[stuart_clark]

someone told me the other day that if i put a bar of ordinary soap into the recovery tank of my portible that it would disperse the foam ! I havn't tried it yet has anyone else herd of this one? would be a lot cheaper than defoamer if it worked !!!

[Len Gribble]

Stu

Don’t have a lot of problems with foaming may get on some ones wick, yes it works I prefer cold tar soap, like the smell.

Len

[craigp]

or spray or pour some solvents in has a good defoaming effect.

[Dave Parry]

I used to hang a bar of soap in a net bag that come with some washing powder in the recovery tank. Saved having to find it after use, also stopped it blocking the outlet. Best supply is a asian cheapie shop. about 3 bars for a quid.

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

A rabies jab is supposed to be quite effective at stopping foaming :

[Fintan_Coll]

Yes, heard that one. Never tried it , 5 litres of Anti- Foam is not the most expensive thing to buy.

[carpetclean]

very good alan

[andrew chrysler]

In theory it should work with soap based detergents, but how about synthetic detergents?

In an emergency, if you run out of anti-foam, then yes, it's better than nothing, but we never run out of chemicals, do we