Carptet Extractor

[MichaelM]

The machine has 125" of lift.

The ad says 85" of lift. I think you will want something with more then 100". Also with a 3 gal tank you will need to empty the recovery tank and refill the solution tank on larger vehicles and mini-vans.



I've never used that machine but I have had this guy, Carpet Extractor 6 Gal., for about 4 years. Thing is a work horse and leaves the carpets relatively dry after. We use air movers from Harbor Freight afterwards to finish off the drying.

 

[602rwtq]

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.

Thanks for clarifying this. I've dried 100s of cars with the car's own heater without browning and crisping. It's the quickest, most logical way to dry out interiors year round.

 

[vberch]

Dear God! That's just horrible!



It is hard to imagine people can do that to their cars.

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.

 

[imported_dfazekas]

I have one of these.

Used it twice and now the vacuum doesn't work.

I'm positive that the tank is sealing tightly, and

that was the only troubleshooting tip that I got.

Any ideas?