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[Meter Maid]

Carpet was filthy. Came out pretty good a week ago. Customer emailed me these photos today. Said she’s vacuumed from all directions and the stripes are still there.

I’d appreciate some advice. I have heard clogged jets can do this. Thoughts?

 

[Meter Maid]

I asked her about shadows. Used my 12” Devastator.

 

[Andy]

Check the spray pattern on your wand make sure that there is a nice even fan all the way across. If there are two fans hitting each other they can create a turbulence that distorts the yarn. @Mikey P made a video about spray tip angles.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Ask her if she ever cleaned the carpet in the past. I just did an apartment last week that had those lines in it and I found out they used their magic chemical under the sink, causing color loss. I couldn't get those lines to go away

 

[Small town janitorial]

Is that the direction you were wanding? Doesnt really look like wand marks to me, but I could be wrong. Strange.

 

[hogjowl]

All I can tell you is what I’d be thinking.
I’d go back and Rotovac it, because I’d suspect that I left dirt in it.
I’d also clean out my wand jets

 

[BIG WOOD]

The lines from left to right are what I’m referring to on the color loss

 

[Trip Moses]

 

[Meter Maid]

I believe I wanded in the same direction but my strokes are not that long.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

How about floor boards beneath interfering with your results. Doesn't seem like your wand technique could be that consistent (unlike boards.)

BTW, looks pretty good considering.

 

[Trip Moses]

Carpet was filthy. Came out pretty good a week ago. Customer emailed me these photos today. Said she’s vacuumed from all directions and the stripes are still there.

I’d appreciate some advice. I have heard clogged jets can do this. Thoughts?View attachment 94366View attachment 94367

Did you PreVac?

 

[Meter Maid]

How about floor boards beneath interfering with your results. Doesn't seem like your wand technique could be that consistent (unlike boards.)

BTW, looks pretty good considering.

It’s concrete slab underneath the carpet. The carpet was a little loose, needs to be stretched, could that have anything to do with it?

 

[Meter Maid]

Did you PreVac?

Not on that one, she was using her shark when I arrived.

 

[Trip Moses]

Not on that one, she was using her shark when I arrived.

Doesn’t matter. It was probably clogged to some extent.
Did you use anything to agitate the prespray?
CRB, rake, rotary, OP?

 

[Trip Moses]

Not on that one, she was using her shark when I arrived.

Doesn’t matter. It was probably clogged to some extent.
Did you use anything to agitate the prespray?
CRB, rake, rotary, OP?

 

[Trip Moses]

What psi are you cleaning with?

 

[Dolly Llama]

Streaky wand/over pressure for the carpet
jet distortion

..L.T.A.

 

[Meter Maid]

I had it set around 500 psi, which probably gave me around 400 at the wand.

I did not agitate with anything other than some serious scrubbing with the wand.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Streaky wand/over pressure for THAT particular carpet
....jet distortion


..L.T.A.

 

[Trip Moses]

Last question. Wh

I had it set around 500 psi, which probably gave me around 400 at the wand.

I did not agitate with anything other than some serious scrubbing with the wand.

What chems?

 

[DAT]

Where the picture of your wand, specifically the jet area Wanna see whats up?

 

[Hack Attack]

If its longer and more consistent than your wand strokes its a preexisting condition your cleaning has highlighted

looks like Matt rented her a rug dr

I'd rotovac or 175 scrub then wand

 

[Meter Maid]

Last question. Wh

What chems?

I used Rocket from Bonnet Pro with a booster. I used an encap purposely since there were lots of spills. Just not where the striping is.

 

[Andy]

Do the windows have vertical blinds?

 

[Meter Maid]

Nope.

 

[Dolly Llama]

look at the first pic by tile
to the right where the right side of wand would of been against that black box/thingie

looks to me like the left or left inner jet is fouled


..L.T.A.

 

[hogjowl]

Oh shut up!
Don’t you have a wall to paint?

 

[Jimmy L]

Ask her if she ever used a rug doctor from the supermarket and........used laundry detergent............that contains optical brightners.

A test using a black light would confirm it.

SHE caused it

 

[Dolly Llama]

Oh shut up!
Don’t you have a wall to paint?

NO
and
no

we're hanging siding, insulating attics and doing lead abatement this week .
Next month we do have a lead abatement job that part of will be film stabilization ...that's painting


interestingly enough, you were the one dumazz on this thread closest to right .
trashed carpet when started and clean(er) streaks when done


..L.T.A.

 

[FB7777]

All I can tell you is what I’d be thinking.
I’d go back and Rotovac it, because I’d suspect that I left dirt in it.
I’d also clean out my wand jets

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