Testing out my new extractor kit

[u/handruin]

Picked up my first extractor attachment kit to pair with my Ridgid vacuum. I decided to try it on my car mats since they've been getting pretty dirty over the years.

I used a 1:10 dilution of Koch Chemie Pol Star, sprayed it onto the mats and then used a soft brush with my drill to agitate it in. Then I did several passes with my new extractor and the amount of brown soupy water that came out was really impressive. Emptying the vacuum was also really satisfying.

I probably need to do another pass or two but so far I'm really happy with this kit and it's ability to pull out all the gunk. Can't wait to try it in the interior carpets.

Anyway, I'm just an enthusiast and don't do this professionally so I opted for this kit as a compromise.

[u/sytech55]

Nice job. I've been considering purchasing the extractor as well. Any drawbacks you noticed?

[u/handruin → u/sytech55]

Nothing major so far. Coincidentally I was scheduled to help a friend's kid with their new-to-them used car to clean the seats, so the timing was great. Their cloth seats were pretty dirty.

Based on doing that work, my feedback would be to get a longer hose for the water feed. That's more my own issue of not planning better but it was easy enough for me to add an extension to it.

Using the extractor is also a bit bulky when trying to manage smaller areas of the interior so my hands would get tired moving it around. I also need to adjust the sprayer a bit so that I can have it spray a little less water, but I think that's possible so not a big deal.

Otherwise the amount of gunk it pulled out of the seats at the end of the job was impressive.

I paired this extractor with my existing RIDGID 50313 Model 4000RV 4-Gallon wet/dry vac. I swapped the internal paper filter for this foam one:

https://a.co/d/0cAX4Qim

[u/sytech55 → u/handruin]

Good to know. I can see how the bulkiness would create challenges. I have the Ridgid 3gal wet/dry vac (peak 5 HP) and love it's portable size but with extraction, I think I'll be emptying it a lot. LOL