[daniel harbut]

I haven't had a lot of experience in upholstery cleaning and would appreciate some advice...

Firstly - what pre spray and/if any detergents do you recommend?

Secondly - I have been recommended the machine i have linked below, does anybody have any experience with it?

http://www.cleansmartsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/Aridex_Upholstery_Cleaning_Machine.html

thanks, Dan

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Any machine is as good as you make it but IMO I think for a beginer it's a great starter option and an excellent way of building experience with fabrics as it's virtually fool proof, Ideal Rob who frequents on here sometimes will tell you how easy it is to use as he has done 1000's with a simular machine.

Shaun

[JandS]

Expensive for what they are.
Nearly buy a decent triple vac porty for that.

John

[Shaun_Ashmore]

There are alternatives which are cheaper and then there's ebay, depends on how much work you can get for it.

Shaun

[Chris Small]

Great machine, used mine for 2 years now. Comes with soft white brushes but the harder black brushes make life a lot easier. Use pro-active prespray when necessary and vary the detergent dilution to the job.
Also good for manky stairs and rugs!

Chris

[Carpet Dawg]

Intresting, looks abit like those von schrader macchines.

[yorky]

I looks way overpriced. Is it that much better than using a porty and good solutions.?

[clinton]

Would be ok if your getting plenty of upholstery too.

As john said you could get a 3 vac set up for that money.

[Carpet Dawg]

It is expensive. Aparantly dry foam cleaning is alot faster than hwe. Never used it myself so cant comment if thats the case. Maybe more effective on suits that aren't so minging.

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

Here's one I did ealier today using hwe. Pre vac, presprayed with prochem fabric prespray, 8min dwell, lightly agitated, then extracted with Prochem fibre and fabric rinse. Light mist of prochem odour fresh. Blowers on. 1 x chair + 1 x 3 seater. took 1hour 10 mins and was dry when i left.

I prefer HWE. Find it does a more thorough job.

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

There are alternatives which are cheaper and then there's ebay, depends on how much work you can get for it.

Shaun

found this... and you don't even need to buy shampoo

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carpet-Wizard-Cleans-Carpets-Upholstery-No-Shampoo-/290531114573?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item43a500fe4d

[Colin Day]

Here's a before and after I did this weekend. Fusion8 and Soluboost made light work on this minger....

[Joe H]

Intresting, looks abit like those von schrader macchines.

It is a Von Schrader machine.

Too expensive.

Alternatives are from DryFusion and Solutions Cornwall, maybe others so dont rush to spend your money - look at whats available then see if YOU really need it or could you do as good a job with the HWE gear you have.

[expro]

Use HWE machine and I would suggest the Prochem upholstery cleaning course.
It works for me.