08-23-2013, 06:24 PM
I've done many tile jobs with the Orbot. Cleans the tile surface quite well, but not so much the grout, for which there is the extractor (truck or port) with the XS 12.
I've completely given up extraction on tile work. I hate the unreliable, cumbersome equipment and the sloppy, hose strewn mess.
I use Dry Vapor Steam exclusively on tile now. Its a technique; it has to be mastered. It is more work physically, but WAY less aggravation. And the Italian made DVS units are absolutely, positively bulletproof.
Among many, many other tile jobs, a co-worker and I recently did the entire Longboat Key Club in FL with two small, hand portable DVS units and the Orbot. As Rick can probably tell you, that's no roadside motel.
I've completely given up extraction on tile work. I hate the unreliable, cumbersome equipment and the sloppy, hose strewn mess.
I use Dry Vapor Steam exclusively on tile now. Its a technique; it has to be mastered. It is more work physically, but WAY less aggravation. And the Italian made DVS units are absolutely, positively bulletproof.
Among many, many other tile jobs, a co-worker and I recently did the entire Longboat Key Club in FL with two small, hand portable DVS units and the Orbot. As Rick can probably tell you, that's no roadside motel.