1st Portable Extractor - Buying Decisions

Willy: It's time management. A typical job for me is a single story 3 bdrm home with 1050 sf of carpet. This is how it's done. Key is to double up on most tasks.

0900: Arrive on site. Access unit. Vacuum/survey carpet/take digital pics of problem areas. (10 min)
0910: Apply spotters / scrub out spots/ raise matted down areas (15 minutes)
0925: Apply high traffic pre-spray (10 minutes)
0935: Unload truck / set up machine and hoses (10 minutes)
0945: Deep extract / spray enzymes afterwards (1050 sf takes about 2 hours)
1145: Pack up and go.

I swear the Job is done in less than 3 hours. Of course a boom box tuned into country music is a definite pace setter. Since I only have a 25' hose on my porty I centrally locate the machine to minimize moving it. I never drag it from room to room.

When using two cords, One thing that helps out to is knowing where the right plugs are to prevent popping breakers. At first it was hit and miss (wasted time) until I figured out that the 115VAC outlets in the laundry room for both dryer and washer are always on separate circuits.   Which helps save time.

Anyway thats the routine.

By the way, my earlier insults were in response to yours. Eye for an eye kind of thing. Nothing personal. We all have thick enough skin to handle it.

Duck: Stop whining and belly up to the bar. What is your business model?

MBCC joined this forum because nobody in his area is buying his line but he thinks we are hungry for the secret to success.  Has it been TRIED?  Yessir.  Has it been TESTED?  Well, for a little while, yes.  It is TRUE?  That is where the lying begins.  Or shall I say an exaggeration of the results appear in his report but the evidence proves he fails to measure up to the standards of a viable ongoing business.  He believes it though.  THAT I believe.

He sure has a nice hobby, doesn't he?




Edited by duckcountry - 02/June/2008 at 3:33pm

Ya Rat...  It's also about having some fun and a high sense of humor.. Nobody knows it all.. Won't buy nuttin from you..

John, it makes me shake with laughter when some wet behind the ears rookie alleged cleaner/salesman comes here with, I think as of today, 89 jobs experience, and starts telling us old farts that by such tried and failed recipes like low ball pricing is gonna make him a millionaire! Whenever I learned, I learned by listening and asking, not coming on like gangbusters and knowing all the answers before the question gets asked. I feel sorry for the guy being such a dough head.
On the other hand, I would be more than willing to teach him some stuff, but he knows it all, so I won't bother. Friggin' plebes.....

MBCC wrote: I know this post is dated, but I would definitely recommend looking into the SOLUS 500R mfr by U.S. Products. I use one so if you have any questions I would be happy to answer.

And you should listen to the Rear Admiral,and benefit from his veritable weeks of experience!I wonder if he's figured out his a$$ from his elbow yet....

Hey Gilligan, when you figure out how to get the moisture eliminated from behind your auditory appendages, you'll have a yardstick to measure with.




Edited by kkForumAdmin - 27/May/2008 at 2:13pm

I have had a lot of experiance with portables over the last 22 years from all the US manufactures. This is just  what I would buy Ninja 500 2 X 2 stage vac inline water heater. Now the pump must be the pumptec with a fasco motor, these last years, but change the by-pass spring to a 200 psi spring. This will be an excellent choice. The wand should be a twin jet s- bend wand with 2 x 11015 jets, this will keep a constant pressure of 200 psi coming out of your tips and hitting the carpet. You should also consider buying a inline sprayer with ajustable dilutions. this cuts your carpet preconditiong down, then just use a rise agent to rince of the preconditioner. The best preconditioning agent and rinse agent I have used and still use it is from a company called Lee Soaps formally Carpet Plus in Denver.