Should I buy a carpet extractor or stick to my routine?

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So I've been doing a lot of dirty interiors lately and I've really been thinking about purchasing an extractor again. I had a mytee II but the suction wasnt much more than a shop vac.(i think it was defective). My routine now is vacuum, apc, steam, cyclo w carpet brushes then use my 5hp shop vac. I always have to take terry clothes and blot to get heavily soiled carpeting clean. Will an extractor suck that dirt up or will I still be blotting w terry clothes?
 
what kindof steamer do you use? if you can afford the extracter get it-has to be faster
 
VX5000....I don't know what I think about the steamer...I don't think I like it much
 
I don't have a problem breaking the dirt down, I have a problem getting the dirt up.
 
I have a spyder hp60. I got it over the lite bedside of the suction power. I absolutely love it. Its powerful and still small enough to transport. Highly recommend.
 
ShineTimeDetail said:
So I've been doing a lot of dirty interiors lately and I've really been thinking about purchasing an extractor again. I had a mytee II but the suction wasnt much more than a shop vac.(i think it was defective). My routine now is vacuum, apc, steam, cyclo w carpet brushes then use my 5hp shop vac. I always have to take terry clothes and blot to get heavily soiled carpeting clean. Will an extractor suck that dirt up or will I still be blotting w terry clothes?
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Wasnt defective, mine was the same way plus the noise even with muffs on was horrid. I sold it after 6 months.
 
Mine wasn't loud. I bought mine used that's why I don't think it was good.
 
my mytee II seems fine for vacuming then other times not so. i am getting paranoid and clean the thing midway through cycles. just how much more powerful does the hp60 seem? 137 inches sound great. my steamer has a suction feature but is too slow for larger areas.
 
Tom,

I have been there... Thinking that the extractor is possibly a waste and needing something better... I love my DM1600 it does a great job! look up some of my posts and see what you think... If you have any questions for me about it feel free to PM me...
 
I do just fine with the brush attachment for the PC the little green clean machine or my 6.5HP Home Depot shop vac. Might not get them bone dry but sucks up a lot of dirt and water. Plus you have to remember not all debris is going to come out.
 
I know it may not be the best procedure, but was about wetting the carpet more and having the shopvac there to suck up the excess water? On heavily soiled areas, ill spray them down while I vacuum. It doesn't get them super soaked and it tends to rinse out the cleaner and dirt much easier. It is like having an extract without having one! :)
 
-Longhorn- said:
I do just fine with the brush attachment for the PC the little green clean machine or my 6.5HP Home Depot shop vac. Might not get them bone dry but sucks up a lot of dirt and water. Plus you have to remember not all debris is going to come out.
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ShineTimeDetail said:
So the carpeting is still going to need to be blotted clean, then?
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Tom I don't think that is what he meant... Debris is still going to live in the fibers no matter how hard you work at cleaning the carpets there will always be super fine granules of sand embedded in the fibers...
 
CrownKote said:
Tom I don't think that is what he meant... Debris is still going to live in the fibers no matter how hard you work at cleaning the carpets there will always be super fine granules of sand embedded in the fibers...
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That is exactly what I meant.
 
Ok! So here's what I'm talking about. This couldn't have been a better example! I took my new work van. There prob hasn't been floor mats in it for awhile so the carpet is dirty. The first attempt was just apc(Strong 1:1) steam, Cyclo then my 5 hp shop vac.

1st pic is before

2nd pic is what it looked like after steam, cyclo, vac

3rd is what the terry clothe looked like after blotting.

4th is what the carpet looked like after round 2 with blotting

5 is pick of all the dirt that came from round 2

6th is round 3

7th is pic of terry towel after blotting after round 3-

Each round was apc/steam/cyclo/ vac/ blot.

And there is still more to to go to really get it clean

Would a good extractor have done the job the first time?
 
Since I switch to GTechiq W2 for my APC, it comes clean right away, with scrubbing.

Vacuum, spray W2 (1:7) agitate, mist over with W2 again, rub with a towel.

Its the best way of cleaning carpets I have found yet. Adam's Polishes makes a carpet cleaner that supposed to work in the same way, but I haven't used it.
 
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