Steve Porter
Cleantalker Veteran
Andrew
Salesmen & women need to sell, whilst there are some very honest salesmen & women there are many more who will lie & or give bad advice just to get a sale. Learning from salesmen will only teach you how to sell in order to increase your money & keep your job. In reality would you honestly take the word of a salesman on the best practises on how to (let's say) maintain your carpet? Yep, if you too (client) really don't know any different then yes you probably would BUT ANY carpet cleaning professional would trump their knowledge, not based on what a manufacturer claims or what they were told to say by the retailer boss but by bespoke professional carpet maintenance training.
Specialist advice in any industry comes only from specialist companies that specifically carry out that work
So, a puny lightweight Sebo Duo can cause pilling on a wool loop piled carpet. So why in many cases do I agitate wool loops (both low & high end) with a 26Kg rotary fitted with a solid metal disc (adding 4ish Kg's) that has a full set of 1.5" nylon teeth on the bottom that rotates at over 230rpm & not get pilling?
Oh & yes, whilst in some cases I would advice madam to use a suction only vacuum cleaner or one with a air driven brush bar for regular maintenance, why then can I use a twin motored upright on her carpet without pilling?
It's all down to specialist knowledge & techniques & none of the BS.
I regularly hear people waffle on about how they use 3M type red pads, black pads & a myriad of different (cheap) coloured pads that have always been designed for hard floor maintenance on loops, tufted & all sorts of carpet fibre with no problem.
It's something that I would be concerned about (says he that runs a heavy rotary on sensitive fibre types)! these pads do damage carpet fibre, end of, period, if you need proof of what can go wrong just use a microscope (if not obvious at first) to see the now scratched & torn fibres. On the Floormac I've always used a black brush & either active bonnet or striped polo pad, both made for the job
You'd probably find that the Floormac would be a more versatile option for you, certainly more practical & more efficient than the Duo although I wouldn't want to use the Floormac for commercials, I don't have THAT much time! You can buy a quality Victor for around £500 new & it should keep you going for many years thus being very cheap to buy. If you're looking at a secondhand Floormac.......if it's had a lot of use then personally I wouldn't bother, yes it may be great BUT they're in no way as bullet proof as a Victor/ Dry Fusion style of propa rotary machine
Just my thoughts
I know you'll do what's best for your new business, I'd just like to make life a little easier for you, point you in hopefully a safer direction & one that will yield quality & profitable results without you having to use your insurer or your bank to replace something that was easily avoidable or buy more kit because you thought new prices were too much.
Salesmen & women need to sell, whilst there are some very honest salesmen & women there are many more who will lie & or give bad advice just to get a sale. Learning from salesmen will only teach you how to sell in order to increase your money & keep your job. In reality would you honestly take the word of a salesman on the best practises on how to (let's say) maintain your carpet? Yep, if you too (client) really don't know any different then yes you probably would BUT ANY carpet cleaning professional would trump their knowledge, not based on what a manufacturer claims or what they were told to say by the retailer boss but by bespoke professional carpet maintenance training.
Specialist advice in any industry comes only from specialist companies that specifically carry out that work
So, a puny lightweight Sebo Duo can cause pilling on a wool loop piled carpet. So why in many cases do I agitate wool loops (both low & high end) with a 26Kg rotary fitted with a solid metal disc (adding 4ish Kg's) that has a full set of 1.5" nylon teeth on the bottom that rotates at over 230rpm & not get pilling?
Oh & yes, whilst in some cases I would advice madam to use a suction only vacuum cleaner or one with a air driven brush bar for regular maintenance, why then can I use a twin motored upright on her carpet without pilling?
It's all down to specialist knowledge & techniques & none of the BS.
I regularly hear people waffle on about how they use 3M type red pads, black pads & a myriad of different (cheap) coloured pads that have always been designed for hard floor maintenance on loops, tufted & all sorts of carpet fibre with no problem.
It's something that I would be concerned about (says he that runs a heavy rotary on sensitive fibre types)! these pads do damage carpet fibre, end of, period, if you need proof of what can go wrong just use a microscope (if not obvious at first) to see the now scratched & torn fibres. On the Floormac I've always used a black brush & either active bonnet or striped polo pad, both made for the job
You'd probably find that the Floormac would be a more versatile option for you, certainly more practical & more efficient than the Duo although I wouldn't want to use the Floormac for commercials, I don't have THAT much time! You can buy a quality Victor for around £500 new & it should keep you going for many years thus being very cheap to buy. If you're looking at a secondhand Floormac.......if it's had a lot of use then personally I wouldn't bother, yes it may be great BUT they're in no way as bullet proof as a Victor/ Dry Fusion style of propa rotary machine
Just my thoughts
I know you'll do what's best for your new business, I'd just like to make life a little easier for you, point you in hopefully a safer direction & one that will yield quality & profitable results without you having to use your insurer or your bank to replace something that was easily avoidable or buy more kit because you thought new prices were too much.
