[Clintess Carpet]

Which is the very best carpet cleaning detergent powder available?

(or if you can't answer that, which powder do you use?)

[Those who don't use powder need not reply]

Thanks,   Nick.

[ryan mca]

Powerburst

[Simon@arenaclean]

There is no best powder, it's user subjective. I currently use a lot of Pureclean from Prochem and get on very well with it. You can vary dilutions which is really handy. I used Alltec's Ultimate for years with no problems. Double clean and Powerburst (Prochem) are great on pubs etc. A lot may say powders are bad for your pump, if you use it in your tank,  but i've always diluted well in hot water and had pumps last over 3 years. Crystal Green is good but I kept getting blocked jets.

[Clintess Carpet]

There is no best powder, it's user subjective. I currently use a lot of Pureclean from Prochem and get on very well with it. You can vary dilutions which is really handy. I used Alltec's Ultimate for years with no problems. Double clean and Powerburst (Prochem) are great on pubs etc. A lot may say powders are bad for your pump, if you use it in your tank,  but i've always diluted well in hot water and had pumps last over 3 years. Crystal Green is good but I kept getting blocked jets.

So your answer is simply    PURECLEAN

Thanks 

[Mike Halliday]

chemspec F90 or HMs hydradri

[markpowell]

Daz Automatic, get white whiter at 30 Degrees than any other detergent

[terrymaloy]

Daz Automatic, get white whiter at 30 Degrees than any other detergent

...thats putting it simply haha

[Steve Gunn]

Formula 90 in my opinion

[Mike Halliday]

Formula 90 for cleaning ability but Hydradri slightly tops it because it mixes better. Even in cold water it dissolves with just a quick stir, formula 90 mixes with a thick yellow goo floating on the top

[Dave_Lee]

Ultimate Master/Hydradri.

[Carpet Dawg]

Depends what your philosophy of use.

But for me Formula 90 beats everything hands down IMO. Great pre-spray aswell!

[Griffus]

Powerburst is great.

Pure clean I have but have never actually used so have been interested in recent topics on this.

Ultimate Master takes a lot of effort to dilute totally.

[matthew54]

crystal green prochem work best on most carpet problems

[Clintess Carpet]

Thanks for all your replys.

I do use Formula 90 which IMO works brilliantly with little effort (probably high ph 10- 11)

Crystal Green is terriable stuff. Didn't get on with that at all. Just didn't get the traffic lanes anywhere clean as what Im getting them now.

Thanks for your replys everyone 

[garyfindlay]

depends what your using it for/on. Every person will have a different answer. I vote hot PB.

[Carpet Dawg]

Alot of people have said powerburst 

I think the OP was asking about detergent rinses.

[garyfindlay]

Is PB not a detergent?

[Carpet Dawg]

I think the OP was talking about a rinse detergent i.e. one that you put in the clean tank of your machineto rinse the carpet with after you've pre-sprayed.

I could be wrong, just the way I read the inital post.

[ianharper]

Nick

for emulsification to take place you need to use the right surfactant for the conditions.

In simple terms you have a hydrophobic head and tail the head is water loving and the tail is not. this is how dirt is lifted and then flows in water (emulsification). each has different charges some positive, negative, and some in the middle. so just like a magnet they repel or attract.

what the point? why we have so much choice is that it all depends on what's in the product. you need a selection of all so you can cope with all types of conditions. no one will cover all



Respect

Ian Harper

[wynne jones]

I often wonder how different all these things really are. Maybe they are all the same thing in different bottles, stregnths, colours and smells. Then you got all your marketing BS and a price to match it.