Kirby shampoo system review (with pics)

[marks_here]

I used my mom's G4

on her carpet, came out looking great BUT after the bearings on the vacuum started screaming a couple weeks later. I called Kirby & they said that I set it up wrong.. took the machine in, showed them how I set it up, they said that wouldn't do it so he tried it, & the smart azz found out that water was being pulled in some how so now the vacuum just sits in the closet & she uses the Sentria I got her. Once I get back there, have to tear it apart to check the bearings. Hopefully this won't happen to your machines. CHEERS!!

Mark D.

 

[beko1987]

Ah yes, I have many water beading videos on YouTube, they get slotted into detailing world threads! That would be Swmbo's Meriva, but there will be lots of my old puma on there too. Would be Natty's Blue paste wax and Farcela G3 that I got a free pot of to review once!

Then I had children and don't get the time to spend all weekend washing polishing and waxing...

 

[matt8808]

Mark - No idea how that happened... I know there was definitely no water ingress on my machine and its not a fault I've heard of before!


Beko - I think it will of been the pot of G3 you got to try... I was thinking about trying some but decided to stick with what I already use....
I thought it might of been you when I saw the username haha

Got a vid on there myself...

 

[durango159]

WOW!!

Very impressive!!! Looks great. I've heard remarks of the Kirby not being so great at carpet cleaning on Facebook pages. But seeing is believing!! Those rugs look great.

Thanks for being so thorough and sharing with us all of the detail every step of the way. Glad you're enjoying your Kirby Home Cleaning System!!

Quick Question: Does the foam dry up completely or do you have to scrub it in more with the Kirby so it's not so visible?

 

[matt8808]

I applied the foam, let it sit for a few mins and then went over again with the foam turned off to groom the existing foam into the carpet and give the pile a good fluffing. I think if the foam was just left sat on top of the pile the results wouldn't be so great

 

[beko1987]

I have a friend who has a pot of collonite who keeps offering me a lend, looking at that video I might take him up on it this year! Lovely sheeting!

Sorry for the thread drift! Although I used to use my g5 to blow water out of the right work so there's a tenuous link there!

 

[lori_ann]

Glad I searched!

I was planning on using my shampooer this weekend (in the mood to spring clean) when I read this thread! Was wondering how the kirby does on shampooing.. your Demo is excellent!

The comments to vacuum regular for about six weeks has caused me to back off my idea to shampoo just yet! Guess thats ok considering it's raining and lots of mud here!

 

[sptyks]

Lori,

FYI - There are several videos on youtube that show demos of the Kirby shampoo system.