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Drying Interiors
Posted by Steve Bough
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Drying Interiors November 12, 2003 08:24PM |
<HTML>Living in Southern Indiana we have pretty nice weather in the summer and getting the carpets and upholstery dry after extracting hasn't been a problem...YET!
Now with the onset of fall and winter on the way the damper air has caused the process to become a bit lengthy.
We work in a nice shop that used to house a garage so I'm not talking about mobile details (I still don't see how you guys do that!).
During the summer we just put a couple of commercial grade fans pointing toward the interior with the doors open and everything dried fine.
Now I'm thinkin' we'll probably need something with heat too.
What do you guys use?
As always...any help and/or advice GREATLY appreciated!
Steve</HTML>
Now with the onset of fall and winter on the way the damper air has caused the process to become a bit lengthy.
We work in a nice shop that used to house a garage so I'm not talking about mobile details (I still don't see how you guys do that!).
During the summer we just put a couple of commercial grade fans pointing toward the interior with the doors open and everything dried fine.
Now I'm thinkin' we'll probably need something with heat too.
What do you guys use?
As always...any help and/or advice GREATLY appreciated!
Steve</HTML>
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Re: Drying Interiors November 12, 2003 10:23PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 49 |
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 03:34AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 31 |
<HTML>The best way to dry an interior is not to get it wet! I know that sounds like a smart remark but I'm not trying to be. I use a steamer to do my interiors and love it.... When I don't have that option I go with the brush and towel method. It works great for those cars that only need a little scrub a dub dub. Another thing you could do if gas is not a problem, let the car run with the AC on and the heat on HIGH! The AC will help pull out the moisture.</HTML>
Shone A. Rowley
Mobil Brite
Previous Trainer: Auto Magic of Western NY
Shone A. Rowley
Mobil Brite
Previous Trainer: Auto Magic of Western NY
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 03:50AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 751 |
<HTML>Steve, Shone has the right idea.
Use the extractor as lightly as possible. Heres what we do ..
Vacum all the heavy dust out ot the carpets and upholstry as much as you can, then spray lightly with a pre treatment cleaner. Let this soak while you clean the vinyl etc, then use the extractor lightly . The trick is to let the chemicals and the heat do the work for you .
Jim.</HTML>
Use the extractor as lightly as possible. Heres what we do ..
Vacum all the heavy dust out ot the carpets and upholstry as much as you can, then spray lightly with a pre treatment cleaner. Let this soak while you clean the vinyl etc, then use the extractor lightly . The trick is to let the chemicals and the heat do the work for you .
Jim.</HTML>
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 04:07AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,838 |
<HTML>The best way to dry your customer's interiors are:
1. Interior Dryer (Air Mover - $159)
2. Turn on heat full blast for 20 minutes while your waxing or doing something else.
3. Dry with clean microfiber towels, pushing pile of carpet as hard as you can to absorb most of the water. Microfibers will hold a lot.
Hope this helps!</HTML>
Take care,
Brian
Precision Auto & Marine
Learn to detail boats! Visit www.detailtheboat.com
1. Interior Dryer (Air Mover - $159)
2. Turn on heat full blast for 20 minutes while your waxing or doing something else.
3. Dry with clean microfiber towels, pushing pile of carpet as hard as you can to absorb most of the water. Microfibers will hold a lot.
Hope this helps!</HTML>
Take care,
Brian
Precision Auto & Marine
Learn to detail boats! Visit www.detailtheboat.com
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 06:26AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 382 |
<HTML>Very, very helpful to me...and I didn't even ask for it!!! Thanks again, guys. I figured I would try & avoid extracting in the cooler weather unless it was unavoidable. I like Jim's method unitl I can afford a heated fan.
Shone...what kind of steamer do you use? How much does the average steamer cost?</HTML>
Shone...what kind of steamer do you use? How much does the average steamer cost?</HTML>
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 09:48AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 31 |
<HTML>I am currently using the Erosteam 2000, I was very lucky to have been friends with the regional sales rep. I paid $1,100.00 for mine. They retail for about $2,000.00. You can find others out there cheaper but beware! Quality is everything, if it goes down, so does my business. Make sure you get a commercial unit...</HTML>
Shone A. Rowley
Mobil Brite
Previous Trainer: Auto Magic of Western NY
Shone A. Rowley
Mobil Brite
Previous Trainer: Auto Magic of Western NY
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 09:06PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 3,550 |
<HTML>If I may add my commentary to what has already been said with regard to drying interiors. The key is to use the proper process when cleaning and shampooing the carpets initially.
You have to evalute the carpets to determine what you need to do. If the carpets are really dirty and stained, let's say, this is the process:
1. Very, very thorough vacuuming to remove the 85% dry dirt
2. Spot all of the stains with appropriate removers and remove
3. Pre-Spray with friction/foaming shampoo
This is the key one. Apply only that amount of wet shampoo to
carpets necessary to get out the oily dirt. In this case, "if alittle
works well, a lot will work better" IS NOT THE COURSE OF ACTION.
Apply only what you need, less is better.
4. Friction shampoo with brush or rotary shampooer tool.
5. Extract by moving the nozzle in one direction slowly to remove
shampoo and dirt residue.
DO NOT run the extractor nozzle over the carpets like a brush, back
and forth. If you need friction then use a brush or shampooer tool.
An extractor nozzle is not for friction shampooing it is to extract clean
and/or rinse.
6. That done you will have only a moderately wet/damp carpet. If you
need to use some additional drying then get two interior dryers that
generate a minimum of 2100 cubic feet of air per minute and put in
the interior
As for the Blue Blowers with the add-on heater. We sold those for about 6 months and had to end up taking back almost all of them because the heater ended up being defective and did not work. They also only put out about 200 cfm. Not much compared to the other 2100 cfm units.
Just some of my thoughts on drying.
Regards
Bud A</HTML>
buda
You have to evalute the carpets to determine what you need to do. If the carpets are really dirty and stained, let's say, this is the process:
1. Very, very thorough vacuuming to remove the 85% dry dirt
2. Spot all of the stains with appropriate removers and remove
3. Pre-Spray with friction/foaming shampoo
This is the key one. Apply only that amount of wet shampoo to
carpets necessary to get out the oily dirt. In this case, "if alittle
works well, a lot will work better" IS NOT THE COURSE OF ACTION.
Apply only what you need, less is better.
4. Friction shampoo with brush or rotary shampooer tool.
5. Extract by moving the nozzle in one direction slowly to remove
shampoo and dirt residue.
DO NOT run the extractor nozzle over the carpets like a brush, back
and forth. If you need friction then use a brush or shampooer tool.
An extractor nozzle is not for friction shampooing it is to extract clean
and/or rinse.
6. That done you will have only a moderately wet/damp carpet. If you
need to use some additional drying then get two interior dryers that
generate a minimum of 2100 cubic feet of air per minute and put in
the interior
As for the Blue Blowers with the add-on heater. We sold those for about 6 months and had to end up taking back almost all of them because the heater ended up being defective and did not work. They also only put out about 200 cfm. Not much compared to the other 2100 cfm units.
Just some of my thoughts on drying.
Regards
Bud A</HTML>
buda
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Re: Drying Interiors November 13, 2003 09:06PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 3,550 |
<HTML>If I may add my commentary to what has already been said with regard to drying interiors. The key is to use the proper process when cleaning and shampooing the carpets initially.
You have to evalute the carpets to determine what you need to do. If the carpets are really dirty and stained, let's say, this is the process:
1. Very, very thorough vacuuming to remove the 85% dry dirt
2. Spot all of the stains with appropriate removers and remove
3. Pre-Spray with friction/foaming shampoo
This is the key one. Apply only that amount of wet shampoo to
carpets necessary to get out the oily dirt. In this case, "if alittle
works well, a lot will work better" IS NOT THE COURSE OF ACTION.
Apply only what you need, less is better.
4. Friction shampoo with brush or rotary shampooer tool.
5. Extract by moving the nozzle in one direction slowly to remove
shampoo and dirt residue.
DO NOT run the extractor nozzle over the carpets like a brush, back
and forth. If you need friction then use a brush or shampooer tool.
An extractor nozzle is not for friction shampooing it is to extract clean
and/or rinse.
6. That done you will have only a moderately wet/damp carpet. If you
need to use some additional drying then get two interior dryers that
generate a minimum of 2100 cubic feet of air per minute and put in
the interior
As for the Blue Blowers with the add-on heater. We sold those for about 6 months and had to end up taking back almost all of them because the heater ended up being defective and did not work. They also only put out about 200 cfm. Not much compared to the other 2100 cfm units.
Just some of my thoughts on drying.
Regards
Bud A</HTML>
buda
You have to evalute the carpets to determine what you need to do. If the carpets are really dirty and stained, let's say, this is the process:
1. Very, very thorough vacuuming to remove the 85% dry dirt
2. Spot all of the stains with appropriate removers and remove
3. Pre-Spray with friction/foaming shampoo
This is the key one. Apply only that amount of wet shampoo to
carpets necessary to get out the oily dirt. In this case, "if alittle
works well, a lot will work better" IS NOT THE COURSE OF ACTION.
Apply only what you need, less is better.
4. Friction shampoo with brush or rotary shampooer tool.
5. Extract by moving the nozzle in one direction slowly to remove
shampoo and dirt residue.
DO NOT run the extractor nozzle over the carpets like a brush, back
and forth. If you need friction then use a brush or shampooer tool.
An extractor nozzle is not for friction shampooing it is to extract clean
and/or rinse.
6. That done you will have only a moderately wet/damp carpet. If you
need to use some additional drying then get two interior dryers that
generate a minimum of 2100 cubic feet of air per minute and put in
the interior
As for the Blue Blowers with the add-on heater. We sold those for about 6 months and had to end up taking back almost all of them because the heater ended up being defective and did not work. They also only put out about 200 cfm. Not much compared to the other 2100 cfm units.
Just some of my thoughts on drying.
Regards
Bud A</HTML>
buda
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