2 Step Cleaning
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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
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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
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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 days
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 5:56am
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I live the two step....don't tell me Ninja you pull out a rotory for every call????? ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: clovis
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 8:14am
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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
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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
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There is a reason for applying the per spray seperate then the rinse? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 1:36pm
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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
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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 SPEND  ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 6:37pm
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I use my RX 20 but a few times a year. The rest of the time I just like to struggle?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 7:07pm
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I clean clean carpets...lol ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 7:20pm
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vacuum first.. |
Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 05/September/2006 at 10:57pm
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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 LARGE ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 11:00am
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2 - STEPS ==== SPASH & DASH LOL !!!!!!
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Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 7:05pm
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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
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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. ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 06/September/2006 at 8:07pm
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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. ------------- Kleen Kuip Supply Mart Inc. http://www.kleenkuip.com - New & Used Professional Carpet Cleaning Machines, Restoration Equipment, Training, Service and Supplies |
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
That's what I use. No complaints. |
G&M Cleaning wrote:Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 10:31am
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All I can say is, All I can say is. ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 3:44pm
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anything works as long as you pre-spray it...... ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 07/September/2006 at 4:57pm
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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
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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
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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 :)
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 7:36am
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heat is not always the best thing...when it comes to rinsing certain types of carpet...sometimes cold works better ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
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 >>> 
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Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 11/September/2006 at 10:42am
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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
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Two Step carpet cleaning is what we do here in calgary when they play Brooks and Dunn while we are cleaning. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: John Bolton
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 10:28am
Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 1:47pm
I love brooks and dunn 
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 5:04pm
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Me too! ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 5:32pm
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I love Ben & Jerry ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 5:38pm
I love Breyers
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 7:17pm
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What the hell do Ben, Jerry and Breyers have to do with the 2 step?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 12/September/2006 at 8:40pm
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How about 10 STEPS
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Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 1:29pm
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10 steps...seems like overkill to me
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Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 3:47pm
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
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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 ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: HeartlandSteam
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 5:21pm
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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
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it is all about the show...when it comes to cleaning... ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/September/2006 at 9:26pm
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You got that right
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