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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Emil Dinev on June 29, 2012, 10:49:11 pm

Title: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: Emil Dinev on June 29, 2012, 10:49:11 pm

I am about to buy a used Stimvak Maestro carpet extractor and was wondering if anyone has seen this machine before. it's a bargin price what the guy (not carpet cleaner) is asking - £150
It's got 2 x 2 stage Ametek vac motors, heating unit, and presumably 100psi pump. Pump is working but not shooting water out.

couldn't attach photo, but there is some at http://www.leboncoin.fr/electromenager/187072080.htm

Any comments anyone?

Cheers
Emil

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: john martin on June 29, 2012, 11:54:54 pm

Dont know it at all  ,  but nice design , looks like top mounted motors and it looks like it would stair climb and maneuver well .
Could always pop a couple of three stage vacs in to bring it up to date .

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: Emil Dinev on June 29, 2012, 11:59:46 pm

Yes John, that's what i was thinking about the vacs.
Also was thinking to try and fit in 150psi shurflo pump if i go for it.

Cheers
Emil

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: john martin on June 30, 2012, 12:11:12 am

 
    Sounds good , looks like easy access to the vacs/pump for fitting too .

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: PaulKing on June 30, 2012, 07:46:58 am

used to use them 20 years ago not a bad machine and for that price your not going to get stung, the drag brush wand on that piccy is pants your better off with a wand. Remember that the vac motors used to last forever in them they reckoned it was because they where mounted sat upright and the bearings liked that, raher than being on their sides.

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: Kinver_Clean on June 30, 2012, 10:03:21 am

A 135 pump should be the same size as the one in there. I found a spec for it and it states it has 3 stage vacs- but this may be a later model than yours.
That looks like a powerbrush.

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: Chris_Thomas on June 30, 2012, 10:30:48 am

Had that set up in 1990. Mine had single 3 stage. Good robust machine which fell out of the van and lived. I liked the power brush until it gave me rsi. Sounds a good deal to me..

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: JandS on June 30, 2012, 10:38:28 am

I've still got one but use it only on commercial
as a holding tank for my main machine, mine's
got an in tank heater so just pump from it to my
Ninja.
Got the power brush with it when I bought it but
eventually stripped solution and vac hose off it and
it makes a pretty good mechanical agitator now.
Have also got it's baby brother the Toto and am in
the process of converting it into a pre sprayer for
larger jobs, alas the pump as gone.

John

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: Emil Dinev on June 30, 2012, 04:17:01 pm

Hey guys, this machine seems to be quite popular  :D
Didn't think that quite a few on here would know of it.
I'm putting the whole Sunday aside for working on it. ;D

Cheers
Emil

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: wmidsgw on July 01, 2012, 03:34:44 pm

Believe it is the Stimvak Maestro.......Stimvak manufactured these back in the 1980s.

Title: Re: Has anyone come accross this machine
Post by: robert meldrum on July 01, 2012, 08:57:37 pm

Stimvac STILL MAKE THAT MACHINE.