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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Carpet Dawg on April 18, 2013, 12:08:44 am

Title: Red Rx
Post by: Carpet Dawg on April 18, 2013, 12:08:44 am

Any good? I've not used it before.

Says that it'll remove "red food colourings, carbonated drinks, fruit juices and wine stains from carpet and fabrics"

How effective is it when using with heat?

Mainly interested in the red food colourings, carbonated drinks and fruit juices part.

Tony

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Carpet Dawg on April 18, 2013, 12:12:14 am

Usually use reducer with various results.

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: peter maybury on April 18, 2013, 02:16:16 am

I did have a situation several years ago where the rx made the area lighter than the rest of the carpet. I now prefer to use peroxides or sodium mets. Before that I did have some successful cases.
Peter
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Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Jamie Pearson on April 18, 2013, 07:31:31 am

I am gonna use some tonight on a wine/cordial stain. We have already used spray n go on it but its done as much as it can and unfortunately dye gone isn't liking one of the colours in the carpet,

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on April 18, 2013, 01:15:32 pm

 I like it and use it as appropriate, but.....

It doesn't half foam!! It takes ages to swill out of the carpe. :'(

Rog

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Neil Jones on April 18, 2013, 03:06:17 pm

I've got a bottle, used it a couple of times on ribena/fruit juice stains. Decent stuff.

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: david@zap-clean on April 18, 2013, 04:21:50 pm

Quote from: The technician formerly known as Doctor Carpet on April 18, 2013, 01:15:32 pm

I like it and use it as appropriate, but.....

It doesn't half foam!! It takes ages to swill out of the carpe. :'(

Rog

Agree.
Used with heat it's supposed to be really good - but it didn't move a large old coffee stain off a wool carpet last week (customer had been trying to remove it with allsorts!).

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Matt Steele on April 20, 2013, 06:49:26 pm

have had mixed results with red rx and it will bleach wool carpets so beware

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Russ Chadd on April 20, 2013, 08:19:10 pm

Had a curry / vomit stain on a hotel wool mix carpet...
Tried Red RX which improved the area but didnt give the WOW factor... then used Sod mets with a white towel and a steam iron ... this sorted the problem!

Title: Re: Red Rx
Post by: Paul Moss on April 20, 2013, 08:39:17 pm

Red rx was good in its day but suppliers are selling new and better products for heat transfer and reduction.