Foaming carpet cleaners

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Dream Machines73

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What foaming carpet cleaner would guys recomend that I can purchase locally at someplace like wal-mart or autozone? I was thinking about either Prestone interior cleaner or tuff stuff. What would your opinions on these products be and which one would you say I purchase?



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Prestone 100%. It is the best out of all the off the shelf foaming carpet cleaners. I buy it by the case. :xyxthumbs
 
I've used Woolite brand, Turtlewax brand and Stoner's. I like the Stoner's the best for smell and Woolite and Stoner's the best for stain removal.
 
I get it from Monument Auto Parts. They have several branchs and one in Pleasanton. FWIU they have a rep that sells Klasse, Viper MFTs & Stoner's. I think they have a website but I can't find it at the moment.
 
Tide. Simply mix some in a bucket with a quart of hot water. Agitate it and create lots of suds. On carpet, wet a brush in the solution, shake the excess liquid off, then scoop some suds onto the brush and clean. For upholstery, I do the same except with a micro fiber towel instead of a brush.



I think the biggest thing it to make sure you get as much of the detergent (or any foam cleaner) back out of the carpet or upholstery as possible using a clean mf and clean water. The left over residue seems to attact dirt.
 
I think maybe I should be a little more clear. It's not like you are soaking the upholstery or carpet. You'll be surprised how little detergent and moisture you need.



You don't really put much Tide into the carpet or upholstery. That's why you shake the brush and use the suds. On upholstery you wring the cloth and use the suds. After you clean the surface, use a clean micro fiber with clean water and go over it a few times (rinsing the cloth in clean water after each wiping) to pick up as much of the detergent as you can. You're not really wetting the surface much but it will be damp when you're done. It works for me.



I learned this trick from an old pitchman that used to sell carpet cleaners at fairs. At a really good fair they would run out of their super-duper rug cleaner so they would head down to the supermarket and buy Tide and paper bags and go back to work selling it at the fair. That's one of the reasons I am so skeptical of anything I see demonstrated that seems too good to be true such as the infomercial products.
 
Never tried Tide, but Woolite is my favorite, Mother's interior cleaner is also very good. The Tide scares me because I don't think I'd be able to get it all out, and thus leaving a residue. I bet it cleans awesome though!! :bow
 
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