If you turn the brushes off for the dry pass it suck a little more and resets the carpet fibers, so I’ve found

I used to have the 5 brush version of this machine, mine didn't have headlights either. It was bought in 2002 I believe, used that machine for 10 plus year's until the air conditioner in my house at the time flooded my basement. I ended up ruining the spin scrub and my sprayers stopped working too. Lesson learned there for sure, use a shop vac for house floods. I now have a Bissell Pro Heat 2X Revolution and it works really well surprisingly. Love this video.

I'm so envious of you nice carpet. I wish I actually had real carpet, not just area rugs.

That was a really nice video. The time passed quickly because it was very engaging to watch. Kudos for keeping both the carpets and the Hoover in such great condition. You made it fun to watch because you had fun doing it. If you go to a beauty supply shop and get some 20% Hydrogen Peroxide, mix about a cup or two to a gallon of your carpet shampoo, and pre-spray it down it will lighten the carpet as it dries. Especially pre-spray the darker areas and let it dwell ten minutes. If you do this method you can eliminate putting the soap in the machine, and therefore the first pass rinses the soap out, and you won't put down more soap than you need with each subsequent pass. But the method you used worked great so if you don't mind the rinsing passes it works well also. You can add a cup of vinegar to the rinse to help bring the carpet ph back down to neutral as higher than 7.0 pH can re-soil more rapidly. An occasional rinse of the carpets with just water, or water and vinegar will help keep the pH down as well. I'm glad you have such fun doing this type of thing, so it's no chore at all, but an enjoyable pastime. Looking forward to the next one!

You sir just have settled my curious mind! For AGES i have been wanting to try out my Sentria's Shampoo system and pit it against a standard carpet shampooer, but I have no space to keep one! Now I see- if you do the job right, if you take your time not just with the process but with the strokes, you'll get a GREAT clean. It's incredible to see how well 2 quality, american made carpet cleaners work.

im surprised that the motors in carpet shampooers dont rust really easily with all that moisture in the air passing through them.

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Hey! I do love watching your videos, especially this one. You have lovely carpets, so, the Hoover shampooer you have is very similar to my VAX Dual V pro, and I guess as they are now all owned by the same company the similarities are uncanny. I laugh at the 6 rotating brushes they advertise, it makes it sound like there are 6 rows of brushes 😂😂😂. That one did such a good job on the carpets. Now, the Kirby. As you may know Kirby’s are one of my favourite vacuums and I have nearly all the ones available in the Uk from 1978. All the ones I have refurbed, especially the G series have had water damage due to the shampooing system. Firstly from user mis use and thinking the carpets should be ceiling high with foam! and the machine getting too wet and the low profile and tech drive letting in moisture. You did at awesome job on how to shampoo carpets the correct way, but I still don’t rate the carpet shampooing system on Kirby’s compared to extraction machines. Thanks for the demo and the vid was excellent. Thanks Bill.

I have a Steamvac and an Empower both from the same year. The Empower turned 15 years old this month and the Steamvac next month.

this is an outstanding video, I love My Kirby ultimate G I have not used the shampooer yet but I plan to this spring :)

Bill did you take a hiatus from KZfaq? You haven't posted in a week now. Hope all is ok.

Great job! I usually have some pet hair in my Kirby's shampoo tray when finished. It's not too much, but enough.

A tablespoon or two of vinegar in the rinse water really helps to break down the soap and leave the carpets clean without smelling bad.

My Avalir shampoo system it’s definitely an improvement it’s get all those nasty spots out in short time I love its shampoo performance.

For the stain by the baby gate I would try a product called bio break with citrus sold and use a carpet rake and guaranteed that stain will be gone. I then use a protectant and the results are amazing, a tribute to its effectiveness is the piece of remnant carpet in the Garage is treated with the protectant and when dirty and wet from winter traffic I bring it in to dry and then vacuum and it looks like it been cleaned, I’m blown away to say the least. That carpet rake I mentioned earlier is amazing and cheap, I’m sure you know all this since you mention joe wheeler.

I wish Hoover had kept making the SteamVac Widepath.

I think the new design is easier to use, but it isn’t as easy to clean out(more components), as it still does need to be disassembled like the old design and cleaned out. It also doesn’t lay out foam as well as the older design.

you could dump dirty water from the hoover steam vac to the sink in the kitchen not the toilet

Like the wall color in purple room

Could you do car mats?

Is the hoover made in the USA?Later models are made in China.

OCD at its finest and I LOVE IT!

How you been doing Bill?

Is that a GE garbage disposal?

Sorry to blow up your page, I have the day off. But one more thing, if you come across one used in good shape or can afford to buy a new one get a bissell big green upright cleaner. The results are amazing, I have the next model up from your Hoover and using it first the water is almost clear, then I followed it up with the bissell and it was the color of coffee with cream. I couldn’t believe it, I’m OCD with my machines so they are basically assembly line clean when I’m done with them, so I know it wasnt just dirt from a previous cleaning. That machine coupled with the bio break and carpet rake will make those problem areas disappear. I bought my chemicals and rake at janilink. Com but I’m sure there are other sites that might have it too.

What's the weather Like there!

Bill be sure Rosie , Mrs.VacLab , and Andy stay out of the Dining room.

I think you were going over the carpets too quickly with the Hoover. This not giving it ample time to extract as much water as possible. I’ve always been taught to go much much slower when extracting the water using machines like he Hoover’s and bissells. They don’t have quite the same suction power as he big truck mounts obviously. But the carpets look really nice

can you recommend a new Hoover steamvac shampooer, i know yours is a older style but would like to buy one that works just as well. How often do you shampooer your carpets? Also can you tell me how you polish your Kirby vacuum? Keep up your great videos. Thanks

I’ve been skeptical of the Kirby shampooer, because it seems to me that the shampoo would leave a residue on the carpet since there’s no real rinse. I’m guessing this isn’t your experience?

Your going way to fast you probably could’ve picked up more dirt

Your sink drains slow. Run the garbage disposal.