Question about Blue Lustre Shampooer

[loveoldstuff]

Hello all,
I just purchased a vintage Blue Lustre Shampooer 142. It was a commercial rental unit at one time and has the two round brushes on the bottom of the unit that spin around. Since it is a rotary scrubber and not an extraction machine, I am unsure of what type of shampoo to use in it.
I contacted Rug Doctor who purchased Blue Lustre in the 90s, but they have since phased the brand out and basically told me I was out of luck.
Does anyone know what type of solution works best in these machines? Should I use a dry foam shampoo or is the regular solution used in extraction machines acceptable?
Thanks in advance.

 

[cleaningbuff]

shampoo

Get some Aerus (electrolux) turbo shampoo that they sell for their carpet shampooers.

 

[baglessball]

If it doesn't have any type of extraction method I'd use shampoo.

Try kirbys?

 

[loveoldstuff]

Thanks!

Thank you both. I'll go ahead and give the Aerus a try first and see how it works.

 

[floor-a-matic]

Aerus or Kirby foaming shampoo. Use 8:1 ratio (8 parts WARM water to 1 part dry foam shampoo)?

 

[scvacuumguy]

Any foaming shampoo will work. Name Brand Kirby is a lot better than the overpriced Aerus stuff put out.

Try going to your local vacuum store and getting some Kwik Suds, that stuff works really well, too.

 

[loveoldstuff]

Update on Blue Lustre Shampooer

Thanks to everyone who offered their advice. I ended up going to the vacuum shop and the only foaming shampoo they had was Kirby, so I went with that. It worked great, even with cool water as the Blue Lustre machine specifies to use. I found some shampoo for dry foam machines by Franklin on Ebay for half the price that I'm going to try next time. I've never been disappointed with the Franklin products I have used so hopefully the carpet shampoo will work well, too.
Thanks again!