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Topic: 2 Step Cleaning
Posted By: G&M Cleaning
Subject: 2 Step Cleaning
Date Posted: 04/September/2006 at 3:55pm
Would like to know if anyone uses the 2 Step Extraction Cleaning Method.? 1st. Prespray Carpet with hot water and solution 2nd rinse soap out with Carpet Rinse. and what do you think of it and does it work.? Thanks for any info on this method.  I think I saw it in a SEARS ad. Sounds like it would work  but not sure of any problems encountered.
 
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Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 04/September/2006 at 6:03pm
That would work fine on light to moderate soil. BUt, Would not work too well on REAL NASTY carpets.  Also, SEARS doesnt carry rotaries on their trucks either. 
 
I started out workin for SEARS. They sent me out as a helper after 9 days of in house training. They gave me my own truck after one month. I feel so guilty thinking back about my Hack daysErmm.


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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 5:56am
I live the two step....don't tell me Ninja you pull out a rotory for every call?????

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Posted By: clovis
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 8:14am

So you just pre spray with solution and hot water and rinse with hot water?



Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 12:25pm
In 6 years of carpet cleaning, thats what I have found to be the most effective.  However you want to prespray the areas with a pretreatment chemical, not your solution.  After pre-treating you extract with hot water and solution from your truck mount.  

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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 1:00pm
There is a reason for applying the per spray seperate then the rinse?

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Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 1:36pm
Naaah steamer. I only pull it out for the nasties.
 
 
 
Steamer, Dont tell you never use rotary aggitation for nasties?!
 
 
 
 
 


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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 6:34pm

I have, but rarely....I have a scrub brush on a stick that is way quicker and is just as effective..

plus the customers just love to see me sweat.....
 
but it still depends on how much they SPENDNah, nah


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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 6:37pm
I use my RX 20 but a few times a year. The rest of the time  I just like to struggle??

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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 7:07pm
I clean clean carpets...lol

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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 7:20pm

vacuum first..



Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 10:57pm
VAC FIRST
pre-spray with *****
extract with ****** in the tank then go over it with a **** then get paid and they'll call you back for sure!


Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 8:11am
get paid LARGELOL

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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 11:00am
2 - STEPS ==== SPASH  &  DASH  LOL !!!!!!Nah, nah


Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 7:05pm
always pre spray...no matter what condition the carpet is.  This will get the carpets cleaner, AND it will making it easier on you when you extract.

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Posted By: clovis
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 7:10pm
What is everyone using for a pre-spray.


Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 7:26pm
I prespray & then rise with how water only. I think that it is safer to rinse with clean hot water than to leave a solution in the carpet.

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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 8:07pm
Generally the 2-step cleaning processd is first scrubbing with a rotary machine using a higher type foam product then hot water extracting with either no detergent or with detergent or a mild acid rinse. Better known as Textile Rinse.

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Posted By: G&M Cleaning
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 10:11pm
I like DFC 210 Powder Prespray   i think it does a great job and leaves no soap residue.


Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 12:45am
Originally posted by G&M Cleaning G&M Cleaning wrote:

I like DFC 210 Powder Prespray   i think it does a great job and leaves no soap residue.

That's what I use. No complaints.


Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 10:31am
All I can say is, All I can say is.

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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 3:44pm
anything works as long as you pre-spray it......

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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 4:57pm

SS don't pre-spray



Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 6:25pm
They sell it as an option.


Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 7:54pm
Really!?
 
 
 


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Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 8:07pm
Yepper.


Posted By: wheelerman
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 9:47pm
prespraying with a hydo-force is a must in my opinion and if the carpet is heavily soiled I will rake the traffic areas in and extraction with a detergent. I am currently using Bridgepoints Point blue But sinse I have got my new Peak because the heat if much higher than the cleanco was I am thinking of giving Prochems Heat wave a try. If  the carpet is grossly dirty then I pull out My RX-20. Once I am done if I am concerned about soap residue I will mist a rinse on all the cleaned carpet.
 
Just the way we do it :)


Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 7:36am

heat is not always the best thing...when it comes to rinsing certain types of carpet...sometimes cold works better



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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 7:51am
It is in the WINTER.....lol.....No Heat? here's what happen's >>> Headbang


Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 11/September/2006 at 10:42am
Why would it not be safe to extract with solution?  When you extract you are already using clean, hot water.  Adding a solution to that can save time and effort!!

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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/September/2006 at 12:10pm
Two Step carpet cleaning is what we do here in calgary when they play Brooks and Dunn while we are cleaning.

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Posted By: John Bolton
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 10:28am
Why limit yourself to a mere two steps?

The most efficient soil removal when extraction cleaning is a progressive procedure.

First remove much of the 70-80% of soil that will come out dry with a pre-vacuum. A good brushing vacuum cleaner will also start the process of pile conditioning.

Having removed much of the dry soil, you can then start adding liquids without making mud (or at least make a cleaner mud). Whether the first wet stage of the clean is pre-spotting, a general pre-spray, or just pre-spraying of the traffic lanes will depend on the condition of the carpet and the products to be used.

If you are to use an in-tank detergent then in many instances only the heavily-trafficked area will need to be pre-treated. When a pre-spray is applied it make sense to brush it in to ensure that the product makes full contact with the soil (see http://www.worldofclean.co.uk/index.php?show_aux_page=32 - http://www.worldofclean.co.uk/index.php?show_aux_page=32 ).

On low-profile commercial carpet this can be achieved with a conventional rotary or oscillating pad machine, but on a piled carpet the two contra-rotating brush machines such as the Host or Envirodry will not only achieve the objectives of agitation of the pre-treatment but also greatly enhance the pile reconditioning element of the process.

My preferred HWE process involves the use of detergent-free  and soap-free pre-conditioning agents followed by a plain water extraction rinse, so I pre-treat all of the carpet.

To many, who are 'one-machine minded' this will sound a long-winded process but the more efficiently the early stages of the clean are performed, the quicker the final rinse will be - so if you are working to  a high standard rather than merely playing 'beat the clock', the total cleaning time is not increased.




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Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 1:47pm
I love brooks and dunn   Smile

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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 5:04pm
Me too!

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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 5:32pm
I love Ben & Jerry

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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 5:38pm
I love BreyersBig smile


Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 7:17pm
What the hell do Ben, Jerry and Breyers have to do with the 2 step??

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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 8:40pm
How about 10 STEPS
 
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Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 1:29pm
10 steps...seems like overkill to me

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Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 3:47pm
Originally posted by HeartlandSteam HeartlandSteam wrote:

10 steps...seems like overkill to me

It's not really ten steps. Step 1 is showing up and Step 10 is the customer smiling. There's a lot of filler in there. I take a lot of legit steps in my process, but that wasn't the point of this thread, which is why no one else went into it.


Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 5:05pm

Waste of print....lol... steps we take for granted...it could be 50 steps...including wake up in the morning ...and brush my teeth...lol



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Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 5:21pm
Yea, ya know I guess whatever makes the customer feel like their moneys worth

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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 9:17pm
it is all about the show...when it comes to cleaning...

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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 9:26pm
You got that rightBig smile



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