The Authorized list of Must Have tools for the carpet cleaning professional.

[Mikey P]

For residential cleaners..

• Upright vacuum cleaner with edging tools, Preferably 2, a dirty air and a clean air design
• Hydroforce
• Pump Up and or Electric sprayers
• Quart size pump up
• 175 with shampoo brush and pad driver. Collection of fiber pads and bonnets
• CRB
• Rotary Extractor
• Low profile multi jet 14" wand
• Shorter wand for hard to reach areas, vehicles, steps etc
• Upholstery tools. Sapphire and an unglided type.
• Rakes
• Tarps/Runners
• Corner guards
• Scissors/knives
• Fans...

and a vehicle that fits it all.



any less and you might as well hang out with Marty on TMF.

 

[JS41035]

Trinity.
Bissel

Prius.

 

[dgardner]

Hose hangers for going upstairs....

 

[Mikey P]

Let's not get trivial

 

[TopStep Cleaner]

Water Claw.

 

[Art Kelley]

Some kind of dual 3 stage portable to finish a job if your TM dies.

 

[JS41035]

Turbo hybrid. Not carpet I know. But your crazy not to have one.

 

[Captain America]

Make it simple
Less tools...less work
Subtract the rake....rotary...175...and no fan....these are almost twice the work
Use zipper ...wand and high heat with high vacuum.....

 

[renegade_cowboy]

Tile extractor is another that should be on there.

 

[GeeeAus]

Trinity.
Bissel

Prius.

I have the deluxe version.

Kirby
175
Bissell
Holden Commodore

This is why I feel such a "made it" in this industry.

Grant

 

[Ron K]

Spotting Kit

 

[ruff]

# 1 and undisputed tool: Charm
#2 for Coit hacks and the likes: The gift of sweet talking your way out of any given trouble.

Who sells those?

 

[SamIam]

I carry a Shark, a prochem uph tool, and sapphire uph. tool , 2 wands 6 jet and 4 jet prochem, a 17 in 175, with pad driver, carpet brush, tile brush, repair tools, power stretcher, counter top tool, spinner, and gekko, 3 dri pods , 2 mini snails, a airpath,
a stair tool with a whip an extra 50 ft water hose, and a 360i, tile brush, hydroforce sprayer, and small hand sprayer for uph, grandi groomer spray bottles, 20 jugs of powder and juice, a 5 gal bucket for trash. 4 to 5 corner guards.

2nd truck has a wind tunnel pet vacuum, 2 wands same as above. 13 inch 175 sapphire uph. tool, 5 fans, hydroforce, stair tool, hand sprayer for uph. assorted spotter bottles, 10 jugs of juice. tile brush, grandi groomer. 4 to 5 corner guards.

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[hogjowl]

I assume you aren't discussing tile tools in this thread.

I agree with most of what you said, but not the CRB. I have one ... and it sits at the office.

I do NOT have a rotary extractor yet, but your constant posting about one has me convinced that I need one. (You had me convinced I needed a Vortex at one time too ... thus the reason for my not having purchased a rotary extractor yet. I'm waiting on the Jim Martin effect to wear down first.)

In my TM search, I have determined that a Butler is the best made TM I can purchase. Only thing is, there is little room for all the tools I carry. I don't want mine to look like the back end of a storage building (like Saigers), so I am having to research that a bit more.

I will have much more to say later.

After my nap ...

 

[Mikey P]

We use are CRB about 60/40 in favor of tile.

But to be honest only my guys use it on carpet due to its light weight

 

[mike r]

Marty, we have a TRex that we used one time and found it is not for us. Bought it from Les at Judson on impulse. We are strictly commercial/industrial and I don't like it for that application. Hadn't really thought of selling but it is doing us no damn good. Let me know if you are interested.

 

[TConway]

Don't forget toilet Paper full roll...you just never know!!!

 

[Shorty]

Do you not work with a truck mount or porty in your authorized list??

Here's my list that all fits neatly into my Toyota Hi Ace van which has a cargo area about 9'7" long x 5' wide x 4'5" high.

MasterBlend TF3500 + 80’ sol; & vac; hose, Bissell Spot Clean

Bentley Carbon Fibre wand, smaller 1.5” wand, 40” stair wand

Cimex – Sprayborg – Oreck & Carpet Gem (Argonaut), each with pads & bonnets

Dyson Ball DC15 + Small vac; for upholstery

Makita Variable Speed Polisher with an assortment of bonnets

Cyclo twin orbital with three different types of brushes

Sapphire & HydroKinetic uphol; tools, Set of four small specialist tools, two x curtain tools, + hugger

Omni Pro electric sprayer + 5 Quart in-line sprayer + 5 Litre pump sprayer + quart sprayer

Kirby Vac; with UV light for mattresses, High intensity UV light for uinre

Vac-A-Way spotting kit + all necessary carpet/upholstery cleaning solutions

Carpet repair tools , Carpet spot dye kit, Elec; converter for Kool Glide & Crane Steamer + folding trolley, Foam blocks, Tabs, Safety signs, Booties, Rakes, 2 x DriPods, Small Elec; Heater, 6’ Ramps, box of 16 sliders & jack, Hydro Sensor & Moisture meter.

I put in my 360i as & when needed.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Butler, wand and a rake....

 

[hogjowl]

Butler, wand and a rake....

You're not joking are you?
I've always "heard" the Butler wands were pretty bad.

 

[ruff]

No, Silly.
Storage wise, that's about all that would fit into a butler

 

[Shane Deubell]

You're not joking are you?
I've always "heard" the Butler wands were pretty bad.

Yeah i did a job yesterday and thats all i brought.

Depends where my leads are coming from, in the deep suburbs its more about spotting.
Rarely see a carpet out there that needs scrubbing.

Now if i start advertising again then yes we would bring a small 13in buffer or a cimex just in case.

 

[Russ T.]

I assume you aren't discussing tile tools in this thread.

I agree with most of what you said, but not the CRB. I have one ... and it sits at the office.

I do NOT have a rotary extractor yet, but your constant posting about one has me convinced that I need one. (You had me convinced I needed a Vortex at one time too ... thus the reason for my not having purchased a rotary extractor yet. I'm waiting on the Jim Martin effect to wear down first.)

In my TM search, I have determined that a Butler is the best made TM I can purchase. Only thing is, there is little room for all the tools I carry. I don't want mine to look like the back end of a storage building (like Saigers), so I am having to research that a bit more.

I will have much more to say later.

After my nap ...

Good choices, Butler and a rotary extractor. You won't fully understand how big a hack you have been over the years until you put some time in on the RE.

The Butler shelving takes up a lot of space but you could get pretty creative on how they set it up for you.

Hope you had a restful nap...

 

[Weebco]

Don't forget the jaws the agitator tool[emoji1]

 

[TomKing]

How about your sales kit that allows you to present your services to your clients?

That way all your cool tools don't have to stay in your truck.

It's not all just about juice and gear. You have to sell it first. Just saying.

 

[Mikey P]

I really hope that you'll be bringing this Sales Kit to your presentation at M11F

 

[Mike Draper]

and...... a good edge tool. We use ours all the time

 

[jcooper]

Blocks & tabs, tool box/bag, gps, door drape, towels, moving blankets.