Questions regarding Superglide and OP

Greetings,

I have two questions mostly directed at Ken with the Superglide and Pad Man with OP cleaning, but would appreciate the thoughts of anyone that would be willing to add their comments and suggestions.

First regarding the Superglide. I have a new invention that is just now coming to market. It is a new concept for continuous flow cleaning that currently has patents pending. The system is ideal for tile and grout cleaning with a package price that includes hose, turbo-type wand, vacuum with pump-out, injection sprayer, buffer with carpet brush and more for less than $2,500.00.

The vacuum is so powerful for tile and grout cleaning that I usually have to open up the vacuum ports on the wand to stop it from sucking too hard to the floor, but I am not pleased with the 200 cfm and low water lift for the carpet cleaning system.

I have seen the Superglide on this board in the past and am very curious as to how much something like this would help, but the price seems a little steep especially when my entire economy carpet cleaning package cost less than $800.00.

I have seen some people talk about drilling small holes near the wand lip and wondered if anyone has tried this. If so, what results have you seen?

I have the ability to go to 340" of water lift and beyond, but that increases the price considerably and getting better results from my existing vacuum would be great. Please let me know what any of you suggest.

Now to pad man. As a hardcore HWE cleaner I generally don't give much consideration to bonnett cleaning over HWE as long as the HWE is performed (which it rarely is) properly. I have been very impressed with your pictures and would like to meet with you to better understand your method for myself. I am customer oriented more than money motivated and I truly believe HWE is the best, but if you can honestly prove me wrong, I will put down my invention on the carpet cleaning side and start pushing OP cleaning.

I saw the pictures you posted and some comments you made regarding Joey Pickett on your post I would like to bring up. First of all comparing yourself as being better than Joey cleaning service isn't saying much. Even though Joey himself is a Master Cleaner and trainer and he even made the Dream Team in cleaning this year, I have several people in the Lexington area that are less than impressed with his work. I even know of one facility that I cleaned that had kicked his guys off the job because they could notice no difference at all! This was very dirty carpet and even Stanley Steamer did a better job. We do a much better job than Stanley by the way. Bottom line, using Joey as a measuring stick is not comparing yourself with true professional cleaning from what I have seen.

My second comment has to do with the pictures themselves. Many of them look like they have been done with a carpet wand verses a pad. What is the explanation for this? Do you use HWE after padding?

I am serious about wanting to be the best cleaner I can be and my ultimate goal for my company is to see people educated so the claims I see made by manufacturers and cleaners can be properly filtered through proper knowledge. If your system is truly better than I will be on your team in helping to promote it as well.

The three largest carpet mills in the world (Shaw, Mohawk and Beaulieu) say HWE is the preferred method. I believe this would be apparent if more HWE cleaners took the time to do the job right, but while a teacher myself, I want to always remain teachable.

Please do not take this as an attack on you as it is not meant to be that way. I am searching for clarity and truth where your system is concerned.

I stand to lose a lot of money by not selling my carpet cleaning system, but if your OP cleaning is better than I want to make sure I am incorporating it instead.

I stand ready to be convinced if you are willing. I live in Kentucky myself and am in the Lexington area frequently. You can contact me either at van@cleantileandcarpet.com or my cell phone is 502-724-3400.

May God bless you and those close to you and may His angels watch over you all.