Chem-Tex Extractors |
Edic Portable Extractors |
Mytee Portable Extractors |
Carpet Extractors (also known as portable extractors) are commercial carpet cleaning machines used by professional carpet cleaners. They are very popular in cleaning business because of their mobility and durability. Carpet Extractors run on electricity and provide great vacuum. They are also easy to move upstairs and downstairs. These features comes very handy when it comes to cleaning carpet in high-rises.
How Carpet Extractors Work?
The Carpet Extractors extract both water and chemicals onto the carpet and vacuum everything back with the dirt. Some extractors use hot water, some don’t. Hot water improves the productivity of the machine, because the dirt dissolves better in hot water and it also reduces dry time. If you want to use hot water, then you should purchase carpet extractor that has inline heater. However, if your portable extractor does not have inline heater, you can easily add it with help of bucket heater. Bucket heater is removable heater specially designed for carpet extractors.
Buying Carpet Extractor
When purchasing carpet extractor, make sure to check weight, tires, power, and brand.
Weight is very critical for carpet extractors. During the job, you have to move your machine up and downstairs. Also, you might need to lift it when taking it out or putting it back to the truck. Most portable extractors weight about 90lb. – 140lb.
Tires are very important factor when choosing carpet extractor. Inflatable tires are preferred, because they reduce noise when transporting and more reliable than regular plastic tires.
Power of carpet extractors is measured in PSI. This is how much vacuum machine produces per square inch. For regular carpet cleaning, you would need something from 100 to 500PSI. To do tile & grout cleaning, you would need 500PSI and up.
Make sure your machine has been build by well known and respected manufacture. Here is some of the most popular carpet extractors manufacturers:
Chem-Tex
Sandia
Mytee
Edic
