[Shotimes] Cleaning carpets

[Donald Mallinson]

In my car care business, I recommend a spray on carpet 
cleaner only, not water and soap like a lot of places. 
Water and soap just helps start mold/mildew along with rust 
and can cause lots of other problems including driving any 
bad smells even deeper into the carpet/pad.

I sell a great all-purpose cleaner that I recommend for 
carpets, made by Wurth.  Called Super Spray all, it is great 
for stains (spray to soak and work in with a cloth or soft 
brush, than blot out the stain) and for overall, just spray 
a light mist over the entire carpet (one area at a time) and 
work in with a cloth or your fingertips. (AFTER using a Vac 
first of course).  Then lightly blot or rub dry with a clean 
dry towel.  Old bath towels work great for this.

To order my stuff:

http://www.dccarcare.com

But before I started my business, I used a product called 
Blue Coral Dri-Clean  (spelling theirs).  A carpet cleaner 
that was in a trigger spray bottle that came out as a mild 
foam.  Worked about the same, but the Wurth is a better 
cleaner, and the smell goes away quicker.  I can't find the 
trigger spray version of Dri-Clean on-line, maybe it was 
replaced with the pressure spray version.  I used to get 
this at K-Mart.

But the key is to find a carpet cleaner spray you like and 
use ONLY that and not any soapy water solution.

Don Mallinson

Carl Prochilo wrote:

> Any recommendations here?  Something like the type you spray on and then
> vacuum off?