I guess I should introduce myself.
I came to this forum researching a Mytee1200 machine, and I'm glad I found you guys.
I just left NE Ohio, and moved to S Florida, and I am looking at getting back into the carpet cleaning biz, after 30 years away from it. lol
I had my own cleaning biz, back in the 70's, and made a fair living from it, and enjoyed doing it.
Now that I'm finding no one wants to hire an old fart like myself, so maybe it's time to create a job.
Back in the day, I started out with a Steamex brand portable, just exactly like this one,
and later moved into an old truck mounted in a van, with a Wisconsin air cooled engine, cat pump (no unloader valve, constantly blowing seals lol) and a propane water heater. I can't remember the name brand of the TM machine, but other than the pump leaking continuously, it did a fine job. If I had stayed in the biz, I would have installed an unloader valve, but I sold out in 1978.
I cleaned a boatload of NE Ohio carpets with those 2 machines, my hands are still kinda stiff from it some days. lol
Anyway, I'm seriously wanting to get back into it in South Florida, and hope to pick up some pointers here.
I have no aspirations of getting rich, but I do hope to earn a living wage for myself, and possibly a helper.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Types of machines, chemicals, how to advertise now, (in the old days, I ran 1/4 page ads in the local TV guides, then in the Yellow pages, and what's a good combo for tile and grout as well as carpet?
I'm thinking there must be a lot of tile and grout cleaning down here, maybe more so than carpet cleaning work.
I'm thinking I would prefer to find an old inexpensive TM machine, rather than a portable.
Since the budget is real tight, maybe a portable machine makes more sense to star with, especially considering the high percentage of high rise buildings in my area.
What are your thoughts on that?
I came to this forum researching a Mytee1200 machine, and I'm glad I found you guys.
I just left NE Ohio, and moved to S Florida, and I am looking at getting back into the carpet cleaning biz, after 30 years away from it. lol
I had my own cleaning biz, back in the 70's, and made a fair living from it, and enjoyed doing it.
Now that I'm finding no one wants to hire an old fart like myself, so maybe it's time to create a job.
Back in the day, I started out with a Steamex brand portable, just exactly like this one,
and later moved into an old truck mounted in a van, with a Wisconsin air cooled engine, cat pump (no unloader valve, constantly blowing seals lol) and a propane water heater. I can't remember the name brand of the TM machine, but other than the pump leaking continuously, it did a fine job. If I had stayed in the biz, I would have installed an unloader valve, but I sold out in 1978.
I cleaned a boatload of NE Ohio carpets with those 2 machines, my hands are still kinda stiff from it some days. lol
Anyway, I'm seriously wanting to get back into it in South Florida, and hope to pick up some pointers here.
I have no aspirations of getting rich, but I do hope to earn a living wage for myself, and possibly a helper.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Types of machines, chemicals, how to advertise now, (in the old days, I ran 1/4 page ads in the local TV guides, then in the Yellow pages, and what's a good combo for tile and grout as well as carpet?
I'm thinking there must be a lot of tile and grout cleaning down here, maybe more so than carpet cleaning work.
I'm thinking I would prefer to find an old inexpensive TM machine, rather than a portable.
Since the budget is real tight, maybe a portable machine makes more sense to star with, especially considering the high percentage of high rise buildings in my area.
What are your thoughts on that?
