Need a floor cleaning extraction machine.?

Question

I have a 3400 sq. ft home and the kitchen pantry formal and informal dining room and laundry room and one bathroom have the pebble tech rock floor it is much like what they use in a pool.I need to know what is the best machine to clean it with tryed hoover floor mate and the flip it they just do not have the cleaning power or the extraction power.I need to know what machine will do the job for the best price. I do know it should be the type with a hard floor tool wand.I hope someone can help me out.Thank you...

Answer 1

I have used a wet-dry shop vac for this kind of job. It has a hard plastic tool with a removable piece of rubber like a sqeegee. You can use a LOT of water to clean a rough floor and the shop vac picks it up leacing the floor damp but not wet. If you use soapy water, you may have to pick that up, and then rinse with clear water and then vaccum the rinse water. The shop vac is so strong that the wand will grab onto the floor if you hold it at a certain incorrect angle.