What will the Certified Pile Brush do for me?

• Improve indoor air quality throughout a facility.
• Enhance performance of cleaning chemicals.
• Help remove traffic pattern areas.
• Restore breathability back into the carpet.
• Break up and remove deeply embedded soil in your carpet.
• Add life to your commercial or residential carpet.
• Groom the nap.

Why the Certified Pile Brush Stands out!

• Dual motor system.
• One motor drives a 4.5 inch diameter vegetable fiber or nylon brush.
• New, quieter motor drives vacuum.
• Improved filtration.
• Self leveling base.
• Larger bag capacity.
• Sand trap for collecting larger particles, allowing just fine dry particulate to pass through the vacuum motor into paper bag insert.
• Solid die cast aluminum construction.

What are the experts saying?

The 1998 Building Service Contractors Association International Carpet Guide says "The pile brush type vacuum will remove deeply embedded soil, and open up a nap more than a regular, lightweight vacuum. Usually, a pile brush machine will be used weekly on traffic lanes, monthly on all of the carpeted areas, and always just before any cleaning process. The pile brush vacuum is a dual-purpose machine because it is used both to maintain commercial carpet and to clean"

Shaw Industries, one of the leading manufacturers of carpet, says, "Using a pile lifter in traffic lanes just prior to cleaning will remove the deeply embedded soil and open up the pile so the hot water extraction can be more effective. After using a pile lifter, the final step...will be less difficult."
Additionally, Shaw's recommendation for in-house maintenance specifies "Use a pile lifter...in high traffic areas." Shaw's description of a pile brush might as well be Certified's pile brush, it is "...an upright two motor vacuum with a large, adjustable, gentle bristle brush with a motor, a high suction vacuum motor, and a sand trap."

What is missed by regular vacuuming?

Certified's Dirt-O-Meter shows you dry soil recovered with the Pile Brush. This is embedded soil that is missed with regular vacuuming.

Where and when do I use the Pile Brush?

• Traffic lanes and heavy pivot areas in hallways and in front of reception areas.
• Entrances into buildings.
• Elevator areas.

When?

• Always the first step in restorative cleaning.
• Minimum of once a week. More frequently with heavy foot traffic and wear.

Facts & Specs

• MOTOR: Out in the open away from dust and grit means longer life.

• TRANSMISSION: Brush drive is positive and geared to motor to insure continuous brush action even when pile is high or badly matted.

• OPERATION: Only the Certified Pile Brush is self-leveling and depth of brushing varies on the same rug conditions and height of pile.

• BRUSH: Certified solid spiral brush has gentle grooming action - does not break, cut or pull pile loop. Does not mat and is self-cleaning. Only Certified permits reversing of brush for longer wear. Also available with tufted nylon brush.

• PORTABLE: The Certified Pile Brush can be wheeled up a flight of stairs.

• VACUUM SYSTEM: Certified's exclusive sand trap prevents bobby pins, paper clips, carpet tacks or other metallic objects from ruining vacuum fan blades. Only lint and dust reach the blades and refill bag.

Certified Pile Brush is as Easy as 1, 2, 3.

Step 1
Scope your facility to determine the carpet problem areas, the determine the lie of the carpet pile. The Pile Brush is a ready-to-use machine. Just plug into the outlet. The height of the handle can be freely adjusted to desired height.

Step 2
Firmly grip the handle and hold in on the lever under the handle. The Pile Brush will gently pull you with the machine. To operate most effectively, always start in a corner of the area to be pile brushed facing the lay of the pile.

Step 3
Run Pile Brush forward two to three steps and pull back over the same area. This is where the Pile Brush is most effective, lifting the pile and removing the deeply embedded soil. The Pile Brush action is complete on the back stroke, against the lay of the nap. Adjust the pile brush handle to a 90 degree angle and place a wooden block behind the brush to keep from flattening out.

New Carpet pile before heavy traffic, dirt, moisture, etc: Soft Pile Uniform Breathability in fiber	New Carpet
Carpet pile with heavy traffic, insufficient maintenance, dirt, moisture, etc: Crushed Pile Non-Uniform Pile without breathability	Traffic lane after 12 months
Carpet pile restored after Pile Brush is used in a maintenance program: Pile restored Uniform pile Recovered breathability Improves appearance	The same traffic lane after the Certified Pile Brush
Above carpet  pile photos are from a traffic pattern lane in the same area.