Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning by GSRstilez

Since the all purpose cleaner is no longer available at Costco, did you switch to their multi purpose cleaner??



The highlighted (changed)sections of your technique show the all purpose cleaner highlighted...was it supposed to say multi purpose??



Thanks for sharing your great info!!



MIKE
 
Mike: Did not know they switched out :nixweiss ...I am still running on the old stuff. I will report back once I give the new stuff a try.
 
Got the Folex and have been doing some testing on pet stains.



It really makes stuff disappear, but I will be doing a thorough experiment with Folex, 303 Spot Remover, and a Hi Temp Protein Mix/Hot Water in a Spray Bottle with various different stains to determine the most effective.
 
Those sound like a good variety of "tools to have in the tool box" : maybe not one necessarily eventually to replace the others :nixweiss
 
I'm going to have to try and find some Folex at Walmart. Between my dogs and this winter weather my in my house are taking a beating.



:angry
 
Thanks for the wonderful tips on using Woolite. Do you have any tips on get mold out of a vinyl or leather interior?
 
Extractors are fairly new. Here's the deal. First off, everyone should know that steam is amazing. I am not a scientist and I don't know how or why steam cleans like it does, but it has incredible cleaning power, especially when used with a apc first. The thing was, once you went ahead and steamed your surface (carpets/trim/windows/etc) what did you do? Well, most people just took a cloth and wiped off the surface, including the carpets, leaving a very wet surface. Extractors do two things. 1. They shoot HOT steam into and onto the carpet, bringing dirt up to the surface. 2. They EXTRACT. otherise known as suction, these new vaccums extract all of the dirty water, leaving an extremely clean carpet. To have a true hot water extractor, the extractor MUST have a heater in it. The old bissel, (i'm not sure which one you are using sean) simply has you put HOT TAP WATER into the tank, and then extract. The new Bissel little grean PROHEAT machine has a heater in it which keeps your hot water HOT. The key is heat, the hotter, more steamier you can get, the better. The last part is the extraction. Ok, 'nuff said. Sorry for the extremely long post. I can't wait to try the bissel pro heat.
 
I agree with the heat part and how important it is. The tap water at my place of details is VERY hot.



Although not up to par with pro extractors (200*F+), I believe it's around 180-190*.
 
GSRstilez said:
I agree with the heat part and how important it is. The tap water at my place of details is VERY hot.



Although not up to par with pro extractors (200*F+), I believe it's around 180-190*.
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Heated water breaks down water-soluble soiling faster as it reduces overall chemical usage because it reduces the surface tension of the fibre. Heat acts as a catalyst promoting quicker reactions between chemicals and the soil thereby minimizing dwell time.
 
Yea, what he said. Ha, thank you for the explanation on why heat is so important. Sean, you are correct, the water temp in many professional hot water extractors is about 200 degrees. That temperature is at the heater, as it comes out juuuust a little tiny bit colder at the brush end. But, it is hot enough to get the job done, and a smaller amount of chemical is needed as well. Most professional extractors are 1500 dollars and up. I hope the bissel works for you. One word of caution to anyone who does buy the proheat version of the little green machine. I read on amazon.com that the the cleaner burns onto the heater each time it's used, causing it to stop spraying. So to prevent this, flush the cleaner all the way through with hot water after each use and store the machine without the fill/empty canisters
 
quick question, when you are done with the carpets, do you use anything to protect it from getting that bad again or is it just have to be done more often to get it out w/o all the hassle.
 
A recent observation:



I had some tough stains from my dogs on our household carpet. Folex did an okay job but I was able to completely lift the stain with the Capture product at Home Depot. They a have a $6 brush and carpet product that has white, soft pellets that you brush into the carpet, let sit, and then vacuum out. I like that it's a dry process. Seems to work at home, but no experience yet on auto carpets...anyone else use this?



***Side note: Is it me or is it crazy that this thread has a 2 star rating? This is five star land people. Who rated it this low?
 
randomman: It has to dry first, but I have been using 303's Hit Tech Fabric Guard on mine.





Lee: Very interesting. I have no experience with it, but I did pick up "Un-Duz-It" from TOL which is a pet odor and stain remover. I have only used it for odors thus far and it works great.



Rated so low? It's either becuase the regimen is not up to some standards or that people have personal vandetta's against me.
 
I had some tough stains from my dogs on our household carpet. Folex did an okay job but I was able to completely lift the stain with the Capture product at Home Depot. They a have a $6 brush and carpet product that has white, soft pellets that you brush into the carpet, let sit, and then vacuum out. I like that it's a dry process. Seems to work at home, but no experience yet on auto carpets...anyone else use this?
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My dogs have been wrecking havoc on my carpets. This is something I am def going to try out.
 
maxedmax said:
The old bissel, (i'm not sure which one you are using sean) simply has you put HOT TAP WATER into the tank, and then extract. The new Bissel little grean PROHEAT machine has a heater in it which keeps your hot water HOT. The key is heat, the hotter, more steamier you can get, the better. The last part is the extraction. Ok, 'nuff said. Sorry for the extremely long post. I can't wait to try the bissel pro heat.
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I love my pro heat LGCM. I love it even more considering I work 2 minutes from the Bissell factory in Grand Rapids, MI, and picked 2 of them up for $30 each at the factory outlet. Before I had the pro heat, I had the plain old LGCM, and let me tell you something, the pro heat does make a pretty noticable difference. I do have to comment on one thing I've seen a few times in this thread though. DO NOT add powder Oxi-clean into your water tank. No matter how much you think it dissolved, it didnt fully, and it will clog up the sprayer. With that being said, Oxi-clean works awesome as a spot cleaner. Between that, my Eureka steam blaster and my pro heat LGCM, there hasn't been a stain I haven't been able to remove yet.
 
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