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carpet cleaner?
Frankly, one of the Dyson vaccuum cleaners. There's a reason the've a model
call "The Animal". If there's a stain, I've had really good luck with a product called Folex. M. "Foxsrus1" wrote in message ... hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? |
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"Foxsrus1" wrote in message
... hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? With seven cats, our light-gray carpet falls victim to an up-chucking almost every day. In our experience, nothing works better than - or even as well as - hydrogen peroxide (3%), which we purchase at the grocery store for about one dollar (U.S.) per 32-oz bottle. Lift the chunks from the carpet with a paper towel, blot (don't rub) the moisture with another paper towel, SOAK the area with hydrogen peroxide, let rest for an hour or more, and then vigorously scrub the area with a clean, wet white utility towel. A second treatment is rarely required. Although not necessary to the actual removal of the stain, we follow with a small wet-dry vac to remove as much remaining moisture as possible. To facilitate application of the hydrogen peroxide, we replace the plastic cap on the opaque brown-plastic bottle with a trigger-type spray top. |
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"mpwilliams" wrote in message ... "Foxsrus1" wrote in message ... hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? With seven cats, our light-gray carpet falls victim to an up-chucking almost every day. In our experience, nothing works better than - or even as well as - hydrogen peroxide (3%), which we purchase at the grocery store for about one dollar (U.S.) per 32-oz bottle. I want to add that this may be good for light carpets, but hp acts like a bleach on darker colors. |
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Foxsrus1 wrote: hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? Invest in a carpet shampoo machine like Bissell. Get one with the on board tool for spots. I fill the reservoir with hot water and 2 tablespoons oxi clean powder. Use the tool to wash out the barf stain. It's the only think that works well for me. Plus, when it's time to shampoo your carpets, you can use it too. |
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"Mary" wrote in message
. com... "mpwilliams" wrote in message ... "Foxsrus1" wrote in message ... hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? With seven cats, our light-gray carpet falls victim to an up-chucking almost every day. In our experience, nothing works better than - or even as well as - hydrogen peroxide (3%), which we purchase at the grocery store for about one dollar (U.S.) per 32-oz bottle. I want to add that this may be good for light carpets, but hp acts like a bleach on darker colors. So one might think, but we picked up on this technique from a friend who regularly used hydrogen peroxide to spot-clean her forest green carpeting .... no discoloration or fading, just clean carpet! That said, testing first makes sense. |
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"Foxsrus1" wrote in message ... hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? I have tried a variety of cleaning products. Absolutely the best for cleaning the carpet with no "leftover" stains has been a Bissell Little Green machine (I have the "proheat turbobrush compact multipurpose cleaner," model #1425-1). It is easy to use, and it is also easy to clean the machine iteself (not always true with some machines) -- a dirty water tank and a clean solution tank, both of which just lift off easily. For general maintenance, I recently got a Dyson "The Animal" vacuum cleaner. It is very pricey, but I absolutely love it. It has a rotating "turbo" brush for pet hair on furniture. It also has an on-board extension that reaches 17 feet and does *not* topple the vacuum cleaner when working on furniture, stairs, etc. It is very heavy and would not be something that I would want to carry around if one machine had to be used on more than one floor of a house, but it has large wheels and is remarkably easy to push. I bought mine at Sears and used their "price match" program -- by searching the web for best prices, I took a copy with me to Sears and got a reduction of $70.00 off their listed "sale" price. MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o' http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly) http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in") |
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Foxsrus1 wrote:
hairball problem...what's best carpet cleaner? IMO, pick up the hairball, and let the vomit dry, so you're not wiping wet muck into the carpet (I lay a paper towel over it, so we don't step in it). It will dry on the tips of the carpet and you can brush out the debris with a dry scrub brush or old hair brush, then vacuum. For the residue, a spray of Spot Shot aerosol (from any supermarket cleaning aisle) and wipe with a clean damp rag or some wet paper towels. By the way, Spot Shot gets out all sorts of little stains, even when they've been there for months. My two cats used to bring up about one hairball a week each when they were on dry food, and somewhat less when they were on the Science Diet and Iams canned kitten food when LeMieux first went diabetic. But I've only seen one hairball since I switched them to Wellness canned last spring. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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