Kirby Shampooer leaving rugs and carpet rough/flat

[mariotron]

A big thing I noticed is that I'm getting a foam but not that thick white blanket.

I cleaned the suds screen and filter so it shouldn't be that only two things I can think of is the tank is damaged or my water is too hard.

 

[lesinutah]

Wow

You are suppose to vacuum before using the shampoo system. It's a dry foam base and it's not going to help stiff carpet. It's not a novelty of used correctly. You could say anything is a novelty just based on ones opinion.
You prep vacuum and the next day you vacuum where you shampooed. If your comparing a dry foam system to an extraction system it's apples to oranges. It would be like saying Kirby vacuums much better than the Bissell proheat 2. The Bissell has a vacuum on it.
If you are to use it as intended and used correctly your fine. If you are trying to get your carpet from being stiff it won't. Your carpet is either made stiff or it's got too much excess buildup. If it's dry vacuum with Kirby before. Use a carpet extractor like a Bissell proheat 2. Put a fan on it and once it's dry vacuum with Kirby vacuum again.
If you use the rug rennovator by itself your going to yield better results to fix your carpet.
If you think about it anything more than using a broom is a novelty. Carpet you can consider it to be a novelty. Vacuuming can be considered a novelty. Vacuuming carpet would be a double novelty. Posting on a message board using your phone is a novelty.
I vacuum my carpet and then I use my phone to post a message on a vacuum forum.
Les

 

[sanitaire]

the foam is a ecap type cleaning. the crystlals left behind contain the broken up soil. when the rug is dry vacuum it.

 

[clearlipstickk]

Hi all. First post..

I’m new to this but feel some of the replies are nasty towards the Kirby. I’ve owned different brands and like this brand for its durability and ability to swap out broken parts. I own second hand units and would not buy new. It’s my understanding that the Kirby shampoo doesn’t only encapsulate the dirt, but it binds to sticky stuff and makes it..well..un-sticky. This then stops the filth binding to the fibres. The after vacuum then takes the broken down sticky matter, which is now a powder, and removes it. Until I understood that, the Kirby seemed like a gimmick to me too. It should be noted, I also like the extraction method. So alternating makes the best sense as extraction shampoos can be sticky.

 

[mariotron]

Late update but felt it was worth mentioning

Bought a Hoover Spin Scrub 50 and it managed to definitely pull out some dust judging by the grey water but it failed to soften the carpet.

Thinking about trying out a Bissell Pro Heat 2X but not sure if it'll work or if o should just keep the Hoover

 

[kirby519]

Looks like the carpet is a looped yarn carpet. That style of carpet will never feel as soft as a cut yarn plush carpet.

Do you know what the carpet fiber is. Nylon? Olefin? Natural fiber like wool or cotton?

 

[mariotron]

I believe its Nylon.
It's still really soft on about less than 1/4 of it but the parts I took pictures of feel almost as flat and rough as commercial carpeting

 

[lesinutah]

Nope

Carbon fiber is made of strings of carbon filaments bound together.
It's also described is small cotton strands that are subjected to heat.
Carbon fiber is made very similar to how Kevlar is made.
If you know Kevlars history it makes it easier to understand carbon fiber.
Les