What carpet cleaner do you use?

[panasonicvac]

Happy New Years everyone! I was curious to see what other collectors would use to clean their carpets with. For me, we hire a professional to clean our carpets because we find them to do the best job with using better chemicals, steams carpet to at least 240 degrees, and they use a bigger vacuum to suck most of the water out leaving the carpet damp for only a few hours. In case you guys are wondering which company we hire, we currently hire Stanley Steemers because they complete background checks and drug screens.

 

[pr-21]

I just shampooed my carpet today. I used my Kirby Avalir Shampooer. This is the second time I have shampooed my carpet with the Avalir. I started early today as I only needed to shampoo my large living room, hall, and master bedroom. It has been dry to walk on since around 2 today, however, I will not vacuum until sometime tomorrow afternoon. It's a dry foam shampoo and my carpets look great. I have a burgandy plush in the living room and hall, and hunter green same style in the bedroom. No fuzzing or anything. After vacuuming tomorrow, I will put the Kirby Carpet fluffer on and it will look brand new again.

I also don't have any pets, so spotting isn't a problem for me. The carpet and rug institute has ratings on vacuums including shampooing. I know the carpet mfgs are really cracking down on what vacuums to use on carpet, but I want a vacuum that is going to clean deep down and I do have the stiff brush roll in my Kirby.

My mom had a short shag carpet back in the late 60's and 70's. A hoover convertible was used on it and it never wore out, she just got tired of it.




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[sptyks]

I use my Kirby Sentria to shampoo my carpets every 3-4 months.


My 7 year old carpet still looks new.


 


 

 

[fanonthefloor]

I use a Bissell Big Green with Bissell cleaner then rinse afterward with hot water.

 

[niclonnic]

In the past...

Back when I had carpet throughout my whole downstairs, I used my Bissell Lift-Off Deep Cleaner. It cleaned my carpets pretty well, but didn't bring them back to life.

Part of this was due to the fact that we had pets. Over the years, they have wrecked our carpets, particularly the dogs. As a result, late last year, we started replacing the carpet downstairs with laminate flooring.

 

[Deleted member 1090]

For me its

Me its my Electrolux Floor Pro Polisher bought new in 2014 makes quick work of cleaning the carpets .

 

[panasonicvac]

I knew most collectors would use a Kirby to clean their carpets with when I created this thread. I forgot to mention that whenever we get spots on our carpets, I use a Bissell Spot and Stain removal because I think it works really well, even alot faster than our old Bissell little green that's been put into retirement.

 

[luxlife]

I use my Host Freestyle machine....

with the dry cleaning compound and spray encapsulant for traffic areas or stains. It does an amazing job of grooming the carpet nap. I had a once in a lifetime chance to get this machine when I witnessed a storage unit being cleaned out, I managed to get 2 working machines and 2 for parts.

 

[fantomfan]

My Mom's 2001 Hoover Steam Vac Widepath

It's a fantastic machine. My Mom paid 300 some dollars for it at Best Buy. I'm actually using it today to shampoo my grandmother's apartment's Berber carpeting.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Most of the carpets in my house are wool

Chinese carpets.I sent the big, old ones out to be dunk washed, re-fringed, re-binding, etc. The big stairway and my room are Karastan wall to wall. The staircase is red, my room is white. I use my Hoover steamer on those. They rarely get shampooed. Soon, I'm repainting my room, changing some molding ., making roman shades. I'll definitely be shampooing the white carpet. The Hoover works fine for me.

 

[floor-a-matic]

i use my rainbow se with aquamate 3 (the one with rotating brush)

however i prefer my rinsenvac rv85 with pb150 power brush

 

[mpbyrd]

If I don't use my Sentria

I use my Hoover Steam Vac, one of the most reliable cleaners on the market. I have owned a Hoover Dual V and it broke within two uses. I own a Bissell Spot Bot for Quick cleanups and a Bissell Proheat as my loaner/rental machine.

 

[vacuumkid47]

I use my Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition and my Bissell ProHeat 2X for quick cleanups and I use industrial carpet cleaning solution like Rug Doctor and Spartan products

 

[numatic_boy]

I use..

I use my 1991 Numatic CT370.Very effective,much better then a Vax equivalent and a lot quiter and beter made.Good as a dry vac and good at extraction

 

[stanleyroark]

Big Green

I am using Big Green, a Bissell Big Green deep cleaning machine with a powerful rotating brush, a high-capacity two-can system that cleans when moving back and forth, and is a reasonable long soft for cleaning carpets and furniture accessories. Tube, and cleaner cleaning ability, this machine is my hero

https://www.cuou.net/bissell-carpet-cleaner-shampooer-reviews.html

 

[got2bjennyg]

I use a Bissell Big Green that I got on sale at Best Buy for $319. I have 3 dogs (I used to have 4, but the 15-1/2 year old Rottweiler just passed away). Having a machine on-hand is a lifesaver.

The best system I've found for cleaning is to spray the carpet before extracting with Simple Green Clean Building® Carpet Cleaner in a dedicated garden sprayer. I agitate slightly with a dedicated, soft bristle push broom. Then, I extract with water only in the Bissell 86T3 Big Green. This has prove to be an extremely effective and safe method. using the Bissell as directed nets carpets that dry in a few hours.



https://simplegreen.com/industrial/products/clean-building-carpet-cleaner/

 

[kirbyklekter]

Bissell Pro Heat and using same method

as got2bjennyg's plus a Patton whole house air circulator fan for faster drying on the super plush carpet with thick padding.Came with house, off white, three pets, not practical!

 

[Deleted member 1090]

My Electrolux Aerus Floor pro works for me

 

[vexorgtr]

I use Zep premium carpet shampoo in a Bissel Proheat 2x. However I am considering a Lindhaus "dry clean" system.

 

[superocd]

I use a Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X3

It replaced a Hoover SpinScrub FH50150 which did a great job but didn't inspire confidence that it would last more than a couple of years. The brush turbine assembly broke twice. There is a bearing inside that will rust. While you could try to pry it open and oil it, it is only a short term fix, if it will fix it at all.

With the Mighty Pro X3, I use a 2 gallon pump sprayer to apply a detergent solution down onto the carpet (and a spray bottle for the carpeting in the cars). This was recommended by a YouTuber named Joe Wheeler who has a carpet cleaning business and uses the Mighty Pro X3 day in and day out. He says it does two things: it extends the life of the pump and gives the cleaning solution more contact time to do its work. He uses this method to clean really filthy carpets in rentals. The results are amazing. I just clean carpets just for hygeinic reasons, even though they are as white as can be (yay! No kids or pets, and a strict "No Shoes" policy for our visitors helps with that too).

Now that I have a couple Kirbys (and a shampoo kit, which came with the Sentria that I found at Goodwill back in January), I will have to give the Kirby shampoo method a try. Since I already sunk $400 into the X3 and the fact that I am not very convinced that a carpet can be thoroughly cleaned unless there is an extraction, it will just be out of curiousity. The trouble is, I won't really be able to put it through its paces as my wife and I keep our house immaculate, so I'll have to rub different things into the carpet to test just like I have with the Hoover and the Rug Doctor that replaced it.

 

[myles_v]

I alternate between my Rug Doctor and my Electrolux Floor Pro. "Dry" cleaning doesn't quite do the job when the carpets are really dirty but it's good enough for a quick refresh every couple months. I continue to be very impressed by my Rug Doctor though, it's the model that has both a vibrating brush and a rotating brush. The cleaning results are very impressive, I just wish it had larger tanks.

I actually just cleaned my carpets yesterday in fact, and the almost 20 year old carpets look great again thanks to the Rug Doctor. I have literally never used another residential portable carpet cleaner that is as effective as the Rug Doctor has been.

 

[rivstg1]

Spot cleaning needed here & there...

But I mainly use my Kirbys dry cleaning method alternating between times... With the Rainbow Aquamate ( newest E2 style) b/c I'm a Rainbow fan and like extraction here and there.... Just wish it had more cfm/water lift for even faster drying time. I'm big on spending a little more time pulling out all the moisture possible .....before I set up a box fan , all to reduce the drying time needed that we have to stay off it. I've been happy with the results ( Note: GOOP....that is used for cleaning hands after working on cars etc, does amazing good on clothes and carpeting for wine/grease and other challenging to remove stuff....and it's CHEAP )

 

[subieguy]

I have a Rug Doctor Deep Carpet Cleaner that works great. It's got extremely powerful suction so the carpets dry very quickly.

I've also got a DuPray Neat Steamer that I run over the carpets every few weeks to remove allergens and surface dirt the vacuum may leave.

 

[n0oxy]

carpet cleaner

Rather than starting a new thread, I thought I would just add my question to this one. I'm thinking of getting a carpet cleaner for my girl friend for her birthday, she has 3 cats so I need something that is good for that. Here are the ones I was thinking about, does anyone have any experience with these?
First there is the Bissell Big Green, I thought this was a canister model but I guess there is an upright one now too.
https://www.bissell.com/big-green-machine-professional-carpet-cleaner-86t3
Then there is the Bissell Pro Heat Revolution
https://www.bissell.com/proheat-2x-revolution-pet-pro-carpet-cleaner-1986
And finally there is the Hoover Automatic Wash, this one does not have a button to release the solution but does it automatically.
https://www.hoover.com/smartwash-automatic-upright-carpetcleaner/FH52000.html

 

[subieguy]

n0oxy

Look at Rug Doctor. I’ve got the Rug Doctor Deep Carpet Cleaner and it’s by far the best machine I’ve used. They’re going for $274 on their website but may be cheaper at BestBuy or Amazon.

 

[ridgidwd0670]

i'm using my ridgid wd0670 or workshop ws0915va with shop vac steam team carpet, bare floor & upholstery shampooing extraction kit

i upgraded the original plastic wands to the stainless steel rainbow wand

the only downside is connecting the water supply hose onto a faucet & no powered brush (i have a kenmore spraymate but no more belts) it uses flat belt

that is the same setup i used when my basement flooded when the portage branch river flooded