How to turn your shop vac into a carpet extractor

[@greysontruszkowski7581]

It’s crazy how that upholstery tool costs more than the vacuum does

[@Samuelfish2k]

It’s highway robbery.

[@Alphack3r]

JUST realized last night I wanted to hack together something like this (combine shop vac with a steamer) instead of spending close to $1k for a combined unit. The algorithm moves in mysterious ways.

[@corpingtons]

Hey I see extractors on Amazon how do I get the water to go in,

[@lzach804]

@@corpingtons attach that blue hose to a water source. The upholstery tool attachment has a trigger that allows you to choose when to shoot water/soap

[@corpingtons]

@@lzach804 great I have an apholstry tool right now with my hose and water source works great

[@reyrrz]

Man, can you share links for the upholstery tool?

[@vegasdavis5404]

Show the whole setup please like what everything will be hooked up to and what pressure your running. Thanks

[@Kyle-mo5si]

That keter table is a lifesaver for mobile guys, been using it for years, but i will say, nothing beats having separate machines for vac and extraction. I

[@roiad876]

What do you reccomend?

[@Term808_]

i been using a bissell little green pro heat, does a decent job

[@Samuelfish2k]

It does, only problem is the hose is too short. But if you can deal with that it works quite well.

[@timmy8784]

I did exactly this except I add a rechargeable water tank sprayer as the water source. Works amazing

[@pulpo.r7790]

Finish the video. Where did you get hit or steaming water from. ???

[@Manhandle730]

Exactly that’s the important part

[@Samuelfish2k]

It’s not steam. It’s water from the garden hose.

[@CommentsAllowed]

@@Samuelfish2k At the very end of the video; it looked like steam. However, I could be mistaken and it was just a very fine mist of water.

[@NonieTools]

I thought that was a cloud of dust lol like he was blowing air with the blue hose and sucking it up with the vacuum but I'm clearly special needs

[@thedone1342]

If you have the money and you're looking for power, get the rigid hp nxp 3 gallon

[@kirillsmirnov247]

Hi, nice video but I still didn't get it how and where you connect your air hose that you use as sprayer hose on the squeegee tool. I have cleaning business in LA California for 30 years and I am little confuse of your modification... You might have a great idea, but some people haven't realize that commercial carpet extractors have 2 tanks - recovery (for dirty water) and solution tank (for hot water), some models has heater buit-in that heats the water to 160°F and sprayer hose must spray solution at least 60-100 PSI. As far as we know most of Shop Vac vacuums has only 1 tank for either dry or water pick-up. There's no solution tanks is available especially on 3-5 galon models like the one you demonstrated. So, it hard to determine by your video where's your solution tank that spray cleaning formula under pressure is located and which source provides the pressure for a sprayer. Some of STANLEY brand has both tanks for solution and dirty water, but they officially can be used as dry vacs or carpet extractors. Thanks

[@Johnnyjump]

Link to hose please🙏🙏🙏

[@Jryoko]

The tool itself is like $125.... i bought an extractor for less.... saves much more time with just switching tools/Vac than changing all those other things to convert it back into just a Vac to suck up larger stuff.

[@anything_alt6173]

i vacuum everything first then last is always a carpet extractor not that much time to convert them can do it in less then 5 mins after practice

[@gardensofthegods]

Can you please do everybody here a favor and tell them exactly the name of the extractor that you bought ? Is it good does it work well can you tell us about it please ?

[@habibi9699]

@@anything_alt6173would it also be a good idea to just have separate vacuums one for water and dry?

[@hitmanjenkins]

@@gardensofthegods it wont work better than the rigid, most extractors don't have near the power that the vacuum does especially at the price. just vacuum, take off the filter and buy the clear head its what i have been using for a while works great.

[@alexcazares952]

How often do you have to drain the water? Does it last a full cleaning or just two fronts seats then empty?

[@tito2fadedd]

Finna try it out, will let yall know how it goes

[@blakeyearsley3899]

Why even use the tool to wet instead of hot water in a spray bottle

[@W4M-o3d]

I just don’t get the hose bit? Does that attach to the garden hose? Or to a water tank? Don’t you want some fabric/ disinfectant solution?

[@hitmanjenkins]

it hooks into a water hose, or you can just manually spray the seat in between passes

[@W4M-o3d]

Thanks for this! That’s what I normally do, just spray water/\+solution from a pump sprayer. Great video!

[@reaperreaper5098]

You can apply solution separately by just diluting it in a spray bottle. As for the hose bit, you just need to attach it to a source of clean water (not irrigation water). It can either be from your house/business, or a pump from a tank or drum.

[@JoseAguilar-r8o]

How can u make it steam

[@santiagorojas9128]

Do u have the link for the parts

[@unknownalmighty]

im lost, where does the blue hose plug into ??????

[@enrikes9877]

I dunno if you remember that gold thing he showed at the end. It was an adapter. Garden hose -> blue thing

[@unknownalmighty]

@@enrikes9877 u the goat. Yea I noticed

[@TheFinishingTouchTo]

Where is the table from?

[@luisconforme3467]

Amazon

[@jaydailydetailer]

Do you use a water pump to create water flow if you are fully mobile?

[@jimmyeldude]

Is there a difference between using a 1/4 and 3/8 hose.

[@DOB42L8]

Because Bissell and Rug doctor don't exist?

[@frankjdm4636]

Where do you get that Wet Filter?

[@reaperreaper5098]

It's just a standard Ridgid wet filter

[@SamPenStudios]

Dude!! This is awesome!

[@zaygood_1]

Thank you for this video !

[@luisconforme3467]

Can you connect it to your pressure washer ?

[@westonklipfel7291]

no

[@BlackWhite-ru8gm]

Why do you need an air hose?

[@skatanafas5784]

For water

[@reaperreaper5098]

Air hose is just the most convenient way of getting a long enough hose with standard fittings. It's the supply line for the sprayer on the extractor nozzle.

[@ralphgomez7730]

Links for parts

[@JoseAlvarez-rz6sl]

So no water it works with air lol 😆 😂 😅

[@negusx8806]

I was just thinking, Where's the supply coming from🤔🤔🤔

[@hugoruizjuarez]

From any water line around your house

[@PolishedMobileDetailing503]

@@negusx8806the garden tap. Or you can splice the air line to a Home Depot pump sprayer and use that for a reservoir.

[@themaker4216]

@@negusx8806it goes into the blue auxiliary hose, hence why they added a garden hose adapter

[@rafaeldragajuarez2933]

Can I connect my pressure washer to the airhose instead with the quick connect? Intead of graden hose

[@lightningwave]

Any Europeans here who know an option that's affordable and available here?

[@diegoduran8435]

The attachments cost more than the vacuum plus you end up spending more like $400 dollars might as well buy a fully kit vacum extractor

[@corpingtons]

Not really

[@reaperreaper5098]

The issue with many extractors in that price range is that their performance isn't as great as a decent shop vac, and they're generally not as good at picking up bits of junk that got missed when vacuuming.

[@mgmg-mb7to]

Where did you get the work bench ?

[@steverone7623]

It’s a “keter” brand

[@matthewstewart2262]

Or use a spray bottle and a brush

[@enrikes9877]

The tool itself kinda makes this not worth it considering how much you will spend.

[@marqueswilsonn]

Tef-Lon. Not Tie-Flon.

[@PerfDayToday]

Boss move!

[@dieselkenny4568]

So much left out of this set up

[@jakecarrington9190]

I don’t know why this popped up on my feed although I am a car guy I think it would be really smart if you made kits like this and sold them and make some money for yourself bud!

[@vilhelmstein2091]

Lol not any normal vacuum works for water extraction

[@backtonewdetails]

You missed an opportunity on showing us how to actually set this up 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@dong6839]

Your water hose is WAY overkill. Its just garden hose pressure from a home tap, there's no need to use such a thick, heavy duty air hose and such heavy, clunky, quick disconnect fittings! You can easily get away with non-reindorced poly hose (3/8 is fine, you dont need the volume or pressure that a airline or even a garden hose can supply. You spray such little amounts of water that a tiny, clear, waterline is more than enough, then you're not "fighting" that stubborn airline and dragging it all over the interior of the vehicle etc. it makes coiling up your vacuum hose a LOT easier also!

[@NathonQuinones-d9e]

how much for the setup

[@PolishedMobileDetailing503]

300 including vacuum.

[@spencerclarke2289]

Need to much fucking shit bro 😂

[@tiptontom]

Just buy a wet vac ffs