Re-thinking the Kirby Rug Renovator

[anthony]

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used a knife just to scrape a bit off so everyone could see it . All i can say is since cleaning with the Hoover and Vax there has been no build up of dirt on the kirby my carpet is brown with really thick pile about an inch thick and i have found that the only vacuum cleaner that vacuums it well is the kirby i did try a Hoover senior it cleaned well but was hard to push .I will not use the rug renovator again because i dont want all that gunge left on my carpets .Heres another photo i have cleaned one side with a green pan scrubber

 

[super-sweeper]

I LOVE my Rug Renovator!

Used the Classic 1-CR last night with it, I was very surprised how effortlessly the stain came up! I thought I would have to go-over it with the big, clunky Hoover Steam-Vac. Nope! I did, however, pre-treat with the sprayer and some Kirby Shampoo, It blasted the stain right out of that carpet!


 


I've Never had such "Gunk" deposit on my Kirby, Except once, I seem to recall it depositing on my Heritage 1, but I had shampooed the entire room when the belt had slipped off!


 


It makes me wonder what it would be like to vacuum with the RR's brush, it seems very efficient in design and performance,

 

[jeschbac]

No residue

I've used a Kirby shampooer for 20 years. I never have had a trace of residue other than the garbage pulled out of the carpets left behind in the tray, and certainly the surface of my carpet has no sticky feeling whatsoever. I have to wonder if the carpet fabric has something to do with how effective this dry foam system works.

For everyone with a pre-generation or pre-heritage model: there are directions somewhere to keep a square of plastic wrap handy, and after depositing several square feet of suds, insert the plastic wrap between the renovator hose and the tank. This cuts off the flow, and you can go back over the deposited area and scrub as much as necessary to remove heavy soil. Perhaps not as convenient as the on/off control of the generation models, but every bit as effective!

 

[sopranojam85]

Regarding the use of plastic wrap...

I was looking at the various Kirby manuals, and the Tradition is the first one where they specifically talked about placing plastic food wrap over the suds screen to stop the flow of suds. What a hack! It's impressive to find this discussed in the manual for such a high dollar piece of equipment, but if it works, it works.