Does anyone have a diy recipie for kirby shampoo?

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Throw in a big squirt of Dawn to the bleach and ammonia mixture before adding to your Kirby. It's the same formula that Martha Stewart uses for 'personal cleansing'. It will also take grease off your oven walls, so I know it will help the Kirby renovator do the very best job of removing spilled Pepsi from the rugs.
 
I personally add a few drops of lavender essential oil to my bleach/ammonia/Dawn mix, it really helps give the house that special fragrance. There's no need to worry about your carpet smelling bad if you're cleaning it with bleach and ammonia!
 
Since we are going to the bizzar.

No one has mentioned using gasoline. IT's a great solvent, now comes with 10% alcohol for disinfection purposes, and ensures that your guest won't smoke in your house. (At least more than once.)
 
Encapsulating Shampoos

The most important difference between extractor shampoos and dry shampoos is an encapsulating polymer. That's what makes dry shampoos dry into a brittle film that can be vacuumed away. Without an encapsulator in your diy solution all your gonna do is leave soap all over the carpets and dirt is going to stick to the carpet a lot faster. Currently I'm using hot knife extreme from VacAway and it is a really good cleaner. Assuming the kirby tank holds 1/2 gal,you would use between 1 1/2 teaspoons-1 tablespoon of cleaner per tank and that works out to 9-18 cents per tank and between 256 to 512 tanks per gal depending on strength. Compare that to kirby solution your looking at 2 tablespoons of cleaner per tank,that means 1 gal of kirby shampoo will last for 128 tanks and cost about 24 cents per tank.If you like the convenience of the kirby shampooer it is worth getting an encapsulating shampoo.
 

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