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The following pages below will give you additional information about the many uses and benefits of cleaning with a dry vapor steam cleaner. Here you will find out how to eliminate dust-mites, flees and bed bugs or how to clean up after a pet who has made a bit of a mess on you floor. We will also try to cover a host of other areas from tile and grout cleaning, upholstery cleaning, dry car washing, janitorial work, hardwood floor steam mopping and much more all using the power of a good steam cleaner. We will also tackle some of the misconceptions people have about what a "steam cleaner" actually is. So get ready, grab a cup of coffee and follow the links directly to your right or click next page at the bottom right to browse to the information that interests you. We are always adding helpful information to the Just Renew-It Industrial Supply Steam Cleaner Information Center so check back often to see what may be new.

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What's a Vapor Steam Cleaner?

What Is A Vapor Steam Cleaner?:
A vapor steam cleaner is a machine that generates super heated steam vapor inside of a sealed internal boiler system. Through a series of ports the dry steam is directed out of the boiler, down the hose and out any of the various cleaning attachments. These systems put out an amazing 95% or higher dry steam. The steam is so dry that you can shoot the steam into the air and have virtually no water hit the floor. Most, depending upon the specific type of steam cleaner, they will often use as little as one gallon of water over the course of a whole hour of not stop cleaning or sanitizing! This is pretty amazing indeed. This low water usage makes a vapor steam cleaner ideally suited for use in your home, office or place of business. They are designed and perfectly suited for indoor use. that being said, the have hundreds of applications for use in the outdoors. Note, this type of steamer is not, nor does it have a vacuum. Frankly, it is not needed. A simple face-cloth or towel is all you need to wipe up after cleaning. By the way, virtually all of our steam cleaners plug into a standard US outlet! No special power requirements.

A vapor steam cleaner is commonly used for cleaning and sanitizing. We will get much more specific later on, for now we will just give you an over view of some of the jobs our steam cleaners are being used on every day! With thousands of satisfied customers from home owners, contractors, major corporations, US Government agencies to the US Military. Our line of vapor steam cleaner systems are put to the test every day.

Some of the most common uses are cleaning tile and grout, cleaning and sanitizing hard wood floors, tile floors, and other hard surfaces. They are heavily used in the Janitorial business for cleaning restrooms, commercial kitchens, eating areas, locker rooms. Home owners love using them to dust, clean TV's, hard surfaces, tile and grout, spot cleaning of their carpets, detailing their car, cleaning jewelry, sanitizing their bathroom toilets and much more. Both home owners and contractors alike are finding steam cleaners powerfully effective in killing bedbugs, dust mites, viruses and bacteria. Perfect for sanitizing bedding and pillows after someone has been sick. The list goes on. There are thousands of uses for a good vapor steam cleaner. In other sections we will cover each topic in detail.

What are some names for a 'Steam Cleaner' or 'steamer'?

Steam Cleaners are called by many Names: Well, this is a great point. There are many kinds of so called steam cleaners on the market today making for a lot of confusion over the term steam cleaner. The kind of steam cleaner we will be discussing, at least for the most part, will be a "dry vapor steam cleaner" or as some like to say, a real steam cleaner. A true dry vapor steam cleaner puts out super heated 95% by volume dry steam, not water. More on that in a above. A dry vapor steam cleaner is called by several names. You may hear them referred to generically as a steam cleaner (most common name) or any of the following names. Vapor system, vapor steamer, vapor steam cleaner, vapor steam system, vapor cleaner, vapour cleaner, dry steam cleaner, dry vapor cleaner, dry steamer, dry vapor system, dry steam cleaner or any combination of the above. Most commonly you will hear the term steam cleaner or vapor steam cleaner.

Types machines commonly referred to as Steam Cleaners

Types of Steamers: As you have read above, one family of steam cleaners are the very popular "vapor steam cleaner" systems. However there are also other family groups on the market. Within the realm or family of vapor steam cleaners there are many variations. We will discuss variations within the vapor steam family in another section. Lets discuss the different family groups first. Most steam family groups are wet steam cleaners. Only vapor steam cleaners are "dry". A wet steam system measures their water usage in gallons per minute or GPM making them very difficult to use indoors. So, what are these other families of "steam cleaners"? By far the most common pieces of cleaning equipment referred to as steam cleaners are...

• Dry Vapor Steam Cleaner (our discussion here) most often simply called a Steam Cleaner
• Carpet & Upholster "wet" Steam Cleaner Extractors. Caution, the word wet is rarely used in advertising!
• High Pressure - Wet Steam Power Washers

First, What Is A Vapor Steam Cleaner?:
A vapor steam cleaner is a machine that generates super heated steam vapor inside of a sealed internal boiler system. Through a series of ports the dry steam is directed out of the boiler, down the hose and out any of the various cleaning attachments. These systems put out an amazing 95% or higher dry steam. Most, depending upon type will use as little as one gallon of water over the course of a whole hour of not stop cleaning or sanitizing! This is pretty amazing indeed. This low water usage makes a vapor steam cleaner ideally suited for use in your home, office or place of business. Read more on this above in the "what is a steam cleaner" section.

Second Type, Carpet & Upholstery "wet" Steam Cleaners:
These systems are designed totally differently yet are VERY often referred to using the same generic terminology. We get many calls starting out with someone asking about one of our steam cleaners like our 4000-C only to find out they are really looking for a pressure washer. The terminology is important, but defining it is much more important. 

A carpet or upholstery cleaner works by warming the water up via an in-line heater and pushing it out at high pressure through a wand of some kind. The wand is attached to a suction hose which then extracts the dirty water. These systems are often called extractors as they extract (vacuum) up the water as they clean. This may sound attractive but these units us a lot of water. Anywhere from 1 to 2 gallons of water pre minute. When used incorrectly they can saturate a rug or furniture resulting in mold. We carry a full line of heated "steam cleaner" carpet and auto detail upholstery extractors.  If you application is cleaning carpets commercially, then we have you covered. If you want clean couches, chairs, automotive car seats, upholstery and the like, we have some of the best auto detail extractors on the planet! See all here. To sum it up, this type of cleaner uses a lot of water and should best be classified as a "wet steam cleaner".

Third Type, High Pressure - Wet Steam Power Washers:
This type uses ultra high pressure water in combination with large volumes of water to blast away dirt. You really don't want to use one of these babies indoors unless under ideal and controlled circumstances. A heated pressure washer is often referred to falsely as a steam cleaner. Most heated power washers only heat up to around 140 degrees F. Though this is more then hot enough, especially when combined with detergent for most cleaning applications it is not steam. To be fair, there are some pressure units that do generate super heated steam. Again, the difference being in water volume. Even our world class Steam Jenny Wet Steam Cleaning Systems use about 1 gallon of water per minute when in steam mode. If you are curious, we do have a FULL line of wet steam cleaners available. They range from hot water, cold water to wet steam. They have flow ratings from 1 to 10 gallons of water per minute! Massive power up to 3,500 PSI, that is pounds per square inch. Feel free to browse our selection. As you can see, this type of system is nothing like a true dry vapor steam cleaner which uses less then one gallon per HOUR, not minute.

Steam Cleaner
MR-100 Home Use Steam Cleaner


Steam Cleaner
3000 Red Steel Body Home Use


Steam Cleaners
3000X Light Commercial Steam Cleaner


Vapor Steam Cleaner
4000S Full Commercial Hot Water Injection


Commercial Steam Cleaner
4000C Heavy Commercial Dual Tank w/
Hot Water Injection, Full 1800 Watts!


Steam Cleaners
5000-Ci Industrial Use, Chemical Injection, Hot Water Injection, Twin Tank, 1800 Watt - Vapor Steam Cleaning System


Vapor Steam Cleaner
Vapor-6 With Cart, Twin Tank, Chemical Injection, Hot water Injection, 1700 Watt, Heavy Industrial Vapor Steam Cleaning System.

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