG time - but my attention to detail would make that hand cleaning far superior.

Whether you choose a wash pit or pouring a floor then does not depend on which one does better cleaning - it depends on the volume you want to handle. When you are ready to focus on rug cleaning full-time and not as an add-on, then get a rug plant with a real floor.

Lisa

www.TheRugChick.com