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SidewinderINC
08-07-2008, 17:16
Right, my carpet is beginning to look a bit scabby and horrible and I need to clean it up a bit and put some life back into it.

it's mostly horrible around my sofa where my feet are as I haven't got a rug or anything there.

Does anyone have any tips on how to clean a carpet without one of those vax machines, are there any detergents that you can just scrub in and brush the crap out?

or would I be better off renting a carpet cleaner for a weekend and blitzing the entire living room?
Gnat
08-07-2008, 17:24
Rug doctor!!!

I loooooooooove them!

Not only do they make it all clean again, but it lifts it all and makes it lovely and fluffy.

My bedroom carpet is white, so I get it every few months to clean it all, and it always looks better afterwards. :)

PS: dont scrub the carpet... you will ruin it!
SidewinderINC
08-07-2008, 17:39
Pretty pricey, £20 for 24 hours, without detergents or anything.

probably worth it though going by your endorsement :p
Gnat
08-07-2008, 18:23
Pretty pricey, £20 for 24 hours, without detergents or anything.

probably worth it though going by your endorsement :p

Honestly it really is!

It depends where you get it from, I paid £15 last week to get it for 24hrs, then I bought some of the spot spray thingy, and a BIG bottle of detergent, it ended up costing like £30 for the detergent and the cleaner, but my carpet had been subjected to a toddler painting afternoon, and had black paint on, which then got walked in, and looked like it would NEVER come out, but it got rid of it.

I wouldn't ever buy a carpet cleaner now, because the home ones just arent as good as the rug doctor ones. (I borrowed one of those vax ones off a friend and thought it was rubbish.) Plus the vacuumy thingy isnt as good on the home ones, so it doesn't fluff up the carpet as much.

:)
LeperousDust
08-07-2008, 18:32
The last time my parents got the rug doctor out they ruined our 2 grand rug in the living room. My mum was scared of cleaning it so got the "professionals" out. They used equipment that was too powerful for the rug and pulled the "bottom" (i have no idea of the term) through the rug resulting in little spots all over the rug.

After a load of arguing they got the treatment for free and offered another cleaning free, which they funnily enough refused. Cheers rug doctor.

It probably depends on the cowboy whos running the machine, but they are by no means perfect :)
SidewinderINC
08-07-2008, 18:34
don't you just rent it and use it yourself?
Gnat
08-07-2008, 18:40
don't you just rent it and use it yourself?

Yes. :) that must be something different in the above post?
LeperousDust
08-07-2008, 19:19
Oh well we had some guy round called the carpet doctor or whatever (it was a while ago) i might have got the name wrong, take that back :D:D:D

He was **** anyway :)
Wryel
08-07-2008, 22:16
Scrub it! Bucket of soapy water, plastic scrubbing brush and a couple of old, dry (and clean!) tea towels. Scrub with brush, rub with towel. We've done it several times in our rented flat and its a helluva lot cheaper than renting a machine.
Gnat
08-07-2008, 22:35
Scrub it! Bucket of soapy water, plastic scrubbing brush and a couple of old, dry (and clean!) tea towels. Scrub with brush, rub with towel. We've done it several times in our rented flat and its a helluva lot cheaper than renting a machine.

that will make the carpet all flat and bobbly :(
LeperousDust
08-07-2008, 23:12
You obviously missed the word rented then i see? ;D Haha
Gnat
09-07-2008, 00:02
You obviously missed the word rented then i see? ;D Haha

I wouldnt want to wreck the carpet and lose my deposit on a rented place for the sake of spending £30 on a carpet cleaner!

just my opinion though! :)
Wryel
09-07-2008, 00:45
I wouldnt want to wreck the carpet and lose my deposit on a rented place for the sake of spending £30 on a carpet cleaner!

just my opinion though! :)

It seems to be in the same (not so great) condition it was when we moved in, we didn't go nuts with the scrubbing.
SidewinderINC
09-07-2008, 07:21
You obviously missed the word rented then i see? ;D Haha

I'm renting, but I can't really afford to lose any of the deposit - and I'm gonna be staying here for at least another year as of last night.