New Carpet Cleaning Technology

carguy86 said:
Perfect. Thank you. What about interiors? Biggest pain when cleaning interiors?
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Well I offer mobile service without a dedicated truck (I'm like you studying engineering in college and doing this P/T). So I can't bring a extractor or compressor with me. Doing interiors without these machine makes them longer for me(time wise), the ergonomics suck(respectfully) and you have to be more gentle.



For example a dirty exterior would normally take 1.5 or even 2 times the extra time required but a dirty interior will take exponentially larger time because even though you have to go through a lot of filth(some people are disgusting) you still need to be cautionary about where your cleaning liquids go (don't want to fry any electrical circuits), not to much pressure/agitation (rip seat/leather/carpet fibers) and learn the interior(every interior is different) where every exterior has the same basic principle, 4 wheel, a body, doors etc. The interiors come in different configurations a 98 civic has miles of rooms between the seats but a 04 BMW 3 series is very difficult to get in between the seats to shampoo where the client has dropped a gallon of coffee.



I think you'll find most detailers like doing exteriors rather than interiors, yes I rather polish some sticky Subaru STI then clean a moderately dirty interior. Make interior detailing more enjoyable/faster/easier and you sir will be a millionaire before you graduate.
 
Another big pain with Interiors is the number of different machines necessary to really get everything done well. 


 


On a particularly dirty interior, I'll use my air compressor to blow things out and prep the interior.  Then my vac to evacuate the loose particulate that I've thrown around from the previous step.  Then my steamer to loosen grime from interior surfaces/carpets seats.  Then the extractor to do a deep cleaning of the seats/carpets.  Then back to the air compressor to help dry cloth seats to help avoid the "wicking" effect.  Then back to the vacuum to get more loose stuff that the previous steps have thrown around.  Then back to the air compressor a couple of times to help continue drying seats as the moisture/stains continue to rise to the top during it's evaporation. 


 


Pretty soon you have 4/5 machines plugged into the wall, all with cords, hoses and tools strewn about, trying to move ALL of them around the vehicle and interior.  It becomes a mess.  The steamer has been the best one-tool-for-all so far with interiors due to it's different attachments, but it can't "extract" heavy soiling like a carpet shampoo extractor can. 


 


Feel free to stop by the shop again to discuss in person any further development ideas or challenges you have.
 
rdorman said:
So, develop one machine that vacs, blows, steams, scrubs and extracts!
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There are strict extractor/vac combos, as well as $1k+ high end vapor steam / hot water extractors combos. But there is no end all since interiors are so variable. 
 
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