bigandy
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 10:06 PM |
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Carpet cleaners
Evening all,
I'm thinking about buying one of them wet and dry vacuum cleaner type carpet cleaner things, and I was wondering if anyone has one they can
recommend? I've hired one or two of them from HSS in the past, and although they do a pretty good job, it would be nice to have one at home
ready for when things are spilled (especially now my daughter has learnt how to throw things around....)
. If anyone has any "dont buy this, buy that" or other useful tips, let me know!
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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owelly
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 10:12 PM |
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We've had a couple of Vax machines and they're great for sucking up spilt stuff if you get there in time. Pretty rubbish at cleaning
carpets though. We used to hire a Rug Doctor to find the pattern on the carpet...
A treatment such as Scotchguard has saved our carpets many times! Toddler chucks milk at brother, kitchen roll gathers up milk. Quick squirt of carpet
cleaner and Vax it dry.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 10:48 PM |
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If you're thinking of a Vax, I'd suggest you look at a Numatic George instead - from my experience, they're much better designed and
built.
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Cheffy
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 12:34 AM |
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Rug Doctor every time.
We have one at work which I (ahem) 'borrow' from time to time!
The last time I looked they were about $450 to buy (pounds sterling not dollars, but no pounds sterling key on this laptop!) but well worth it. They
do a brilliant job on the carpet. Cleaning solution is around $17.00 (if I remember correctly) for 4 litres from most DIY stores - but you only use
150ml of solution to 9 litres of warm water, and that will allow you to go over a carpet in a small/medium room twice.
HTH,
Mart.
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 09:19 AM |
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I have this one -
linky
works very well and simple to use. Works best if you pour in hot water and does suck up almost all so the carpet dries overnight. Save my butt many
times when either me or the dogs have walked mud all over the carpets before missy has found out! do make sure you clean it before putting it away as
it will go stinking and mouldy if you don't...you have been warned!!
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whitstella
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 09:35 AM |
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hi
an other vote for rug doctor, we use 1 every year got our from morrisons about £40 with detergant for a full weekend. i had it 1 day and my mate had
it the next day so worked out at £20. i have a creamish colour carpet and it soon shows up the dirt its better with dark carpets. and the rug doctor
is far better than any vax.
steve
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Stott
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 10:43 AM |
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Rug doctor all the way, I've tried vax and bissel and neither were any good, the rug doctor was incredible fair play
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