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I’m in contact with a manufacturer who has invented a highly absorband pad which has many uses. I’ve tested it out and it’s impressive.
It’s about 1 mm thick and 700mm x 370mm (28 inch x 15 inch). It will soak up 5 lites of water and can be used repeatedly until it’s absorbed 5 litres or to soak up the lot in one go. It’s currently being used by central heating engineers and plumbers as it’s ideal for stuffing in awkward places to catch water when cutting into pipes, removing radiators etc.
He thinks it could be useful for us in the white goods trade too and he currently supplies them to some of the Comet engineers who are very pleased with it.
Anyone think it could be useful? I did a test where it soaked up all the water from a simulated dishwasher stuck full of water. Once saturated it just becomes a bag, which doesn’t drip water and can be thrown in the bin.
Please get in touch with me if you are interested in using some
I have an article and review of them here
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Hi Andy,
Are they reuseable or just one shot and what do they cost?
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The full RRP is £14.99 + vat per pack of 5 or £2.99/sheet but trade prices are available.
As I say in my review, I retrieved one from the garage to deal with a leaking dishwasher which had saturated my kitchen floorboards. The one in the garage had been used to soak some water up from my condenser dryer which had all water in the bottom the previous week. It continued to soak up water fine.
If you just use one to soak a bit of water you can keep using it until saturated although once wet if you catch it on something sharp it will tear. In this situation you would get spillage of some of the crystals but they are perfectly safe.
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The only situation i think these would be useful for me is when trying to clear a dishwasher base flood. Always get raised eyebrows when i ask for some large towels ! These pads might look a tad more professional.. sound a little wasteful though.. 😯
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I would be interested! as said customers do not like me asking for a cloth or spong. :scot:
Bill Ellis
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Madmac wrote:The only situation i think these would be useful for me is when trying to clear a dishwasher base flood. Always get raised eyebrows when i ask for some large towels ! These pads might look a tad more professional.. sound a little wasteful though.. 😯
I wouldn’t say wasteful if they make you look more professional. Let’s not underestimate how upset many women actually are when they see their towels being used to mop up water like that. It’s a woman thing, men see them as just cotton but women can get quite upset about them being abused.
Plus, I would charge the customer for them too, by either listing them on the bill or by adding a few quid on to something. Sod’s law dictates though that if you charged them – at least the odd one would complain you didn’t ask to use their towels 😉
I would also use them if I accidentally flooded the kitchen, or the cupboard under the sink when I’ve disconnected the drain hose, or if I had a smelly washer full of water and it was hard to disconnect it etc.
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I think they’re an excellent idea Andy and it would be great if a deal could be struck to make these not only generally available but at a somewhat cheaper rate?
I for one find it a pain the the proverbial asking for towels and stuff when the water starts flowing on the kitchen floor. Far better I have the gear on me ready for any eventuality so to speak. 😉
I wonder if UKW can help us out here? 😉
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Good idea but I carry a wet and dry vac which I use, if you have a intergrated DW full of water you just pop the hose in and suck the water out, Same if the floor gets flooded, No towels, no mops, no ongoing costs, happy customers and nice and quick.
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I use these super soaker blocks that are available at my local ‘pound shop’
http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-1 … Block.html
They are brilllant. They can be reused and will soak up their own volume in water.
Probably the most useful tool I have.
Bob
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I think they’re a cool idea but, when you compare it against Bob’s £1.49 re-useable ones they do seem incredibly expensive.
I got a towel I used that fits in the toolbox, rolls up to a ludicrously small size and soaks up a stupid amount of liquid. Can’t remember where I got it or who made it and the name has long since worn off it’s little plastic container.
K.
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Martin: I’m sure something could be arranged.
Squadman: The three in one vac is a great idea for dealing with dishwashers full of water. I use one myself to great effect for things like removing all the water from my header tank prior to replacing the ballcock. However, they aren’t always to hand in situations where sudden escape of water occurs or for simply placing to protect something in case of a leak. I can’t imagine you actually take it in to a customer’s house on each job. I would still say having some of these pads would be a useful additional tool.
Bob: I haven’t seen the product you use Bob, I would need to know more about them before being able to compare them properly. Have you seen the video test that I did? Does the product you use do a similar job? Will it soak up to 5 L?
K: Towels are not really a match for something like this although clearly much cheaper. One of these pads would just to soak up the 5 L after just placing it in the water. There’s no mopping required. Then you lift it up and throw it in the bin as it becomes a water tight self containing bag. My experience of towels is that they require constant ringing out and drip water at all over, plus once used they are then wet through, and have to be dried out.
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Point taken Andy. 😉
I just question whether people will pay for them or not but, I guess, there’s only one way to find out as usual.
K.
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BG have been using these for a few years now.
Absolutely brilliant item. Only drawback for me is having to carry them around in the van until the next pickup of waste. They smell terrible after a week or so, especially in the summer. 😆Brian
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DentedPorsche wrote:BG have been using these for a few years now.
Absolutely brilliant item. Only drawback for me is having to carry them around in the van until the next pickup of waste. They smell terrible after a week or so, especially in the summer. 😆Brian
Brian, why can’t you place them in the customers bin? They are totally environmentally friendly and can be disposed off in the normal wastebin.
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