Carptet Extractor

BillyL207 · 09-12-09, 11:00

I've been looking to add a decent carpet extractor for my business. Low volume for now and have been looking at this Mytee Lite II 8070 Hot Water Carpet Extractor, carpet cleaning machine, hot water carpet cleaner would this be sufficient enough for now? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

jose206 · 09-12-09, 11:53

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.

BillyL207 · 09-13-09, 11:07

How is the suction and drying time on this machine?

toyotaguy · 09-13-09, 11:27

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

detailfanatic · 09-13-09, 08:42

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.

toyotaguy · 09-13-09, 08:47

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Originally Posted by detailfanatic

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.

HUGE NO NO!!!!!!

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...

jose206 · 09-13-09, 09:51

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.

StadiumDetail · 09-15-09, 09:41

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Originally Posted by jose206

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.

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

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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.

Honda Tool · 10-01-09, 12:51

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.

toyotaguy · 10-01-09, 01:43

Puke!!!!!!!!!

Kean · 10-01-09, 03:35

....that is (was) absolutely disgusting HT. How does one live in that kind of filth? ....nice job btw.

Showroom Shine · 10-02-09, 03:44

Great job on the interior. That was a nasty mess. Those are the kind of jobs that make you increase your prices.