acidic acid(viniger) used for what?
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Topic: acidic acid(viniger) used for what?
Posted By: JCOOPER
Subject: acidic acid(viniger) used for what?
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 1:17am
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how will adding acidic acid(viniger) to my chems help cleaning? i use a pre spray and point blue(steam soap). when should i use it and how?in my prespray or tank. what really works?just tell me. ------------- JCOOPER |
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 1:21am
It will make the house you're cleaning smell like a pickle jar. Other than that, not much
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Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 1:21am
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It depends if you have a french fry holder on the side of your portable........ the vinegar is for soaking fries in while you work...........but be carful not to buy the brown vinegar ........it stains the carpet Nightrider |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 1:36am
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knightrider you are on the ball. good dont have to buy that anymore. how about this one.what would you use for a white carpet?same as always.nothing extra i can do to help? ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 7:32am
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Mr. Cooper why are you using both a prespray and an emulsifier? Maybe the carpets are a bit stiff after you are finished? Fresh water rinse or a formulated acid rinse do wonders for a carpet. |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 11:39am
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i dont use the vinegar, but i have it.dont know when to ues it. i use avenge prespray and point blue steam soap. work good.what do you use on white carpet? ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 11:52am
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Same stuff works on all carpets. The challenge with white now that jute backing is a thing of the past, is the magnifing effect it has on soil particles . On a colored carpet filiment, the fibers are designed to hide the soil, so that even if your cleaning got only 80% of whats there, the carpet looks very clean. White carpet makes whatever soil you leave in LOOK bigger, so a more thorough cleaning is necessary if you want great results. Follow that up with a good rinse from Prochem or Fiberclean and you will not have problems on any nylon carpet and most olefin carpets as well. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 12:02pm
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thanks superglide.how about berber?it sucks right.fibers are to tight. what do you use? ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 3:38pm
jcooper: The berber does not suck. Your machine sucks. I think you need to attend a carpet cleaning seminar and fast. All berbers are not berbers. Make sence. Most berbers you run into will be an olefin/nylon blend. But you may run into a wool berber. Just because it is a loop does not necessarily mean it is a berber carpet. I think the word berber is just over used in the carpet cleaning industry. If it is loop and you don't know what it is, BS the home owner it's a berber. The same holds threw for a hard twist or saxony since about 80 to 90% of them are nylon you have an 80 to 90% chance at guessing what it is and being right. What you use to clean depends on the fiber, construction, amount of soil, type of soil and condition of the carpet. Just to mention a few options available to you to help you to make your decision on what cleaner to use. I will close now because I am sure one of the more knowledgable and more experienced cleaners will be able to assist you with your delima. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 4:28pm
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This is the reason those of us the know the answers don't like talking about carpet cleaning on the board. Once you start, you almost have to right a book to answer the question properly so that someone does not come after you and say, yes but with this exception to what you just said. One can almost write a book on just the exception to the rules under which you change the procedures to match the reality of the situation. Got that? ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 4:29pm
 ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 5:31pm
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Can't you all see that JCOOPER is just pulling your leg, sounds like Steamer to me..........but I think everyone is Steamer........... Nightrider |
Posted By: Lisa Smith
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 5:32pm
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Putting a bit of powdered peroxide in the mix really seems to make white carpet look great for me. When you were referring to acidic acid I think you meant acetic acid, or more properly glacial acetic acid, which is used a lot to prevent bleeding on oriental rugs and diluted can make a fine (but smelly) acid rinse where browning might be an issue. Take care, Lisa |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 5:40pm
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Wasn't hanging with Mr. cooper a tv show? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 28/April/2005 at 7:28pm
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There's a whole lotta suckin going on in the previous posts Nightrider |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 1:21am
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This carpet cleaning stuff is way too deep for me.
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Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 8:36am
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I only use acidic acid to neuterize browning...or peroxide on some cottons...I see no need to mix it in your pre-spray or your feed in your machine...and yes, jcooper...I fully agree with doug...go to the first cleaning siminar you find...and keep finding them and keep going...if you are going to stay in this business, you need to know what you are doing...become a "professional" carpet cleaner... ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 8:44am
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RICK........IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE A "PROFESSIONAL" WINDOW WASHER, OR "PROFESSIONAL" FLOOR MOPPER, OR "PROFESSIONAL" DUSTING LADY, OR PROFESSIONAL TOILET PAPER ROLL CHANGER.........THIS IS A JOKE NIGHTRIDER |
Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 9:03am
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the difference between a professional carpet cleaner and a guy who cleans carpets is about $20-$25 per room...haven't figured out the difference in the toilet paper roll changer yet...LOL ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 12:41pm
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So what you're telling me is that because I charge $40.00 /room........you will be able to get $65.00/room...because you consider yourself a "professional".......how many years of university do you have under your belt............I would like to see your PhD in Carpet Cleaning or at least a BA. You see Ted is a Carpetologist, he is the only one qualified to disect a carpet fibre. Nightrider |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 12:58pm
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HELL ILL TAKE 20 A ROOM..... ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 29/April/2005 at 5:11pm
| Do I hear $15. Going once...twice... |
Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 11:12am
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well...I am an IICRC Certified Master Cleaning Tech...Master Restoration Tech...and a Senior Inspector...does that help?... ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 2:15pm
| Yup, me too...Oh sorry not anymore. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 2:18pm
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I have seen people wearing all those IICRC medals. Pretty impressive. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:07pm
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not as impressive as you doug. ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:09pm
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I use mine to patch holes in the ass of my pants |
doug wrote:Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:18pm
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Maybe you shouldn't be sitting around so much?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:19pm
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It's not from sitting, it's from dragging my ass all the time
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Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:22pm
cmaster are you sure it's not from getting your ass kicked ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:23pm
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Not unless it's being kicked by some really rough boots |
Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 9:57pm
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I really haven't kept up with my certifications lately...most people don't really pay any attention to that...I do have all the knowledge from all those courses...which helps me, but I quit paying my dues to the IICRC when they started letting the bait and switchers get one person certified with the basic cleaning course and then letting them certify their company and use the IICRC logo in their advertising...it just cheapened the IICRC and I refuse to be associated with any group that allows those bottom feeders to have the status as me... ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 10:27pm
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that right rick screw um ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 11:50pm
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Rick, The IICRC expects you to do the policing. That's how they get around the B & S issue. You have to rat out the competition. |