As a professional carpet / rug cleaner this a very good video. It's all you need to know. I like that he did point out that woollen carpets are different. If you're cleaning wool, especially Persian, Oriental, valuable rugs then you need professional advice. Bravo.
You might be able to get it at Walmart but unless you're in a massive house you wouldn't have space for that giant thing. Neither do a lot of people have a giant garage where you can pressure wash and flood your entire carpet.
-Friend you didn't do any heavy working. You used a vacuum and a pump to spray on the carpet. Instead of showing us how to clean it at home with a hose, soap, and a rug cleaner liquid.
We have one, but wanted to learn how to clean rugs without ruining hardwood. Watching this video taught us not to put shampoo in the machine which I appreciate.
As someone living in apartments all my life - never owned any of the tools that you used 🤣 that huge hoover that's specifically intended for carpets - I would call that professional equipment, actually. I wouldn't own one unless I had a huge house full of carpets or worked in professional cleaning 🤷🏻♀️ How about a video on how to clean your carpet in an apartment with wooden floors, meaning no flooding stuff with water and no bulky equipment 😅
best bet would be to take it to a DIY car wash and powerwash /squeegee it there. you could even lay it out on top of your car and let it dry on a hot day
@@ElenaVexlerany self car wash usually has hot soapy water you can use. Or you can just buy a tarp and id highly recommend a brush on like a broom stick so you don’t have to scrub on your hands and knees and do it outside. That’s what I’m doing. My rugs already rolled up because it got wet and almost ruined my floors. Totally agree though this isn’t like a quick thing you can do in a day. You need planning and time and good weather to ensure your rug dries outside before you bring it back in and ruin those wooden floors. I’ve gotta clean mine but we’ve got some rain coming tomorrow afternoon cause of course we do when that’s the time I was going to do it haha 😬
Please be careful with power washing rugs at a car wash - I just watched a video where a woman ruined her beautiful wool rug at the car wash and had to hire a professional. Her gorgeous rug was moldy (from car-wash rug cleaning advice she took from YT / TikTok ) and it took hours of professional restoration because of the bad advice she received. 😣 Most of these cleaning devices aren’t that expensive and are a great investment if you want your place clean while saving a ton of money on hiring professional cleaning. I have a Bissell upright hydrosteam and a portable shark upholstery cleaner - combined, both of these professional devices are slightly under five-hundred. I love my floors and upholstery clean all the time - especially to prevent microbial growth, dust mites, allergens, etc., so it’s worth it. Using these devices also makes for an amazing workout. 😎
This is a first class video and has given me what knowledge I need to do mine. In the past I have always put carpet cleaning liquid into the washer and never rinsed with clean water ( although I never like the idea of not rinsing - dishes or anything else ) and, of course, as the video says, you leave a sticky soapy residue behind, thus your clean rug is filthy again in no time. I know what to do now and am very grateful. Great advice and a very well presented video.
How do you feel about adding a little distilled white vinegar with fresh water to the carpet cleaner to flush out the cleaner that was pre-sprayed? I do this myself and find that it works really well!
How do you clean the under side of rug? I cleaned the top carpeted area but underneath is still stained & dirty. *another alternative way to clean area rugs is to hang outside on a wall & pressure spray, then leave out to dry but making sure to move & flip over a few times to eliminate any creases & make sure not to leave out longer than needed to prevent any sun damage.
If you don’t want to buy a shampooer I would suggest the libman nitty gritty sponge mop (17$) plant watering can ( 5$) large squeegee (6$) blue tarp (3$). I was able to clean my carpet under 40$
Renting machines, space, and networking with people, are options. I appreciated the tips in the video. That said: Yes, maintenance and storage costs can become unmanageable sometimes....we each have our own challenges, wish you well with yours!
Where would you suggest to clean? It looks like you have a special room to do this in. I don’t think I would want to do this inside on hard wood floors.
I’ve personally used a large blue tarp from Harbor Freight. They’re pretty cheap and protect the rug and the surface you’re cleaning on if you’re cleaning indoors. Although, I’ve just done it out in the driveway 👍🏾.
Thanks very much - outstanding video. Followed your instructions exactly, and the result on a very dirty wall to wall carpet that was last cleaned professionally more than 5 years ago, was as good or better than the 'professional'!
Hey there! I wanted to use a carpet machine that wasn't a professional level system, but a cheaper entry level machine you can pick up for just over a $100 for your home😁
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I bought a Bissell carpet cleaner a while back and used it per instructions however it didnt get as clean. I bought the Zep high traffic, i vaccumed the top twicr and bottom once. The rug came out great! I proceeded to clean 2 other rugs the same way and they all turned out great!
I watched and wrote notes for 5 minutes only to learn that his approach cannot be used for hand-woven oriental rugs. Waste of time because my rugs are hand-woven. He should have begun his pitch with that information. Ugh.
Thanks for the video and all the links in your write-up. I especially appreciate the link to what you used to create your videos; and your upbeat energy. I watched 4 other area rug cleaners before yours. This is the best one. Thank You. : )
I have a rug like this one in the video same maker, I’ve had it for about a year but it has dog urine on it about three big stains. At this point will that smell and odor get out of the fibers?
Hey, great video man awesome idea about the pump sprayer and just using the carpet cleaner with water. I question is what kind of chemicals would you use in a more professional setting?
Another great vid! If I had to use a spotter instead of a bigger machine like the one you used, what features should I make sure it has? Does the brand make a huge difference? Or are all spotters pretty much created equal?
This was great, I need to clean my area rug. Quick question on a different topic, I used Pink Stuff on my bathroom sink and it took the finish off. Someone suggested using a gel gloss?
Good question! Take as much of the solids as possible from the surface, then because peanut butter is so oily I would suggest spot treating the area with a degreaser like Dawn dish soap. Rinse the area thoroughly using damp towels (this could take two or three towels to rinse) then blot dry with a clean microfiber towel. peanut butter is tough but it can be cleaned! 😀
....... The carpet shampooer can be bought at the store... Walmart, target, home depot, lows, Amazon.... like he said "with tools you can find at the store" he's not using his professional tools that can not be found at the store.
That carpet cleaner sucks..it leaves a lot of water behind still in the rug. . extending drying times . .the only way to get more water up with it is to put down pressure on the machine with your hand. . The rug Dr brand does a better job at getting all the water up .
A. So you need to buy all the equipment you showed? B. Is it dangerous if your pet 🐈 walks on the rug while it's being pre cleaned? (He's the one sho brought the dirt). Isn't it cheaper to buy another rug?
I attempted cleaning my rug before watching your vid, and had a hell of a time getting it dry again. Did you flip the rug over to dry the bottom at well?
When extracting with the carpet cleaner, do you extract in the same forward/backward motion as you showed when needing to use multiple tanks of warm clean water? Or, do you work in a 360 motion like you did while vacuuming to ensure the cleaner is properly removed from the fibers? Does that even matter?
I live in an apartment and was considering doing this on the carpet of one of the bedroom. Not sure if this is a bad idea because I don’t want to ruin the carpet of the bedroom. However my frame of mind is if the carpet gets dirty I can just clean it afterwards. Am I wrong?
A little confusing to me at one point, because it looked as if you were adding water to the soap liquid, but you didn't say whether you were or not. Thanks.
I see you only sprayed down the soap once. Would you ever do more passes of the soap between water washes with the machine? If im doing multiple passes
Overall the video offers a wealth of information that has significantly expanded my understanding of cleaning an area floor carpet. The content is presented in a manner, that makes it a resource for anyone looking to deepen their knowledge of cleaning a carpet.
Any idea of the difference between the Zep Area Rug cleaner and the Premium Carpet Shampoo? The Area Rug stuff isn't available anywhere near me, but I can get the premium carpet shampoo - would it perform similarly to what you do?
