Hello,
New to the business, trying to start up part time and hopfully make it full time, but have been reading on forum for about a month now and here is my first story.
Bought a Master Blend Masterforce 1200 psi portable with no heat so i can do both carpets and tile.
Tried to clean my first room yesterday at home, bedroom that hasn't been cleaned in a while, has a definate dirty traffic area and some stains not sure exactly what they are from.
Here is what i did:
1. Prespray (Steambrite kryptonite) with hydroforce injection sprayer the entire room.
2. Preaggitate with rake and also used a small "brush pro" type unit that is used for dry cleaning.
3. HWE (hot water from faucet no heater) using a wand.
4. In my opinion, results were terrible, the traffic areas didn't come clean at all and the spots didn't budge.
5. Tried another prespray powder (Steambrite Powerhouse) mixed and applied same process.
6. HWE again, not much better.
7. By this time carpet is soaked - put fan down and ran for some time - still this morning carpet is damp. Definately overwet.
8. Portable has 1 - 2stage and 1 - 3stage vac motors - suction with hand over 25' hose end appears good, but then when i checked at bottom of wand it was hardly anything.
Very disappointing first time try. I was expecting to put down prespray aggitate then HWE and at least the traffic lanes come clean. I thought i would have to work on the spots with something else. They have been there for a couple years so don't know if they are set in or not. When i used a spotter for ink they did lighten up but didn't come out all the way.
Have a few pics. Not sure what kind of carpet it is, about 15 years old, i am guessing nylon but not sure.
And with all that being said any guidance would be greatly appreciated. My thought is i should try a different prespray, actually have some Matrix Grand Slam on the way and was going to also try TMF preload.
Thanks everyone for any assitance you can provide. :)
Tom
New to the business, trying to start up part time and hopfully make it full time, but have been reading on forum for about a month now and here is my first story.
Bought a Master Blend Masterforce 1200 psi portable with no heat so i can do both carpets and tile.
Tried to clean my first room yesterday at home, bedroom that hasn't been cleaned in a while, has a definate dirty traffic area and some stains not sure exactly what they are from.
Here is what i did:
1. Prespray (Steambrite kryptonite) with hydroforce injection sprayer the entire room.
2. Preaggitate with rake and also used a small "brush pro" type unit that is used for dry cleaning.
3. HWE (hot water from faucet no heater) using a wand.
4. In my opinion, results were terrible, the traffic areas didn't come clean at all and the spots didn't budge.
5. Tried another prespray powder (Steambrite Powerhouse) mixed and applied same process.
6. HWE again, not much better.
7. By this time carpet is soaked - put fan down and ran for some time - still this morning carpet is damp. Definately overwet.
8. Portable has 1 - 2stage and 1 - 3stage vac motors - suction with hand over 25' hose end appears good, but then when i checked at bottom of wand it was hardly anything.
Very disappointing first time try. I was expecting to put down prespray aggitate then HWE and at least the traffic lanes come clean. I thought i would have to work on the spots with something else. They have been there for a couple years so don't know if they are set in or not. When i used a spotter for ink they did lighten up but didn't come out all the way.
Have a few pics. Not sure what kind of carpet it is, about 15 years old, i am guessing nylon but not sure.
And with all that being said any guidance would be greatly appreciated. My thought is i should try a different prespray, actually have some Matrix Grand Slam on the way and was going to also try TMF preload.
Thanks everyone for any assitance you can provide. :)
Tom