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nightrider ![]() Marketing Master ![]() Joined: 12/March/2004 Status: Offline Points: 4666 |
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General Lee...........just ask your Grand-mother how she cleaned her rugs....... For the hell of a promotion stunt it I've done that back in the late 80's, as a demo in a shopping center using normal people passing by who volenteered to use a brush, soap & a shop-vac........then another using an ElectroLux Shapooer........a rented grocery store portable.........and my Truckmount ( 1985 Cleanco ) The carpet came clean using all methods, but my demo was aimed for them to call me to do it faster, better ( cause the cleanablity is constant ) no mess, and they can sit and have a cup of coffee while I do all the manual labour.I did not want to try to promote that a truckmount was the best thing since sliced bread I just wanted to show them that I can do it for them using a better& faster method with less effort. I see you still like to make this carpet cleaning stuff a science General Nightrider Edited by nightrider |
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Adwa ![]() Queen of the Board ![]() ![]() Joined: 05/March/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4568 |
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Nightrider Lee...........gets that kind of answer........by just saying yeah right. What novel could you possibly write if he just said.......right. |
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Anybody who has ever used tide and a bucket knows it turns brown REALLY QUICK. I have been doing this for a long time 'rider. Its not like I haven't "been there and done that". If you have been doing it as long as you say I am really shocked that you don't use "the oldest trick in the book". Used to be (in the early '80s) when we got the very dirtiest carpet we just poured pails of hot water on it and sucked it right back out. Nothing did better than that. And it didn't resoil. And as for my Gram, she beat the rugs on a cloths line. |
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nightrider ![]() Marketing Master ![]() Joined: 12/March/2004 Status: Offline Points: 4666 |
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Your Granny should have beaten you hanging on the clothes line Never did the pails of hot water trick, too simple of an idea I suppose...........I like the complicated more dramatic approach where I can be the star of the show Adwa, he would have gotten a condensed version, I would have left out all the 3 letter words, and all vowels. Nightrider Edited by nightrider |
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barwbarn ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16/January/2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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Sorry.I disagree. Cleaning carpets "right" is a job, talent, science, what-ever................ It is a combination of the right eqipement, the right know -how and the right chemicals. You can adjst any of these factors into the equation and get close to the same results.
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barwbarn ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16/January/2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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Having used truck mounts for the past 15 years (4 diferent units) I can tell you it does make a difference. Propane was the best till now. You have got to have the heat, the vacuum and the right chemicals or you will see the diference, if you care to look. There are guys with portables, guys with truck mounts and there are professionals. Guys who will work to achieve their goal, no matter what equipment they have.
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nightrider ![]() Marketing Master ![]() Joined: 12/March/2004 Status: Offline Points: 4666 |
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Why do you have to have heat to do a good job..........Take a look at what Padman can do with his method. I bought a Truckmount in 1985, was cleaning carpets for 1 month beforehand...................I wasn't a professional carpet cleaner...........I'm still not a pro, I know nothing about a carpet, I own a Chinese restaurant, I don't cook............ neither am I Chinese, I like to wear running shoes that doesn't make me an athlete. Portables, truckmounts, bonnet cleaning, a rag & pail are all tools, it's up to you to make the best of them. How come in auto racing there is only 1 winner, they all have fast cars.........how come only 1 hockey team wins, when they start the game they are all equal. You're the star of the show Barwbarn..........you make it all happen.........not your machine. Nightrider Edited by nightrider |
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LilNiteRidrhood ![]() Master Carpet Cleaner ![]() Joined: 17/March/2004 Location: Antarctica Status: Offline Points: 1257 |
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No but a hot truckmount sure makes everything else easier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MR. STEAMER ![]() True Patriot ![]() Only in the GTA Joined: 03/March/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 14549 |
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hot water feels nice going threw the wand
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barwbarn ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16/January/2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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I have cleaned from 120 to 200. 200 makes my job a lot easier. I don't have to work as hard to get the same results. It cuts down my cleaning time. I do a lot of salvage work. A hot machine cleans better, dries faster. Add a pre-treatment and a rinse and they keep calling you back. It is the repeat business that keeps me going. I work 10 to 14 hours a day where other companies are sitting in the shop. Why? because I constantly try to improve. My carpets get cleaner, stay clean and smell good. Sorry. I enjoy what I am doing. I strive to do the best job I can no matter what is envolved, no matter the profit and I sleep good at night. When people call in and request you and you only you know you are doing right. Sorry: no brag, just fact. When a customer calls in and says: send my old man over here....I feel good. Sorry...didn't mean to get serious. Most guys my age have retired. It is not in my future.
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MR. STEAMER ![]() True Patriot ![]() Only in the GTA Joined: 03/March/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 14549 |
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I think slide in's give way better heat than a pto
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nightrider ![]() Marketing Master ![]() Joined: 12/March/2004 Status: Offline Points: 4666 |
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Sounds good to me BarwBarn, I don't know how old you are, I'm 52 and if if I was called to always do salvage jobs I would try to sell them new carpeting instead............maybe I'm off track here but that's what I get from your post. Can you fill us in as to exactly what kind of contracts you get that keeps you working 14 hours /day....Thanks Nightrider |
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barwbarn ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16/January/2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9 |
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We have a lot of residential customers. Mostly repeats and referals. We quit advertising about 6 months ago. The cost did not justify the end. We also have several realestate accounts, commercial accounts, restaurants and about 20 apartment complexes. we are a full service co. we deversified several years ago so that we could stay busy. I logged 1500 hours on my macine last year. Just a few more hours and I am going full time. I am 62. I plan on slowing down around 80. I may be in a wheel chair with a wand attached but I will still be cleaning. (The GOOD LORD willing and the creek don't rise). Shoot: if I were to retire I would drop dead within 6 months. I love to eat too much and get bored sitting around Sunday afternoons.
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MR. STEAMER ![]() True Patriot ![]() Only in the GTA Joined: 03/March/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 14549 |
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1500 hours is a lot of carpet... I use to log about 400 hours a month... but since I'm not working for the slave drivers any more maybe I'll log that for the year....lol
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