Glides: My personal thoughts...

Tre , what wand do you use ? Maybe the glide you use isnt correctlly fitted .

I have never had a problem with glides that I had to glue mine .

I do agree about the problem around the baseboards , but thats what a good edging tool is for !

Also , if you inspect your glide daily , sometimes a going over with a bit of sandpaper will quickly resurface it and make it like new again !

James

Wouldn't catch me without one, but I have a bad shoulder, so I'm a little bit biased!

Just like any good tool, you have to......

1. Choose the right tool for the job

2. Know how to use the tool

3. Maintain the tool for maximum performance

The right tool in the hand of a master........well you just have to see it in action

I HAVE SOLVED THOSE PROBLEMS WITH ONE WAND!
The newest anwser is the "Quick Change Slider"
I'm taking Glides to the next level!
Catch Up!


AL

I hate when they wear out and have to be replaced..it a bi@#h getting them off..
but man I love my hybrid..
cn

Al,

you gotta have that for the Ti and the CMP 14" if you want some rapid sales growth

I would love to make them for those wands, but I need to make some
money from my first wand first.

You`ll make more money if you DO make them for the Ti and cmp.

I agree. Sometimes you have to compromise.

1: Glides slide back and forth while you cleaning (unless you glue them)

Wow, I had to heat in boiling water my first one to make it go on my proc quad jet, My Greenhorn wand came with it on and it also is plenty tight.

2: If you glue them, it is extremely difficult to get out all of the hair and any other junk that is stuck in your wand. So when you can't get this out with some scissors or pins you have to rip off the glide that has glue on it and clean it our properly and by doing this is a pain in the butt. Then you gotta re glue it.


Never had this problem, Who made your glide?? Kenny, Greenie???

3: You can never get close to the edges of the walls.


I have to disagree with you, My greenhorn get right next to the baseboard

4: Try getting out filtration lines with a glide, it doesn't happen!!

Wrong tools for the job, Not designed for that!!

5: When you have used your glide for awhile, sometimes pieces chip and don't come all the way therefor when you are cleaning lets say berber...it will pull a piece of the carpet out. This has happened to me many times!


Mine has never chipped, but it is also teflon, other types are not teflon. The slides are something else and I was told they occasionaly need a little filing

6: A stairtool glide....um no you can NOT clean the edges correctly with one of these period. I have went back and found many downfalls of cleaning berber stairs with a stairtool glide.


I beg to differ with you laddy, What the heck type of tools you using????Helen siad she she would quit doing stairs if she didn't have her green glide on her prochem stair tool, It gets the nose, the crotch and the edges. If there is filtration soil on the edges than that is a different story.

7. So really are glides still worth the headaches?

Do you smoke Wacky tabacky?? don't think you know what you are talking about and are just keyboard happy!!!I

8. Is your cleaning %110 quality or does by having a glide make it a downfall?

No flippen way, I would not clean with out a glide with what I know now

9. Do you really believe carpets dry faster with a glide?


You bet you boots they dry faster, and they will dry faster than that when you tweat your complete vacuum system and make it all a minimum 2 inches. ........

The only problem I have is small debris will not pass through the glide. They clean well, dry good, and make pushing the wand very easy. No problems removing filtration soil either.

CA,

Remember, first step of cleaning is dry soil removal........Vacuum that small debris first.

The 4 sections you require are Heat, Agitation, Time and Chemical Agent (detergent)
Remove one and you have to increase one or more of the others to achieve a good result.
I had been using a Glide on my TI wand and was happy with the results, that was until i found Mr Slide on the canadian board and watched his SLIDE progress from thought to production.
I am in Australia and i took what i read on board and purchased a Link and 2 SLIDES to try them out.
I now have the entire range of the SLIDES and almost ever day i find a new use for the different SLIDES.
My favourite at this stage is the Washboard SLIDE. This SLIDE gives serious agitation and for those doing rentals once you use this you will wonder how you ever got along without one, the results will amaze you.
Although they are only available for the Prochem Quad Jet Wand at this stage, i would recommend that if you didn't have one of those wands, do yourself a favour and purchase one so you can experience the SLIDES.
As someone pointed out earlier some glides are a mongrel to get on and off so normally once you get it on, you tend to leave it there.
With these SLIDES, the choice is yours, they can be swapped and changed in a matter of seconds to suit whatever floor your about to clean and best of all they can be completely removed from your wand and replaced in minutes.

Mick

I do not like glides they do not scrub, they get clogged and I feel they leave the carpet more wet.

Have to say I disagree completely. The glide allows for more airflow because the wand wont lock down on the carpet, while a wand w/o a glide will lock down or cut off the airflow.

If you want to scrub try the agitator range of SLIDES or the Washboard SLIDE.
When i changed from using a glide on my TI wand to using the SLIDE on the quad jet wand, i did NOT say anything to my customers. The very first job i did using the Easy SLIDE slotted, the customer said to me after walking across the just cleaned carpet in stocking feet, to the door to pay me;
The carpet feels so much dryer than when you usually clean, i then told her i was using a SLIDE.
And to date i have had nothing but positive feedback from using the SLIDES. And remember were in the middle of winter here were we are starting each day at zero C.

Mick