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The Scooter™ CONTENTS WARRANTY I CHAPTER 1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 CHAPTER 2 MACHINE MAINTENANCE 3 CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM SOLVING 5 CHAPTER 4 OPERATION 11 CHAPTER 5 SPECIAL CLEANING APPLICATIONS & PROCEDURES 13 CHAPTER 6 MIXING COLORS GUIDE 17 CHAPTER 7 THE RELATIONSHIP OF COLORS TO EACH OTHER 21 CHAPTER 8 DARKETING PRIMARY COLORS 27 CHAPTER 9 NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL DYE COLORS 29 CHAPTER 10 THE INSIDE STORY ON COLOR CHANGES 35
WARRANTY The Scooter™ We Namco Manufacturing, Inc. (herein after referred to as NAMCO), hereby warranty all Namco Cleaning Equipment against defects of workmanship, parts and labor under the condition that the PURCHASER BUY AND USE CHEMICALS FROM NAMCO ONLY.
The Scooter™ NOTE WHEN DYEING CARPET, IT IS ADVISABLE TO LEAVE THE SCOOTER OUTSIDE OF PREMISES IN ORDER TO AVOID SPILLAGE
CHAPTER 1: SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Scooter™ 1. WHEN THE MACHINE IS DELIVERED Check the carton and machine carefully for signs of rough handling. Remove the machine from the carton. IF THE MACHINE IS DAMAGED, NOTIFY THE CARRIER IMMEDIATELY AND REQUEST AN INSPECTION. Be sure to keep the carton, packing list, packing inserts and carrier’s receipt until the inspector has verified your claim. Manufacturer’s liability ceases when carrier picks up the machine or shipment. 2.
CHAPTER 1: SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The Scooter™ 4. GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS WARNING NEVER connect the green wire to a live terminal. This machine is to be used on an electrical circuit of 110 to 120 volts AC.
CHAPTER 2: MACHINE MAINTENANCE The Scooter™ 1 The extractor is engineered and designed to require minimum maintenance. But like any machine, it does require some care to keep it in optimum working condition. Careful attention to these maintenance instructions will give you maximum operating performance and increase the life of your machine. CAUTION: Disconnect power cord from the outlet before doing any maintenance work on the machine.
CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM SOLVING 1. IDENTIFYING YOUR SCOOTER MACHINE . THE SCOOTER 1000 JR DIMENSIONS: 40 ½” H x 16” W THE SCOOTER 2000AP DIMENSIONS: 44” H x 16” W (BACK SIDE CAGE) 1 ea. 12 A.G. 25ft. POWER CORD THE PISTOL DIMENSIONS: 44” H x 16” W (FRONT SIDE CAGE) DUMP VALVE AT FRONT SIDE 1 ea. 12 A.G. 25ft. POWER CORD THE SCOOTER 40001 HUSKY DIMENSIONS: 44” H x 16” W (BACK SIDE CAGE) 2 ea. 12 A.G. 25ft.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM SOLVING 2. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM No electrical power POSSIBLE CAUSE 1. Defective cord. 2. Circuit breaker off or fuse blown or blow circuit blower. 3. Not using 20 Amp circuit breaker. HOW TO REPAIR 1. Replace 2. Turn circuit breaker on or replace fuse. Unplug any equipment using the same circuit 3. Use 20 amp circuit breaker Switch is turned on, power is intermittent to all motors. 1. Faulty electrical cable. 2. Defective Switch. 3.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM SOLVING 4. PUMP SYSTEM PROBLEM Pump motor does not go on. Loss of pump pressure with wand valve open, spray from wand below normal. POSSIBLE CAUSE HOW TO REPAIR Faulty motor. Pressure switch defective. Pump switch defective Loose wire connection. Pump pressure switch defective. 6. Defective motor or rectifier. 7. Male & female connector not connected. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. Pump suction hose sucking air. 1.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM SOLVING 4. PUMP SYSTEM PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE No pressure or solution at all. HOW TO REPAIR 1. Both male & female quick disconnects not plugged in properly. (most common cause of pump not working) 1. Using process of elimination. Insert hard rubber on the end of a pencil into female quick disconnect on front of machine with pump on. If water sprays out of this connector, do the same thing at the end of your solution hose connect.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM SOLVING 6. SERVICE KIT FOR STAND PIPE ASSY COMPLETE AND DUMP VALVE 16 17 18 19 21 22 7 20 23 7 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 24 PART No.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM SOLVING PARTS – MOTORS IDENTIFYING YOUR SCOOTER 2-STAGE OR 3 STAGE VACUUM MOTORS (BLACK OR GRAY) #P340 VACUUM MOTOR SMALL 2 STAGE STRAIGHT 2” HOSE CONNECTOR #P377 VAC MOTOR SMALL 3 STAGE STRAIGHT 2” HOSE CONNECTOR #P340A VACUUM MOTOR SMALL #P377A VAC MOTOR SMALL 2 STAGE SLANT 1 ½” HOSE CONNECTOR 3 STAGE SLANT 1 ½” HOSE CONNECTOR #P377B VAC MOTOR SMALL #P340B VAC MOTOR SMALL 2 STAGE STRAIGHT 2 1/8” HOSE CONNECTOR #P340C VAC MOTOR SMALL 2 STAGE SLANT 2” HOSE CONNECTO
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The Scooter™ CHAPTER 4: OPERATION 1. Fill 5 gallon Bucket with hot or cold water. Put Solution Line (incoming) in bucket. Add 16oz. of Magnum Blue Pre-spray and Traffic Lane Cleaner. 2. Connect 60 ft. Solution Hose to Scooter Machine, by pressing female quick connect all the way back, so that fully connect male to unit. Note: These two connectors must be all the way in for solution pump to run 3. Spray all carpet areas with the Magnum Blue Clnr.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 4: OPERATION 6. You now should have a very clean carpet. But if you want the carpets dry faster, use a carpet Blower as you finish each room. 7. Always use Foam Brake Defoamer if there Is a lot of soap in carpets and foam is present in dirty water tank. The airflow creates evaporation, so the carpet will dry 3 times faster. Also using Fast Dry on a rinse is loaded with Isopropyl alcohol will cause the carpets to dry twice as fast. 8.
CHAPTER 5: SPECIAL CLEANING The Scooter™ APPLICATIONS & PROCEDURES 1. CLEANING TIPS o Check the condition of the area to be cleaned. Look for loose carpet, heavily soiled areas, stains or spots and worn areas. Bring these to the attention of the person in charge before performing the cleaning job. Make sure all edges of the carpet are securely tacked in place and all seams are sewn (or glued) tight. This is for your protection. o Locate an inconspicuous spot on the area to be cleaned.
CHAPTER 5: SPECIAL CLEANING The Scooter™ APPLICATIONS & PROCEDURES o NAMCO Carpet Blower/Dryers & Dehumidifiers are available for quick drying of carpets. o To speed up the drying time of carpets that have just been cleaned, the air-mover (3-speed/2500 CFM) variable speed may be placed on the carpet during the cleaning process. Avoid walking on the carpet until it is dry. This blower can also be used for flooded carpets.
CHAPTER 5: SPECIAL CLEANING The Scooter™ APPLICATIONS & PROCEDURES 2. Turn on the vacuum and pump switches. 3. Pull the upholstery tool towards you while squeezing the solution lever. NOTE: Avoid over wetting. Make overlapping passes to prevent streaking. Go over the cleaned area without depressing the lever, (vacuum only) and gauge the amount of moisture thru the view tube for dryness. On heavily soiled areas like armrests, treat with a Pre-Spray.
ALLIED CHEMICAL IS ONE OFTHE WORLD’S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS. BELOW IS A COMPARISON OF CARPET CLEANING METHODS AVAILABLE ALONG WITH THE ATTRIBUTERS OF EACH METHOD. 1. 2. 3. 4. Does excellent cleaning. Does not cause pile distortion or flaring. Built-in vacuum removes soil. There is no residue of shampoo to collect more dirt. 5. Excellent pile restoration. 1. Causes severe pile distortion and flaring of tufts. 2. Does have built in vacuum, which removes shampoo and dirt.
CHAPTER 6: MIXING COLORS GUIDE The Scooter™ An inexperienced operator, especially a beginner, should learn the art of mixing colors. If time is spent learning about colors and their relation to each other, some of the problems will be better understood. A color chart is a great help, especially as a reference for you and your customer. 1. PRIMARY COLORS There are three primary colors. These colors cannot be obtained by the mixing of other colors.
CHAPTER 6: MIXING COLORS GUIDE The Scooter™ 2. APPLICATION o All carpets must be cleaned before applying dye. Mix One Shot (2 oz. per gallon of water) into tank. For heavily soiled carpet, mix One Shot in with your cleaning solution. Cleaning liquid must be a low pH cleaner (from 7 to 9), or it could cause color changes. o Watch for trouble areas while cleaning carpet such as foaming areas or bleach. Pre-treat such areas with proper chemicals. Foaming areas must be treated with Fome Brak.
CHAPTER 6: MIXING COLORS GUIDE The Scooter™ 4. TROUBLE SHOOTING Dye did not penetrate completely. 1. Carpet is to thick, in which case, apply dye in small areas at a time, and then rake each area. 2. Reclean carpet using 1 tablespoon of Namco’s Versene then reapply dye using half the amount of dye per 5 gallons, not to darken the color. 3. Use more penetrant to slow strike. Brown Dye to Red or Turned Purple. 1. The pH could be too high, casing the change. Reclean carpet with Namco’s First Step. 2.
CHAPTER 6: MIXING COLORS GUIDE The Scooter™ 4. TROUBLE SHOOTING Carpet not accepting the dye in areas. 1. Carpet may have been treated with a fire retardant; only a high pH cleaner can remove it. You must re-prep carpet after using cleaner. 2. Animal urine stains that were not treated or were not treated properly. Retreat the stains. 3. Carpet may have been cleaned with a light bleach solution nothing can be done. 4. Chlorine from bathing suits or towels can cause such problems.
CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF The Scooter™ COLORS TO EACH OTHER Everyone knows what “colors” are. But just what causes colors? Why does dyeing always result in a darker color? Why do the same colors look different from day to day, and from place to place, if they are taken from one place to another? This section is offered to answer these questions and more, in language that is easy to understand. Everyone has seen rainbows, and most people have seen a prism.
CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF The Scooter™ COLORS TO EACH OTHER All “colors of light” being absorbed equally and completely results in “black”. All colors being reflected equally results in “white”, if the light is a balance of the hues of the different colors. When we dye carpet, we add pigments that blend with the original pigments, and in the process reduce the amount of light reflected back to us. Therefore, dyeing always results in a darker color.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF COLORS TO EACH OTHER 10 9-1 8-2 7-3 6-4 5-5 4-6 3-7 2-8 1-9 10 PRIMARY 2 PRIMARY 1 The diagram below will help to illustrate this: This diagram represents the blending of a mixture that is composed of ten parts of dye to a certain volume of water. For the sake of simplicity, let’s say that “Primary 1” is Yellow and “Primary 2” is Red. 10 Yellow would be pure Yellow, and 10 Red would be pure red.
CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF The Scooter™ COLORS TO EACH OTHER In the above diagram, the three primary colors occupy equal parts of the circle. They have the number “1”, because “1” stands for “primary” in the case. This diagram also represents that the three colors are of equal “tinctoral” strength. Tinctoral strength is a way of expressing the relative concentration of a dye color. We will call this wheel the “primary color wheel”.
CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF The Scooter™ COLORS TO EACH OTHER See figure below: YELLOW GREEN ORANGE VIOLET BLUE VIOLET RED As you can see, the triangle shows that colors make up the secondary colors by placing the complimentary colors for each target colors located in between. In this context, “complimentary colors” are ingredient colors that are necessary to form a “target color”.
CHAPTER 7: THE RELATIONSHIP OF The Scooter™ COLORS TO EACH OTHER For instance, Orange is located between its complimentary colors, Red and Yellow, Forest Green is between Green and Orange, and Olive Drab is between Forest Green and Gun Metal Blue. The chart, as shown, represents the results of 50% / 50% blends of the various complimentary colors.
CHAPTER 8: DARKETING PRIMARY COLORS The Scooter™ Making primary colors darker is a relatively simple task, and is the first step in learning how to blend colors for desired results. Suppose you want to darken Yellow. You can do it three basic ways: 1. You can add a very small amount of Blue, and it will go darker. But if too much is added, the Yellow will begin to go Green. 2. Or you could add a small amount of red. This too would cause the Yellow to darken.
CHAPTER 8: DARKETING PRIMARY COLORS The Scooter™ Greys are simply weak forms of Black. But in the Greys, the proportion of the three primaries is much more apparent. This is because Greys reflect much more light than blacks. In the Triangle, complimentary relationships are indicated by dotted lines. For instance, the complimentary color to Orange is Blue. Adding Blue to Orange shades Orange, and the process flattens it. As it is dulled (or flattened), Orange becomes “Brown”.
CHAPTER 9: NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL The Scooter™ DYE COLORS On the following pages is a complete listing of our dye colors. Each color is listed in a way that is easy to read. Under the name of each color is a code. The code represents the approximate ratio of primary colors to each other. Yellow is listed first, then Red, and finally Blue. The number by each primary color indicates the number of measures per unit of volume that it occupies. Following each name and code is a brief description of the color.
CHAPTER 9: NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL The Scooter™ DYE COLORS 2. OUR COLOR: RED RATIO: 0 - PARTS YELLOW 20 - PARTS RED 1 - PART BLUE Red is one of the three primary colors. The other two colors, Blue and Yellow, make Green. Therefore, Red is the complimentary color to Green to get a Brown, Grey or Black. Red is used most often to balance out drab shades of browns and greens, and to give move vibrancy.
CHAPTER 9: NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL The Scooter™ DYE COLORS 4. OUR COLOR: DARK RATIO: 1 - PART YELLOW, 1 - PART RED, 8 - PARTS BLUE (SEE ALSO: BLUE) BLUE Dark Blue I a variation of Blue. As such, it can be thought of as having many of the same characteristics of Blue, because Dark Blue contains small portions of Yellow and Red, it will have a slightly different effect than Blue when used for mixing. For instance, Dark Blue will cause a noticeable difference from Blue when applied to Orange.
CHAPTER 9: NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL The Scooter™ DYE COLORS 7. OUR COLOR: ORANGE RATIO: 5 - PARTS YELLOW 5 - PARTS RED 0 - PART BLUE Orange is a mixture of Red and Yellow. Orange is therefore the complimentary color to Blue in order to get a Brown, Grey or Black. Orange is used most often to balance out light to Medium Blue in order to go to a Brown or Rust, although Rust alone or Rust and Red may work.
CHAPTER 9: NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL The Scooter™ DYE COLORS 10. OUR COLOR: GOLD RATIO: 20 - PARTS YELLOW 2 - PARTS RED 1 - PART BLUE Gold, because it is mostly Yellow, can be used almost anywhere that Yellow can. But because Gold contains small portion of Red and Blue (Violet the complementary color) it is darker than yellow (not as bright). Within our system, Gold is used most often to add both brightness and depth to Browns and Rusts. CAUTIONS & SOLUTIONS: See color yellow. 11.
CHAPTER 9: NAMCO’S COMMERCIAL The Scooter™ DYE COLORS 1. OUR COLOR: BROWN RATIO: 5 - PARTS YELLOW 4 - PARTS RED 2 - PARTS BLUE Brown is a mixture of the three primary colors, Yellow, Red, and Blue. Basic composition is slightly more Yellow than Red and about half as much Blue as Red. Brown appears to be a pure Brown with no Red, Yellow or Blue highlights. Brown is used most often as a base color that is shaded with Red, Yellow, Blue, Rust or Dark Rust for specific applications.
CHAPTER 10: THE INSIDE STORY The Scooter™ ON COLOR CHANGES So far, we have covered Color Theory, from what causes “colors” in the first place, to the building blocks of color, the primaries, to the results of various combinations of primaries. Now let’s look at the applications of carpet dye to previously dyed carpet fibers. Although color theory, as we have discussed it so far, applies to dyeing carpet, our understanding of the blending of colors must now take a different viewpoint.
CHAPTER 10: THE INSIDE STORY The Scooter™ ON COLOR CHANGES 2. COLOR CHANGES When dyeing carpet, you need to keep in mind the colors you are working with. You always add colors when dyeing. So you have to learn to think in terms of what is missing from the desired color when you are working. For example: 1. BEIGE, YELLOW OR GOLD TO BROWN Brown’s dominant color is blue, with red the next. The dominant color in Beige is Yellow.
CHAPTER 10: THE INSIDE STORY The Scooter™ ON COLOR CHANGES 4. ORANGE TO BROWN It is sometimes very difficult to achieve a true Brown from Orange, as Orange is so strong in Red. How well it changes usually depends upon how well the carpet accepts the dye and how strong the Red in the Orange is. The missing ingredient here is Blue, but again, simply using Blue dye will not achieve the desired result. Our Dark Brown is very strong in Blue, and could be used.
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CHAPTER 10: THE INSIDE STORY The Scooter™ ON COLOR CHANGES 6. SHADING SECONDARY COLORS TO GET TERTIARY COLORS The must commonly recognized tertiary colors are Brown, Grey, and Black. Being tertiary, they are composed of all three primary colors. The difference between these tertiary colors is the ratio of their component colors. Let’s look at each of these three colors. Virtually all shades of the color we recognize as Brown are basically Orange dulled with Blue. Let’s examine this closer.
The Scooter™ CHAPTER 10: THE INSIDE STORY ON COLOR CHANGES 7. DYE CHART NAMCO DYE COLOR INGREDIENTS NAMCO MIX SUGGESTED USES ON CARPETS Red Red Red to Red Enriches Mauve Blue to Maroon Dk. Brown to Cocoa Brown Helps neutralize green.
CHAPTER 10: THE INSIDE STORY The Scooter™ ON COLOR CHANGES 8. COLOR STREAKING AFTER DYEING CARPETS Color clean after dyeing carpets using diluted dye at 1/3 strength. Use the same process as cleaning the carpets with the floor wand, but only apply Dye where light streaks exist. Make sure you release the solution lever at least 2 - 3 inches before the end of the stroke to feather in dye. This will eliminate a “Run”.
