29/10/2025
So, after a few days waiting for my carpet cleaner to be repaired (again), I finally managed to clean our cream deep pile carpet today using the Carpet Extraction Cleaner.
Oh it smells lovely. Now, I am supposed to use the manufacturers cleaner in it however it costs a fortune and it wasn't brilliant, and I struggled to get all of the soap residue out. That said, we adopted this carpet from the previous owners who had big dogs and liked w**e just as much as we do, the owners, not the dogs. The professional carpet cleaner man failed to get out the red w**e stain.
When I'd finished the expensive stuff I bought some, still expensive value machine cleaner. Apart from invalidating the V machines warranty it cleaned just as well and that was all fine.
We have 2 grandchildren, we have two grand puppies, both of whom when new deposited on the carpet.
Several weeks ago I spilled a full glass ( it was a big glass) of Tia Maria onto the sofa and carpet (Sofa is cream too) and on the same night, Phil spilled half a glass of red w**e onto the carpet. I have no idea what we were thinking ;-) Being very tired I put a hand towel on each stain and stood on it to absorb the stains, thought it could wait till morning. Several weeks later........
Now, I know that for really stubborn stains one of the hand held attachments should be used, couldn't be bothered. Also I have learned today that I am supposed to use warm water, I have always used cold so went with cold again.
Now, the red w**e stain appears to have come out, the Tia Maria stain was a tad more resistant. The water sucked up was as dirty as it usually is.
One observation and i suspect that the machine may have a blockage somewhere, much less water was pumped into the carpet, but the suds were present and the carpet is clean. I also noted that It was slightly easier to rinse with fewer suds, so I am hoping that the carpet stays looking cleaner for longer, any soap residue left in a carpet tends to attract more dirt.
And so, I am waiting for the carpet to dry and I will hoover tomorrow and report back :-)
