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vangaurd

  • Posts: 625
carpet
« on: February 22, 2007, 11:07:35 am »
went to a house this morning,
carpet was filthy, thats why she called me out probably!
anyway , preysprayed with lift off from extracta, no joy
ah i thought take a chance, put some red r x in a bucket ,
and warm water, put on carpet with a tampico brush , agitated left for 10 mins
extracted, with water and hey presto results were fab.
even got a five spot tip , anyone tried this before?
cheers me dears.
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John Kelly

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Re: carpet
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2007, 01:07:11 pm »
NO! Red Rx is a specialist stain removal product containing various ingredients to tackle specific stains which have caused a dye problem. It is not designed to be used as a general detergent.
Did you agitate the lift off? I suspect it was the increased agitation which did the trick.
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spindle

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Re: carpet
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2007, 01:16:18 pm »
i got a sample of lift off  from extracta......used as a prespray diluted at 1-100
i then aggitate with duo........leave for 10 mins.........worked wonderfully well for me...
i do a lot of let/rented properties.........we all know how bad student cc can be..
i liked lift off.......cut thru the crap like a hot knife thru butter! :)
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vangaurd

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calling john kelly
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2007, 04:07:47 pm »
hi john, thanks for the advise,
but i have just done a flat in, heaton .
same result stuburn dirt would not shift,
but diluted rx got the job done, can you forsee any problems in the future?
thanks again, tony.
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stevegunn

Re: carpet
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2007, 04:45:27 pm »
You need to get yourself some decent pre spray.Red rx is a specific stain remover not a pre spray so why use it as one there are plenty good pre sprays out there.

http://www.prochem.co.uk/safety%20data%20sheets/sdse400.pdf
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vangaurd

  • Posts: 625
Re: carpet
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2007, 05:04:42 pm »
thanx steve , can you reccomend me , one with the wow factor!
thanks again.
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stevegunn

Re: carpet
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2007, 05:22:54 pm »
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rs_cleancare

  • Posts: 458
Re: carpet
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2007, 05:23:01 pm »
I have found when ever I use red rx it foams the machine up like crazy.
It's great on small spots and stains but using on the whole of a carpet I would imagine there could be alot of residue which could then attract dirt back quicker.

Rob.
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John Kelly

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Re: carpet
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2007, 05:28:36 pm »
As said it is a specialist product with a range of solvents to tackle a specific problem. It tells you on the bottle not to get it on the surrounding carpet. It then needs to be thoroughly flushed out. Using it as a cleaner could leave undesirable residues.
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Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: carpet
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2007, 07:21:34 pm »
Bloody expensive clean aswell.

Oh and thanks John  ;)
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rs_cleancare

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Re: carpet
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2007, 09:17:30 pm »
Any type of soap?

I use liquid defoamer at mo but if a bar of soap works how long would it last in your tank?

Rob.
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rs_cleancare

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Re: carpet
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2007, 09:25:17 pm »
Cheers I will give it try! ;D
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Peter Blackburn

Re: carpet New
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2007, 12:49:37 am »
Preface or TLS 2000. Click chemicals menu, presprays, page 5, Scroll down. http://www.baneclene.com/catalog/catalogframe.html

Regards
Peter
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