Multi Method and Situational Cleaning

[jeffexe]

It is amazing what Solutions and Equipment we have in 2026 vs 1987 when I first started cleaning carpets. I started with Straight hot water extraction for everything. High pH and lots of manual scrubbing. Along the way I was offered a 22 story High rise. I almost walked away from it, but instead, got insight from industry professional, JP. He sold me my first Cimex and Encapuclean. Had no clue how to use it effectively. First, I used it for pre scrubbing all commercial job. Then I realized how well it did as a stand alone machine for encapsulation. After years of testing and learning, I became quite proficient with it and found how much money I was leaving behind passing on jobs like the 22 story High rises. Then along came the CRB and deep agitation action. I found I could use it alone or in conjunction with the cimex or HWE. I never got into the rotatary machines, but the Orbot was another serious game changer. It could pad clean or bonnet clean with little distortion of fiber. Not as aggressive as the cimex, but very versitile. It can scrub almost as well as the cimex and can use bonnets to clean or post bonnet carpets. Other great tools are the battery sprayer, Green Glides, Hoser and wands with better air flow.
I feel our indstry has advanced greatly in the last 30 years. Better options, better solutions, better machines. I am glad I embraced the new technology and grew my business to incorporate many of these options. I feel it has allowed me to privide my customers the most thorough and professional cleaning experience available.

I would like to hear other positive stories of Cleaners who have embraced the multi Method Ideology. Pictures of everyones full arsenel would be great to see too.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

You know my story. I learned about the Cimex here on this board. I'm a Cimex fan like I'm a Jesus fan, maybe not quite that much. Been cleaning my schools with the Cimex and every tool out there almost. Not quite.