Professional Carwashing & Detailing - Feb 2012
Pictured here is a pneumatic rotary shampooer This tool is perfect for shampooing fabric upholstery and carpets DIAMOND LUSTRE Get the Auto Detailing Equipment that will make your business more e cient from a name that you know and trust www carwash com 57 Detailers Spotlight too concerned about the type of nozzle that is used on an extractor Although some detailers have alertly realized that having a view window on the nozzle is critical for proper cleaning The window allows the user to see if they have extracted all the dirt and shampoo residue from the fibers Porter Cable dual action tools available that are of good quality too but at less cost And if an operator prefers air tools there are excellent dual action tools available Rotary shampooer tool This has been available in the detail industry since the early 1980s but because it required an air compressor for operation it was not readily accepted by the detail industry However carwash operations offering detail service as well as auto dealers and auto auctions have almost universally accepted the small rotary shampoo tool as their method of friction scrubbing carpets and fabric upholstery For the most part soil extractors have remained the same They have a molded plastic body a vacuum motor in line or tank heater and a solution pump There have been some innovations in nozzles but for the most part the detailer has not been X Heated soil extractors for carpet cleaning and X Air operated tools which include smaller light weight buffers orbitals dual action and shampooing tools Traditionally detailers always used an electric rotary buffer as their tool of choice and many still do today The reason of course tradition but in the early days most business owners could not afford an air compressor and many today still cannot afford one Also a mobile operator is hard pressed to carry around a compressor large enough to power an air tool So electric tools reign Innovations While the orbital tool has been around since the late 1970s the electric dual action tool is a recent innovation lead by the German manufacturer FLEX which is considered the highest quality dual action tool on the market There are also DeWalt and Its time to shine with Follow us on Twitter www twitter com dlustre Circle 206 Follow us on Facebook www facebook com diamondlustre Continued on next page
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