this is why i want an extractor

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jchetty

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after 1 pass with bissel green machine

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after 2nd pass with bissel green machine

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after 3rd pass with bissel green machine



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final pass with bissel machine

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i do my car twice a month :chuckle: ...i was interested in seeing how clean my drivers floor mat really was :think2 So i kept going over the floormat until the bissel's clean water was all used, and when the water was done i would switch and use new water...i used the hottest tap water available...this is the reason i want an extractor...i want to go over once and be done :woot2:
 
I hear ya. I just cann't fork out the $600+ it takes for a small one. I have to empty my tank and refill a dozen times alteast on an average car! It sure getts old after awhile.
 
jchetty...I think it was Anthony Orosco that recommended blowing out your mats with compressed air (I think his comment was that you will be suprised how much dirt come out that way) first as a quick way to get the loose dirt out. It's gotta be a lot quicker than repeated extraction, presuming that it is loose and will come out. I remember taking a driver's mat that had probably never been shampooed in 15 years or so, and giving up on vacuuming and decided to beat it against a tree in my back yard as a quick way...after about 10 minutes of that I was tired and there was still tons of dirt coming out...



Another thing I have done, if it's a rubber backed mat, is to put it in the (basement) sink and run water over it, which you could also do in the driveway with a hose, to flush out the dirt. I think that makes for less LGCM passes.
 
Oh come on, Maxy...there are no painted surfaces on an LGCM...it's all molded plastic...he has to use a different process for that....
 
White95Max said:
What was your process on the painted surfaces of the LGCM? :)
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setec i really like the idea of blowing the mats out compressed air :bigups as for the pressure washer and hanging great that sounds good except it wouldnt do much for my seats or my main carpet :sadpace: i mean i dont mind taking time but this is ridiculous :sosad mind you i hardly used any cleaner, i'll tell you what my carpets smell verrry good. yes i did sniff them, and the crazy thing the more times i went over the dryer the carpets felt :hm im still refining my interior process, but im thinking the same as the outside use the least agressive, least amount of product as possible..to me it looks like the hot water rinsing does more the actual cleaner but im not sure yet. when i get my extractor i will do a comparison test..no cleaner, vs cleaner vs the bissel
 
so j...are you going to go for a "real" extractor from PAL? They had a nice one on the floor last time I was there--I don't remember if they had a price on it.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
so j...are you going to go for a "real" extractor from PAL? They had a nice one on the floor last time I was there--I don't remember if they had a price on it.
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the only ones i saw at pal was duramaid and well from what i read, i be better off using the bissell :LOLOL i keep reading good things of the aztec extractor which has the same duramaid body but *supposedly* different guts :hm i'm really looking at the sensei from tol. its pretty expensive but i plan on doing interior details only once spring comes around..i already have like 10 ppl interested in a shampoo :getdown
 
Setec Astronomy said:
The Sensei is on sale now for $1,345....how many interior details do you think you will have to do to pay that off?
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i figure like 20 details $50 (<--at the lowest) a piece which imo would be a steal for the customer, it would include a shampoo....which is really alot, after winter i can see doing 2 a week. I look at the extractor as an investment, i think it would also bring me more clients as they might be interested in what else i offer, though im not sure i can offer much more due to time constraints..all i need is to do one of their floor mats to show what the water looks like, and they will be sold :grinno: if i do purchase one, i'll bring it to the next meet :LOLOL
 
jchetty said:
..all i need is to do one of their floor mats to show what the water looks like, and they will be sold :grinno:
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I bought a heated LGCM at Target in the spring....and the mud it took out of my floormat

(not to mention how much brighter it looked after) sold me on the process of actually shampooing :rolleyes: ...if not that particular piece of equipment. I guess part of it depends on whether it is just dirt you are trying to get out, or something sticky (soda, etc.) that really needs heat to break it down.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I bought a heated LGCM at Target in the spring....and the mud it took out of my floormat

(not to mention how much brighter it looked after) sold me on the process of actually shampooing :rolleyes: ...if not that particular piece of equipment. I guess part of it depends on whether it is just dirt you are trying to get out, or something sticky (soda, etc.) that really needs heat to break it down.
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see when i bought mine i had a :think2 ..save some money and buy the unheated version :sosad so now i have to get the water really hot, then i put it in....the bissel works good factor in the price and it works excellent..its just that im afraid of it not getting all the cleaner out due to the inadequate suction i conisider it to be designed to be operated continuosly for more than like an hour at a time, but dont get me wrong the bissel belongs in everyone's arsenal
 
I might have to clean my sweatshirt when I get home. We had a guest speaker come into the lecture hall with her European starling, and it was flying around landing on peoples' heads. The last person it landed on was the guy next to me, and then it walked over to the hood of my sweatshirt and sh*t on it. :( :lol



Oh well. At least it wiped right off and didn't leave a stain. Better to sh*t on my sweatshirt than my car right? :)
 
? for you fellas....if you were to get a spray solution of your choice spray on to the carpet then use a steam cleaner then if need agitate if more solution is need spray some more then use a dry/wet vac will it do the job.....
 
Djmigs said:
? for you fellas....if you were to get a spray solution of your choice spray on to the carpet then use a steam cleaner then if need agitate if more solution is need spray some more then use a dry/wet vac will it do the job.....
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i think the trick it to pick up the dirt through rinsing...no doubt a wet dry vac would clean somewhat..but think of it like this....imagine a stain at a carpet at home....scrubbing it with a precleaner then using a wet vac might pic up the stain but i would think shampooing it would be more effective because you're rinsing....like the guy above stated that pressure washing the carpet is good...its rinsing that the gets the job done...the steam cleaner might help dissolve break down the stains, and the wet vac might pick up some but imo water extraction+ suction+ light cleaner > steam cleaner+ heavy cleaner+ wet/dry
 
White95Max said:
I might have to clean my sweatshirt when I get home. We had a guest speaker come into the lecture hall with her European starling, and it was flying around landing on peoples' heads. The last person it landed on was the guy next to me, and then it walked over to the hood of my sweatshirt and sh*t on it. :( :lol



Oh well. At least it wiped right off and didn't leave a stain. Better to sh*t on my sweatshirt than my car right? :)
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:sign did you hit it wit some quick detailer and microfiber or did you use you sleeve :chuckle:
 
jchetty said:
:sign did you hit it wit some quick detailer and microfiber or did you use you sleeve :chuckle:
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Uh my friend wiped it off with a napkin. I didn't have my MFs, and my S&G isn't in my car anymore since it froze solid.
 
I bought the heated LGCM from Best Buy for $75 recently. I figure it's better than nothing since I'm not willing to shell out the minimum $600 it takes to get a pro extractor.
 
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