Walk In Cleaning Advice Needed

Terry Campbell

Terry Campbell

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I have a customer that I wash their sidewalks and sweep their parking lot, called me and wants me to wash a small walkin cooler, but I can't see a drain in it to much crap stacked in there right now. What I need to know is whats the best way to get the water out if there is not drain ? There is a drian outside the door in the floor for the Refer unit that cools it but I can't see anything inside of the walkin atleast until they move stuff around. I have a shop Vac and a Twister surface clean that can vac up the water. This kind of stuff is new to me, I mostly do sidewalks and out door stuff and this manager really wants me to clean it for him as he loves my work that I do.
I just don't want a Big Mess with water inside the store. Have any of you dealt with this kind of thing before?


Thanks..........Terry
 
Wet vac is the easiest way if there is no drain. A squeegee helps move the water around to a collection area.
 
One key is not using to much gpm's indoors unless you have lots of vac power. Whats your intended gpm usage?
I did a restroom once with and electric Fiap 1500psi, not sure of the gpm and the shop vac had trouble keeping up. The nice thing about electric, it shuts down when you release the trigger, allowing the vac to catch up.
 
Well my rig is an 8 gpm at 3000 psi setup, I do have recovery unit on the rig but it is way to far insdie the store too use the mounted one I have. I do have a recovery vac surface cleaner that might work I'm going to do a test and see if I can get it to work with the shop vac that I have. I think I can do most of the work with it, mostly just flooring and mabe a little spray down on the walls. It is an OPEN Front cooler with curtains to keep the cool air in as much as possible with rolling racks that I can move out of the way.
 
Jim@Garagecleaning said:
Go to

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=195953-20097-9341611&lpage=none

This shop vac have a pump out already installed in the unit. We have used this unit for discharging / vacuuming of grey water. It is a little slow in the discharge area, but if you were to buy 2 or 3, it will keep up with your GPM's. It is designed to turn on and forget. For $100 with warranty, it is hard to beat.
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That does work great Jim, especially when you take the extended warranty, no more "burn it you loose it", burn it you get a new one.

8 gpm is way pleanty for indoors, is it a belt drive or gear box? You could slow the driver a little and split the flow.
 
Hey does this shop Vac pump out at the same time as your vacuuming up water? I looked at it the other day when I was in the store. I'm waiting on the manager to get back to me on the wash job so I may need to get one.
 
Jim@Garagecleaning said:
Go to

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=195953-20097-9341611&lpage=none

This shop vac have a pump out already installed in the unit. We have used this unit for discharging / vacuuming of grey water. It is a little slow in the discharge area, but if you were to buy 2 or 3, it will keep up with your GPM's. It is designed to turn on and forget. For $100 with warranty, it is hard to beat.
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thanks Jim I might pick one up, I need a good one for around the house
 
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