Why I prefer Carpet Extraction -- another Bissell Little Green ProHeat demo

Accumulator said:
I often wonder if most Autopians' household rugs/carpets are as clean as those in the vehicles ;)
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I spend more time on maintaining my vehicle carpets than my house carpeting. Of course, I enter through the basement and off go the shoes before I get near any carpeting in the house.

Bill
 
Ha ! Mine are !!! But then I have a pretty good sized extractor and big wand tool for the inside.. And I have lots of floor air mover fans to help dry it quickly so I can then follow up with a good vacuum again..

Its of course, not ever going to be as powerful as those huge truck/van mounts, but if you really, I mean REALLY Vacuum incredibly well, brushing in all directions while doing it, manage how much and what kind of soap you use, scrub in, steam it, and then really extract the heck out of it, yeah, there is really nothing better..

For all the vehicles I have ever done, I have yet to find anything that could work best than Meguiars APC+, because it cleaned really well, was very low foaming, so less mess to pull out, and left a great clean scent, because it was clean !

This stuff is so good I used it always with a little steam through a towel to clean nasty dirty sun visors and headliners.. It really worked great on headliners that were coated with nicotine too..
Dan F
 
Steam is my first preference and that is best for dashboards, door panels etc and if the staining isn't too bad, the steam is awesome for carpets/seats
If I have to extract with my machine, I do that and then steam with no chemical afterwards to perform a nice hot rinse so to speak
Ive not seen extraction refluff up matted down muddy fibres like steam

both technologies are great to have
 
I used a Little Green Bissell with the built in heater for years until the sprayer stopped working. Then I purchased Rug Doctor from Ollie's Outlet for about $250 about 2 years ago. No heater so I pour in near boiling water into the tank before extracting. No chemicals in the tank, just rinse water. I thought I was extracting a lot of dirt with the Bissell, but I realize now that it has no suction power at all in comparison.
 
My only problem with steam alone is answering a simple question....where does the dirt go?

Detailology Oz said:
Steam is my first preference and that is best for dashboards, door panels etc and if the staining isn't too bad, the steam is awesome for carpets/seats
If I have to extract with my machine, I do that and then steam with no chemical afterwards to perform a nice hot rinse so to speak
Ive not seen extraction refluff up matted down muddy fibres like steam

both technologies are great to have
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From my experience, it releases the dirt and you pick it up by wiping aggressively with a microfibre towel, you will see the towel go brown. Can go through many towels that way
however I agree that for some stains and severe dirt,nothing beats extraction
Extractors don't sterilize and disinfect like steam or fluff up matted fibers

I believe that having both machines is best.
Encapsulation is another but that's not my preference
 
I absolutely agree that both machines have their places..one of those "pliers vs. wrench" things where both *can* do the job but one is usually better than the other.

My best extractor (Century 400 Ninja), which is my primary one for vehicles, *does* fluff up matted carpeting quite well, my lesser extractors do it OK but not to the same extent and they take a *lot* longer to achieve the same results.
 
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