Unhappy with Mytee Lite II

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tssdetailing

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I recently purchased a Mytee Lite II system and was not happy with its manuverablity nor inability to breakdown/suck up a heavily soiled carpet. I used carpet solution from PRO. The dilution ration was 9:1, which I thought was really weak, considering the same soltion is their "vinyl cleaner spray" at 5:1 ?? I ended up using the ole spray, brush, and shop-vac approach.



Any suggestions? The unit is 3 years old that I'm using.
 
I'm looking into getting something like the mytee lite II - does the spray/brush and shop-vac approach do 99% of what you need?
 
Carpets are really something you need to put time into to get satisfactory results. You need to vacuum any dry matter up, brush a bit then vacuum again just in case you missed something(because dirt + moisture = mud remember), pretreat any spots with a pre treater, after applying your cleaner scrub really well. THEN you can extract. Extractors are made to.. extract, not to aggitate stuck in, ground in soils in the carpet material.



The reason the OPs brush and vac solution worked significantly better is the brushing portion..
 
thanks Getcha! I guess I had it in my mind that it was an all -in one solution. I still didnt' think it was very manuverable though...
 
The Aztec and Durrmaid extractors are smaller and more manuverable. Mytee is known for superior quality extractors and the Mytee Lite is no exception.



I would try using a stronger dilution with the cleaner or using a pre treament product that you spray on first



Carpet Extractor Pre-Treatment
 
If I read this correctly... And I hardly ever do ;) but you say you're putting the solution in the tank? You should only run plain water in the tank. Use a pretreatment of your solution in a spray bottle and a scrub brush to aggitiate it. Spot treat any other stains with a spot treater like Folex and then use the extractor.
 
getcha said:
Carpets are really something you need to put time into to get satisfactory results. You need to vacuum any dry matter up, brush a bit then vacuum again just in case you missed something(because dirt + moisture = mud remember), pretreat any spots with a pre treater, after applying your cleaner scrub really well. THEN you can extract. Extractors are made to.. extract, not to aggitate stuck in, ground in soils in the carpet material.



The reason the OPs brush and vac solution worked significantly better is the brushing portion..
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Then what is the benefit of something like a Mytee Lite II?
 
jake is right...



the benefit is the injection of hot water (cleans/disinfects better than cool) and the removal of said water along with deep down dirt, broken up grime and leaves behind a fresh look!
 
Let me play devils advocate here - in theory i could use something like a kettle to heat up the water and the wet/dry fac to remove it - no?
 
Krafcik said:
Let me play devils advocate here - in theory i could use something like a kettle to heat up the water and the wet/dry fac to remove it - no?
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the kid has a point :confused:



Jakerooni said:
If I read this correctly... And I hardly ever do ;) but you say you're putting the solution in the tank? You should only run plain water in the tank. Use a pretreatment of your solution in a spray bottle and a scrub brush to aggitiate it. Spot treat any other stains with a spot treater like Folex and then use the extractor.
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the solution i used, said it could be mixed with a carpet extractor???
 
Ok, so essentially i'm paying $600 for the convience of having the hot water heated at the car . . . i'm going to try my kettle method tonight.







tssdetailing said:
the kid has a point :confused:







the solution i used, said it could be mixed with a carpet extractor???
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A carpet extractor simply makes carpet cleaning more effecient

and effective. Certainly you can clean carpets and upholstery without one, but it's usually easier with and extractor and the results are usually better.



An extractor combines a solution/clean water tank, a pump to deliver this liquid under pressure, a powerful hi-lift vacuum specifically suited for liquids, and a recovery tank all in one portable unit. Some provide heating elements to heat the liquid prior to injecting into the carpet/upholstery, some don't heat. Since you're injecting pressurize cleaning/rinsing solution directly at the point of cleaning via a nozzle/hand trigger, you can better control how the solution is applied. Since it's pressurized, it can do a better job of flushing/cleaning the suspended dirt. Since it's applied directly next to the vacuum wand, you can extract the solution before it has a chance to soak in and saturate the carpet/backing and do it in one motion/step. Etc. etc.



It's simply a specialized tool for a specialized purpose. It's not the holy grail of carpet cleaning, and it doesn't clean the carpets for you while you play catch with the dog.



You can dig a cellar hole with a pick axe, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow ... or you can use an excavator. Either one will work, it's just whether you want to spend the money for the excavator :lol
 
Heres what you need to do to get maximum results: #1, vacuum the area thoroughly #2 Pre-treat the carpet with a traffic lane cleaner, it should sit and dwell on the carpet 10 minutes. #3 Scrub the carpet with a scrub brush while the traffic lane cleaner is doing its job. #4 Extract with hot water if you can, but you can still get good results with cold. #5 2 dry passes minimum.#6 Get it dry as fast as possible. I would not run detergent thru the solution tank, just pre-treat with a high quality traffic lane cleaner and rinse with water only. Look at products like ProChem Ultrapac or ProChem Powerburst for your traffice lane cleaner, both very good.
 
tssdetailing said:
thanks Getcha! I guess I had it in my mind that it was an all -in one solution. I still didnt' think it was very manuverable though...
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No problem :). Keep in mind that hot water in your extractor instead of something with some cleaner solution is better because detergents are designed to sort of attach to(in the case of oils), suspend and carry soils away. So in other words if any detergents are left behind they are more apt to attract soils.



Vac

Brush

Vac

Pretreat

Spray

Scrub

Hot water extract x2 and you should be great!

Dry as fast as possible



And dont SOAK the carpets, then its a lot more work
 
Krafcik said:
Let me play devils advocate here - in theory i could use something like a kettle to heat up the water and the wet/dry fac to remove it - no?
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If you can find a safe way to inject the boiling water into a thrurough rinse without scolding the crap out of you or compleltly soaking the carpet beyond what's considered normal then yes your theory would be correct. I'd love to see it. Would save thousands on people buying extractor's all the time... Oh and you have to actually find a shop vac that will do 120" - 154" give or take of lift too. (;)extractors are much more powerful than shop vacs)
 
Cleaning Fool said:
Heres what you need to do to get maximum results: #1, vacuum the area thoroughly #2 Pre-treat the carpet with a traffic lane cleaner, it should sit and dwell on the carpet 10 minutes. #3 Scrub the carpet with a scrub brush while the traffic lane cleaner is doing its job. #4 Extract with hot water if you can, but you can still get good results with cold. #5 2 dry passes minimum.#6 Get it dry as fast as possible. I would not run detergent thru the solution tank, just pre-treat with a high quality traffic lane cleaner and rinse with water only. Look at products like ProChem Ultrapac or ProChem Powerburst for your traffice lane cleaner, both very good.
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Tried and proven.



You could also add a rinse solution to your extractor instead of clean water, as it neutralizes the alkaline pre-treat solution.



And pre-treat certain stains.
 
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