Portable with Quickest Drying time?

To all the protable users:

except for Ed's
all portables are the same they all use the same vac motors 2 or 3 stage.

use a heavy power cord, a really god wand and short vac hose for maximum water recovery.

by change my power cord I added 10" of water lift!

I would suggest that you look for a System that is well designed in terms of providing with optimal AIR-FLOW if drying is a concern.

The very best to all;
Ed Valentine
cross-american corp.

If what your IICRC instructor stated, was true, do you really think Prochem and many others would have survived all these years.

The initial treatment of the carpet will have a major bearing on the drying time.

If you, prevac, prespray, aggitate, then extract, you can get perfectly good and adequate results with as little as 100 psi, assuming, of course, you have twin vacs.

The current trend in portables, is for triple, three stage vacs, but with good products and good technique, you can get spectacular results, without all of that muscle.

Then again, if it's quick drying you want, maybe you are in the wrong section !!!

ps
Boiling water could drastically shorten the life of your pump,
    

Edited by scotty - 12/May/2007 at 11:30am

I did it just the one time and performance wise, not a difference.  I use portables over truckmounts for environmental reasons.  I am concerned with greenhouse gases,  global warming and the carbon footprint of a truckmount regardless of whether it uses gas, natural gas, propane, diesel or bio-diesel.

You are correct, if you don't have the heat you make time to do a good job.  Customers feel better about what they pay if I take longer than the other guy.

I did one better than fuel additives (most of which don't perform as advertised).  I shortened my acceptable job radius to 4 miles.  And I refuse commercial work so a portable fits my business just fine.  

I alone decide for myself and my business what I do, how I perceive things and how I do things based on my set of values and not yours.  I am glad you can do the same for you and your business without expecting everyone to agree with you or be classified by you as substandard.

It would be unfortunate if you felt offended by someone who did not think the sun rises and sets over a truck mount.