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Home made carpet cleaner ?

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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,364 Forumite
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    ther are a couple of ideas in this thread or this one - we will merge this later

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  • nadmaj
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    I've bought a vax carpet cleaner and has solution with it. i've used it but not been very impressed with it so i was wondering what do people use for the best cleaning results also less chemically

    i've used stardrops- not very good
    fairy- okish
    vanish and fairy mix with vanish sprinkled onto carpet beforehand - ok

    but i need something that makes the carpet smell nice aswell

    thank u xx
  • vax2002
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    washing powder...then over again with clean water with a bit of fabric conditioner
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  • nadmaj
    nadmaj Posts: 360 Forumite
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    great idea - thanks
  • Kittendreich
    Kittendreich Posts: 420 Forumite
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    We got a giant bottle of 'machine carpet cleaner' in B&Q - it was far cheaper than anything we saw elsewhere. Not less chemically, but cheaper...
  • nadmaj
    nadmaj Posts: 360 Forumite
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    Kittendreich wrote: »
    We got a giant bottle of 'machine carpet cleaner' in B&Q - it was far cheaper than anything we saw elsewhere. Not less chemically, but cheaper...


    did it clean tthe carpets - did u notice a difference
  • Badrick
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    We use 1001 from Pound shop with good results.
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  • lollyfin
    lollyfin Posts: 299 Forumite
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    Hi I have the self sufficiency household cleaning book (just got it very excited!) and for a shampoo recipe for in carpet cleaning machines they recommend 4-5 tsp liquid castile soap or dishwashing liquid in 9 litres of hot water and add 4 and 1/2 tsp of borax or soda crystals (to the whole 9 litres)
    I havent tried this so dont know but hope it helps
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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,364 Forumite
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    ive merged this with our homemade carpet cleaner thread

    Zip
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