On 29/06/2011 17:30, Chris K wrote:
On 29/06/2011 16:53, Lobster wrote:
On 29/06/2011 09:00, fred wrote:
In article , David WE Roberts
writes

We are debating cleaning the nice light coloured carpets which we
think were
fitted by the previous owners to market the house, or lifting them and
just
having floor boards which would be much more practical if the boards
are
good.

IME you're more likely to see problems cleaning to the edge with a light
carpet than with a dark one. The strength of the rug doctor is the brush
based cleaning action but the edging tool doesn't have that so can only
clean as well as a regular carpet cleaner there. For a heavily soiled
light carpet that can mean a darker band at the skirting. Also, in
contrast to John's experience, I've found that older draughty properties
have dirtier edges on the carpet due to underfloor dust being blown up
at the carpet edge. There you need to avoid sending cleaning jets under
the skirting gap then sucking (very) dirty water into the edge of the
carpet, making the problem worse.

Overall score for rug doctor 8/10, it's all I would hire now, but they
do try to get you on the consumables.

Agreed about cleaning efficiency; and ISTR hiring one from somewhere and
they *insisted* on flogging you the matching cleaning fluid

David



I've found them good too, but they do work better with the RG cleaning
fluid which seems to have some sort of foaming reducer. ISTR running out
once and finishing off with conventional carpet cleaner fluid (1001 or
similar) and having problems with excessive foaming.

They are two entirely different cleaning chemicals. Detergents for
extraction machines are designed to be low foam. 1001 or similar are
designed to be high foam and are not suitable for extractors.




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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk