ONR in an extractor?

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VanityDetailing

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Out of curiosity, anyone ever tried ONR in their carpet/upholstery extractors? I'd think that the cleaning power would work great, and obviously the environmental factor... that RugDoctor Upholstery Cleaner Shampoo is pretty brutal stuff, and was looking for some alternatives.





My extractor is the Sandia Spot-Xtract 50-1001, if it matters.
 
ONR does not have the proper chemical composition to clean carpets. It contains polymers not surfactants. The polymers serve a purpose when cleaning paint, but not cleaning carpets. Surfactants, heat, and chemical action are what is needed to clean carpets. If you are looking for a more mild chemical to use in your extractor, look into XO cleaner plus. It is a plant based cleaner/odor neutralizer.
 
ONR would probably attract dirt after dry. Also probably contains a water "wetter" chemical which would make the carpets very wet and take a long time to dry.
 
VanityDetailing said:
Out of curiosity, anyone ever tried ONR in their carpet/upholstery extractors? I'd think that the cleaning power would work great, and obviously the environmental factor... that RugDoctor Upholstery Cleaner Shampoo is pretty brutal stuff, and was looking for some alternatives.





My extractor is the Sandia Spot-Xtract 50-1001, if it matters.
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are you putting a chemical + water in your extractor? Might I suggest to instead use a carpet shampoo and brush that into the carpets, whipe up the foam with a towel, then extract with clean hot water?
 
tssdetailing said:
are you putting a chemical + water in your extractor? Might I suggest to instead use a carpet shampoo and brush that into the carpets, whipe up the foam with a towel, then extract with clean hot water?
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Yeah, unless I really need to shoot hot detergent mix deep down into the carpet, I just keep water in the extractor. And I keep thinking I oughta spend some $ and use a rinse agent instead. It's just *so* easy to overdo the shampoo and/or underdo the rinsing...
 
rinse agent? like a "foam stopper?"



All i know is I bought all my carpet stuff from detailKing in pittsburgh b/c they have the YouTube of how-tos and everything I bought came right from the video. It all works wonderful.
 
Rinse agent to help neutralize and remove the cleaning chemical.



Most carpet cleaners are alkaline (APC's even more). Most tap water is slightly alkaline. Rinse agents are acidic to try and bring the PH of the carpet back to neutral 7.
 
I've been experiment with different carpet cleaning chemicals ever since I got my little green machine. I found a combo that works for me. Castrol Super Clean.



BUT, yesterday my father, who decided that he was going to clean the heavily soiled tan mats in his car and doesn't have a detailing bone in his body, got out a bucket of hot water, a brush, and meguiars gold class car shampoo and went to work. His results were better than any I have gotten to date. I am trying that next time I have to clean a carpet.



DG
 
Be really careful about using solvents in any extractor as it can cause permanent damage, also using gold class shampoo might make it look decent for alittle bit theres no telling what it might be doing to the carpet in the long run
 
Well,



I can't imagine the gold class being hard on the carpets... but that castol super clean is a different story altogether.



DG
 
Well I own a rug doctor and recently cleaned my carpets using Simple Green as the solution. Here are some before/after shots:

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I used 1/4cup to 1/2 gallon of water. Was plenty to actually do the entire interrior of my truck with some left to spare. Since simple green can be bought in BULK at Home Depot, I like to use it as my APC with the appropriate dilution.
 
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very efficient blend of a grid (for feature comparisons), a wizard and wiki pages for details
 
brwill2005 said:
ONR does not have the proper chemical composition to clean carpets. It contains polymers not surfactants. The polymers serve a purpose when cleaning paint, but not cleaning carpets. Surfactants, heat, and chemical action are what is needed to clean carpets. If you are looking for a more mild chemical to use in your extractor, look into XO cleaner plus. It is a plant based cleaner/odor neutralizer.
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Yes well said I agree.

Xo cleaner plus even good for Pet odor neutralizing. Very much made wiyh natural plant oil.
 
MichaelM- I keep meaning to buy that stuff but I never do...I oughta just do it right now but I'm not extracting much this time of year (eh, there's another excuse, huh?).



Yeah, Chemspec stuff is good, I have their spotter and it works very well.
 
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