Have you used ProChem carpet chemicals?

SuperBee364

SuperBee364

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I've been reading all the old posts about carpet cleaning. My parents rented out their old house and recently the renters moved out. OMG, the carpets are baaaaad. The carpets are 17 years old, but they were the very top of the line stain resistant 100% *wool* carpets back then. They are of such high quality that the carpet shows about zero wear. It's just very dirty.



I've been using Folex, ZEP, and Resolve on the carpets, with varying degrees of success. This is with a Hoover upright home extraction machine.



In order to get the carpets cleaned to an acceptable level, I'm having to extract them *numerous* times. I'm going through a ton of chemicals having to extract them so many times, and it's getting very expensive. Especially when I'm using Folex, as one gallon of Folex only makes five gallons of solution.



I was thinking about trying the BioKleen line, as Scottwax has good things to say about it, but again, I'm afraid I'd go through a ton of it, making it cost prohibitive.



Grouse had some good things to say about the ProChem line, but didn't talk much about individual products. I'm hoping some of you guys have some experience with the ProChem line (they have so many products it's bewildering) and can recommend some specific products. Right now I'm leaning toward their "Dry Slurry" and "All Fiber Rinse", as these are the two that Grouse said worked well.



Any help/suggestions would be great!
 
Prochem UltraPac LVC, Dry Slurry and BioKleen is in my extractor aresenal.

A little goes a long way on the UltraPac --- same dilution ratios as BioKleen TLC...



Learned it the newbie way - bought a gallon of each and turns out the dilute ration of both the UltraPac and TLC is 1:32. Needless to say, I think I have enought to last me multiple lifetimes.



While I have not tried without Dry Slurry, I use it every time. Get their Citrius Gel as well. Goes VERY WELL WITH OIL/GREASE stains.







FWIW, you may want to see about renting a ~PRO~ machine. Totally different animal when it comes to cleaning home carpets
 
BTW, am I do only one that missing Grouses posting....



I was going to hit him up for a source on a smaller orifice/nozzle spray options for my Mytee wands
 
Chefwong, thanks a ton, that's just the kind of info I was hoping for.



So do you pre-spray with the UltraPac LVC, then extract with the Dry Slurry?



I need to find a place around here that rents *good* extractors. The only ones I have found so far are the yucky ones like "Rug Doctor" at home depot, which aren't any better than my Hoover home machine.



Yeah, Grouse is missed around here. I hope he's doing well.
 
I know that you don't want to over wet wool, so I think that might be a larger factor than the chemicals.



Call Grouse he'll talk if he can.



Cheers,

GREG
 
Here's my cliff notes version



Vac Thoroughly. Don't want dirt/debris in carpet prior to wet vac.

1:32 TLC cleaner for normal cleaning. 1:21 if extra dirty.

Pre spray and then a quick agitation on the fibers. Let it hang out for 15 minutes.



The Dry Slurry is mixed at a ratio of 1/2 to 3/4 oz to 5 gallons water .



I don't like the inline heater on my Mytee so I tend to boil water in a large stockpot and mix that boiling water with hot water from the tap.



YMMV, and I would do some research on wool carpets ---- or as always, do a test spot.



FWIW, I just did carpet extraction 2 days ago on. Used my typical pre-treat of 1:32 with the UltraPac. The drivers side matt still some some remmnent left. Took the BioKleen, still at 1:32 and resprayed/extracted again and that did the extra 10%...



Good luck !
 
Excellent... thanks again.



i've been reading quite a bit about cleaning wool carpets. The main concerns seem to be: stay below a pH of 8, very little agitation, low heat, no "oxygen" type cleaners, avoid getting them too wet.



I'm going to get the UltraPac Pre-Treat with LVC, the Dry Slurry, and the All Fiber Rinse as the pH of the Dry Slurry is 9.6.
 
My only concern would be "not getting too wet". With most of the hoovers, rug doctors, etc.....I'd be concerned that you're putting more water in than extracting.



Ontop of that, while they can suck water out....if you push the nozzle up against the carpet and push against the carpet, I'd be concern about doing this and messing up the fibers.
 
It's working out pretty well so far. The solution tank is only one gallon, and when it's gone, the recovery tank is just barely under the one gallon mark, so it's extracting the vast majority of what it's putting down. The carpets are drying in about two hours time, so they really aren't very damp afterwards.
 
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