Carptet Extractor

Go for it, I was in your situation 5 months ago. I've been very satisfied with mine, only reason why im selling mine is because I was offered an AWESOME deal on the mytee hp60. Just use meguiars super degreaser or optimum power clean and your set. You could find a brand new one on ebay for Cheaper than ag's price.
 
you need to use fans to dry any carpet/seats when you use it! I have one, and dont like to use it unless there will be ample time to return the car dry to the client!



Folex and some elbow grease work wonders! I use the extractor for HEAVILY soiled interiors only
 
I have one as well and though I only use it a couple times a year, its a great machine. A couple of tips. When you turn the heater on, use a piece of velcro to hold the trigger open and let it spray into the holding tank. After about 10 minutes all the water will be very hot and will do a better job for you. When you are done, let the vacuum run for a minute or two. This will suck as moisture as possible out of the vacuum line and reduce the potential for nasty odours. The machine has 125" of lift. In comparison, a Ridgid 4050 wet / dry vacuum has 57. If you want to dry your your interiors faster, for every wet pass with the extractor, do 2-3 dry passes. When you are finished, crack the car windows down an inch or so, set the fan to high, aim the vents at the floor and set the temp on high. In about 30 minutes, the interior will be almost completely dry.
 
detailfanatic said:
When you are finished, crack the car windows down an inch or so, set the fan to high, aim the vents at the floor and set the temp on high. In about 30 minutes, the interior will be almost completely dry.
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HUGE NO NO!!!!!! :wall:wall:wall



This will cause the carpet fibers to brown and become hard! You need to just use a fan (both the car and the external) to dry the interior with about 30-45 min.



I have used the heater trick before and regretted it, then I saw someone post about NOT using heat as a drying source causing the browning...
 
I always just tell my customer to leave their windows rolled down and until the carpets are dry, I've never had any complaints. What fan are you guys using to dry your carpets? I've never cared much about getting one because they always dry pretty fast for me. This will be my first winter with my extractor so Im probably going to have to find a way to dry them. I always use my extractor on an interior.
 
jose206 said:
I always just tell my customer to leave their windows rolled down and until the carpets are dry, I've never had any complaints. What fan are you guys using to dry your carpets? I've never cared much about getting one because they always dry pretty fast for me. This will be my first winter with my extractor so Im probably going to have to find a way to dry them. I always use my extractor on an interior.
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Winters are just a pain for drying carpets. Use as little water as needed have plenty of fans available to blow air on the carpets like toyotaguy suggested. Do the carpets first, then detail the rest of the car and you should be ok, just be sure to not step on the clean carpets ;) .



Also jose you suggested a degreaser or similar for cleaner, and although I know they clean pretty well, you might want to look into an actual extractor soap. I don't know of any brands out there since I buy mine from a local distributor, but his soap is far better than any degreaser I've tried (APCs included) safer on fabrics and doesn't foam up at all. The foaming is the biggest problem I've faced with the degreasers I've used in the past.



TC: I have a HP60 and love it, the only downside is on really bad carpets (worse than what is generally seen on this site) I have to dump the recovery tank 2-3 sometimes 4 times. I just wish it was a little bigger.

A few tips:

-prespray carpets, then use fresh water in extractor's solution tank. No soap in tank

-Use hot water in tank for winter, it helps the heating elements keep up.

-Cold water in summer. You'll know why, it gets way too hot using hot water.

-Don't ever let the solution tank run dry. Getting the air out of the lines is a PITA

-CLEAN OFTEN!!!!!! If even left overnight with dirty water/sludge in the recovery tank it will smell like sewage in the morning. All it takes is a few min. each day.
 
I recently purchased a hp60. I use folex to pre-treat, and zep extractor solution. Getting pretty good results with that combination. I also got the floor wand for my house, and wow it works good.



Here is an example of a car I recently did. One of the overall dirtiest I have seen.



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....that is (was) absolutely disgusting HT. How does one live in that kind of filth? ....nice job btw.
 
Kean said:
....that is (was) absolutely disgusting HT. How does one live in that kind of filth? ....nice job btw.
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It is actually my car, but I did buy it like that. I flip cars on the side. I bought this one about 2.5 years ago, and just got around to cleaning it up. I bought it in a non-running state for $200. I have about another 2-$300 in parts, and of course a lot of time.



I didn't even look at it before I bought it, and picked it up at night. The guy I bought it from said "It is pretty dirty the kids have done a number on it." Well I am sure the melted crayons were form the kids, but unless they were driving his wife wasn't the cleanest person either lol. The drivers side front was just as dirty as the passenger side and back seat.



It also sat for a long time so the mice were able to start cleaning it up for me. then a snake was nice enough to clean out the mice before I started. This was in the rear deck.

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To be honest I am not sure I would have taken a job like this. I have 15-20 hours in the inside work alone. The outside will not be getting any work done short of a wash.
 
Interior drying has alot to do with the operator. #1 Don't soak the carpet to begin with. A light mist is all you need. #2 As many dry passes over the carpet as u can muster, of course that will depend on the quality of the machine you have to. I don't agree with the earlier post that turning on the air/vents is causing the carpet to "hard/turn brown". If a carpet is turning hard, its due to the fact that the cleaner you used has not been fully rinsed from the carpet. You cant just dump this strong cleaner on carpet and expect the carpet to stay the same. Most cleaners have a PH of 9.5 to 12, the carpet before you started was at 7. You have to get it back to 7 by #1 fully rinsing or #2 putting a "Fiber rinse" in your rinse cycle to neutralize the PH. Simply blowing air from any source on the carpet is not the source of hardening or browning. If it browns, you soaked it and it didn't dry it fast enough, if it hardens, you left a whole lot of cleaner in that carpet.
 
Cleaning Fool said:
Interior drying has alot to do with the operator. #1 Don't soak the carpet to begin with. A light mist is all you need. #2 As many dry passes over the carpet as u can muster, of course that will depend on the quality of the machine you have to. I don't agree with the earlier post that turning on the air/vents is causing the carpet to "hard/turn brown". If a carpet is turning hard, its due to the fact that the cleaner you used has not been fully rinsed from the carpet. You cant just dump this strong cleaner on carpet and expect the carpet to stay the same. Most cleaners have a PH of 9.5 to 12, the carpet before you started was at 7. You have to get it back to 7 by #1 fully rinsing or #2 putting a "Fiber rinse" in your rinse cycle to neutralize the PH. Simply blowing air from any source on the carpet is not the source of hardening or browning. If it browns, you soaked it and it didn't dry it fast enough, if it hardens, you left a whole lot of cleaner in that carpet.
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Yeah I should mention that a regular steam job I do not use anything other the quick blow dry with the HP60 blower attachment. Completely dry in 30 minutes especially if the sun is out.
 
alloutdetailing said:
What do you guys think of this machine? I will post my experience with it after I hear what you guys think.



Aztec Hot Rod Hot Water Extractor, carpet cleaner, auto detailing equipment, carpet extractor, carpet spotter
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I've had that machine a while now. Still running strong.



It has great suction. But it does take about 15-20 minutes to get the water up to temp. It does not hold enough water to treat a whole van's/suv's fabric seats and carpets in one load.



It's a great tool to have and doesn't take up much space at all.
 
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