Re: May be tossing in the towel.

by Johnny Bravo Sun Aug 28, 2016 7:52 am

Out of curiosity, can I ask how old you are?

by dp1 Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:41 am

Johnny, he's 51 I think ?

by Johnny Bravo Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:00 am

dp1 wrote:Johnny, he's 51 I think ?

Thanks! Damn, I'm older then him.

by dp1 Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:28 am

How old are you man ? And where are you from ? How long have you been doing carpet cleaning ?

by Mike Myers Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:35 pm

Hi MO Mike here I'm brand new to this board but in the business all my life. For the last 15 years I've gone to 1/2 the job's ( have 2 trucks) and had an assistant push the wand and move furniture and etc. I just be friends with the customer and watch movies eyes be made. I'm not all filthy and sweaty when I go home. No problem on my back. You should do the same.

by milspec6 Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:53 pm

I hope to do the same at some point Mike, nobody beats the ravages of time. Just need to get things built up a little more and find the right employees this time around.

by milspec6 Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:11 pm

You may be right Mo, I just don't see enough of those smaller jobs.

I don't think the wanding is the problem as much as it is the loading / unloading and dealing with hoses.

Working alone, I tend to step on a vac hose at least once on a job and roll my ankle. Luckily, my ankles are made of rubber, but it is just a matter of time.

by Mike Myers Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:20 am

we were pooped

by Mike Myers Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:21 am

we were pooped

by Mike Myers Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:34 pm

Correction...I said 450 ..that was when both trucks were at it. The one in the video I think was running 300

by milspec6 Fri Sep 16, 2016 3:26 pm

Nice video, Mike, like the narration. Wish I found places with carpet that nice, finished my large one last night and it included 2 dead bats what were stepped on and the remnants of a cat that got too close to the alligators. Shocked

I run that same blower out to about 325 normally, could go more, but try to stay under 300 feet.

Looks like the gym offered a little of every type of surface to clean. Did you do the mats as well?

by Mike Myers Fri Sep 16, 2016 4:53 pm

Yep the mats we did just what was really needed with the mounts and encapsulated the majority of them. The chairs I had my port guy on too. Bats and dead cat "Oh My". I live in so. Ca. I can't compete with the dead wildlife but I did have a newer Karistan with a Starbucks "Vente...cafe...lotte..mocha easy on the whip decaf" spill I had to clean up. (I wore gloves).

by milspec6 Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:48 pm

Regional cleaning is always so interesting to me. When I was working in North Carolina, we used to clean pigeon crap off building roofs and church gables to prevent Histoplasmosis threats.

I don't miss those days at all.

by Mo Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:19 am

Yeah Mike it must have been exhausting taking a video of that job Very Happy

Do you post pad the floor exercise mat? I was thinking about bartering at my daughters gymnastics club. There is a lot of chalk in there so a prevac is going to be important

by milspec6 Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:48 am

That has always been my concern as well Mo....the powder. Talc is a rock after-all and does not break down in water so the vacuum would be vital. It could pose a problem in creases.

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