Holy cow!!! Sweet! If you don't mind me asking how much did you spend on parts to make that thing? How does it work? From your picture it looks the same as my Mytec extractor passes. Nicely done!
under $180.00 for everything, the pump is a Shur Flo 60 psi diaphram pump $69.00 along with the extractor wand also $69.00, and all the hardware was under $30.00 the salution tank is from a used greased lighting jug. I did alot of research on different extractors and found other than it not being heated all is the same or better.
o.k. thats just awsome i have the brute shop vac aswell, could you give a detailed how to w/ parts i would love to build this thing where did you get the blue hose?
Location: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Re: Home Made Extractor -
09-17-2007, 09:50 AM
That's really cool.
I tried something like that using hot tap water (at my shop), but I could not quite make it work. I needed to spend a half day with some washers & plumbers tape. Really good job.
brenton
O.K. to start I wasn't really sure how well this was going to work until today when I had to clean a solid 3 cans of red bull (old) out of some carpet, all I can say is unbelievable!
The Shur-Lo pump came from Northern Tool, you can spend a heap on a tank or go to Lowe's and pick up some greased lightning use the product and keep the container . The vent hole in the container is almost perfect for the 3/8? solution tube (Lowe's) I used, I took the filter that comes with all siphon hoses on pressure washers for the container end of the solution pick up. The closer the tank is to the pump the more efficient it will run. I routed the power strait to the battery interrupted by a 15 amp switch( the pump has an automatic shut of but just to be safe) and grounded it to the body of the van. Then I simply took 40' of the solution hose ran it out the back of the van to the vac hose(Lowe's $34.00), I had to drill a hole in the collar to route the hose coming from the wand. It take no more than a minute to set up and less time to convert it back to a vacuum. Like I said before if your in the mobile detailing biz than this is a must have, no lugging around a big machine and you can utilize your vac for dual purposes.
I paid about $700 for my Mytee HT70 (model ?). It's the small one but works great. Several online etailers have them. If I had the nack for building my own I'd have saved about $500! I also like the idea of breaking down the vac and having the use of that seperately.
The psi rating is 60 which is about the average for commercial extractors. It's been almost 6 months and it works as well as the first day I built it. If I end up getting a fixed location there is no doubt I will be incorporating this into it somehow. I would strongly recommend going this route if possible, not only does it save space it is a great time saver.
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