8.4 portables
I am almost at the point of throwing my current portable out a window and am just wondering of which of the two 8.4 portables you would choose. The only ones I know of thus far are Cobb's modified...
View ArticlePlease Welcome KrisPrasad to TruckMountForums!
Dear KrisPrasad, Welcome to TruckMountForums, the #1 forum for Cleaning & Restoration Professionals! We welcome you aboard, and hope that you'll have a great time here with our community as well....
View ArticlePet hair sucks
I'm dead slow this week, good thing is I got two good calls today to turn over some houses this weekend so that saves the rent. Anyway, I decided I would descale my TM and clean some other tools today...
View ArticleIs Fels king?
Just cleaned this nasty commercial inlay. Used pl5 boosted with TM, raked in because no electricity for crb, rinsed with CTI emul Det 9ph There were dark spots do I hit with Fels bar and rinsed. These...
View ArticleWon a contract, but also lost on upsell. Can I recover?
Picked up a itty bitty cleaning job, 1x a week: dustmop/mop, vacuum and clean 2 bathrooms. This was their request. I tried to up sell dusting of the office desks/trash removal/spot clean glass/and tidy...
View ArticleNew Sapphire set up in Ford van...
Id like to give a big thanks to Chris Pond at Cleaner's Depot for giving me a great truck mount set up! Although Chris didn't do the install he was instrumental in the footprint! He is by far the king...
View ArticleCheck out my new play toy
Sapphire scientific 370 View attachment 31787 Any ideas on efficient ways to install this in my van it's used with less than 100 hours I will post pictures of it after install I have a 300 foot live...
View ArticleRotary or a wand?
I've been looking at rotary vs a wand i had a rotovac 360 people and wanted to see if i really need that with really good chemicals?
View ArticleHhydramaster Phoenix
There's a company that's going into liquidation in the uk. They are selling off the machinery. There's a hydramaster Phoenix 450 with 1000 hours. Are these machines any good and what would it be worth,...
View ArticleHere's a fun Tile and grout job I did today
The before pictures are before I even pre sprayed. We're all guilty of taking the picture after we pre sprayed to make the floor look dirtier than it really is. But this one was bone dry when I took...
View ArticleWhere do you find deals on equipment
I am looking for some used equipment as I am looking for decent to good used equipment that I dont have to spend a fortune to get. Any suggestions? Currently looking for a square scrub and a smaller...
View ArticleShower Re-grouting...Video
Today we did a shower re-grout and I decided to film bits and pieces, enough to give you a good idea of how we do it. I am a grout and carpet cleaner not a videographer so it's not the best but gets...
View ArticleOSHA On the phone
Osha keeps calling offering me a 10 hour safety training online course for $115.00 I talked to the rep and I asked him if its a requirement and they are great at not answering the question clearly(and...
View ArticleRotary My A$$....
I See the arguments for rotaries and I do think they have their place. But what I do not believe is that rotary extractors achieve better results then a manual wand. I do think that a lot of guys may...
View ArticleTile master and Preload 5 review
Well, dumped em both out.... you want what is left of full containers come to my house and you are more than welcome to take them off my hands.
View ArticleBoxerr 421 for sale complete with reels and pm wand
2000 hours. Got it but then got a butler in a van and ready to go. $4100 obo plus shipping. TRADES? Located in Maine. Will meet within 100 miles. Waste and fresh included.
View ArticlePro russian forces are to blame for shooting plane down
Surprised the news is not reporting this. Pro-Russian Rebel Commander, using his VK.Com account (Russia’s version of Facebook) posted about shooting down the plane. The so called self-proclaimed...
View ArticleRed stain removal question.
Is it necessary to rinse the carpet post removing a synthetic stain? I worked on a nasty and 'discovered' a red stain under the filth. So after I am done, the customer wants the red stains gone too. I...
View ArticleAre we spoiled as carpet cleaners?
What do you consider to be a good hourly wage? I have recently picked up my first janitorial account which for the time spent and dollars coming in pays $20 per hour. It takes 3 hours each time so the...
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