Dan Mauser
Member
Hello!
Here's how I came to this site:
I am entering the hot water extraction carpet cleaning business soon and am looking at the different equipment involved. I will be getting a portable carpet cleaner that runs ~250 PSI. The machine comes without heat, so I will be adding that somehow.
I am told there also is a market for indoor tile cleaning, which requires ~800 PSI and like all cleaning jobs, goes faster with heat. Some people have used a tool called a Turbo http://www.hydroforce.com/turboforce/index.htm which attaches in place of the wand of the carpet cleaning machine and uses ~2 GPM. Others have mentioned using a concrete surface cleaner for this, retro-fitting a vacuum hose to the device. How well would this adaptation work with 2 gpm at 800 psi? I see higher flow rates and pressures suggested for the surface cleaners. I also have heard if you go much higher than 1000 psi, you could remove some of the grout. Is that true?
Since I may need heat and pressure, I am looking at offering pressure washing services as well. I have heard 3000 psi and 4 gpm as a rule of thumb for pressure washing minimum, but don't know to what pressure washing applications these standards apply. Nor was the subject of heat mentioned using the 3000/4 minimum. I'd like to get some ideas of what pressures, flow, and heat are required for the various pressure washing jobs.
I have also heard that 250 degree water can be released as steam through a special tip and this is how many people clean tile. I'd like to hear more about that.
I've just ordered the Power Washers Guidebook so I'll have some more resources in a week or so. Any suggestions about where I could learn more about this business would be appreciated.
Time to go rub my wife's feet,
Dan
Here's how I came to this site:
I am entering the hot water extraction carpet cleaning business soon and am looking at the different equipment involved. I will be getting a portable carpet cleaner that runs ~250 PSI. The machine comes without heat, so I will be adding that somehow.
I am told there also is a market for indoor tile cleaning, which requires ~800 PSI and like all cleaning jobs, goes faster with heat. Some people have used a tool called a Turbo http://www.hydroforce.com/turboforce/index.htm which attaches in place of the wand of the carpet cleaning machine and uses ~2 GPM. Others have mentioned using a concrete surface cleaner for this, retro-fitting a vacuum hose to the device. How well would this adaptation work with 2 gpm at 800 psi? I see higher flow rates and pressures suggested for the surface cleaners. I also have heard if you go much higher than 1000 psi, you could remove some of the grout. Is that true?
Since I may need heat and pressure, I am looking at offering pressure washing services as well. I have heard 3000 psi and 4 gpm as a rule of thumb for pressure washing minimum, but don't know to what pressure washing applications these standards apply. Nor was the subject of heat mentioned using the 3000/4 minimum. I'd like to get some ideas of what pressures, flow, and heat are required for the various pressure washing jobs.
I have also heard that 250 degree water can be released as steam through a special tip and this is how many people clean tile. I'd like to hear more about that.
I've just ordered the Power Washers Guidebook so I'll have some more resources in a week or so. Any suggestions about where I could learn more about this business would be appreciated.
Time to go rub my wife's feet,
Dan
