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Postby fx gt » Mon May 01, 2006 8:40 pm

so whats the best carpet cleaner to use?i got some old carpet from pika and its beeen sitting in water so its bloody smelly.

whats a good cleaner to use and methods of washing?
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Postby flat_0ut » Mon May 01, 2006 8:43 pm

steam clean it! carpet cleaners wont get rid of the smell
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Postby RS13 » Mon May 01, 2006 8:47 pm

Trust me, if it was immersed in water for over a week, you'll never get the smell completely gone. If it were me, I'd hire a rug doctor, use the rug doctor spray (that shit is pretty good at getting stuff off carpet, as well as deodorising) as well, then leave it in the sun to dry. The carpet fibres absorb any liquid pretty quickly, and can almost be impossible to get clean.
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Postby Ae92typeX » Mon May 01, 2006 8:48 pm

could always put in washing machine also (depending on machine and how hard backed the carpet is)
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Postby flat_0ut » Mon May 01, 2006 8:51 pm

Ae92typeX wrote:could always put in washing machine also (depending on machine and how hard backed the carpet is)


haha, doubt it
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Postby Ae92typeX » Mon May 01, 2006 8:54 pm

flat_0ut wrote:
Ae92typeX wrote:could always put in washing machine also (depending on machine and how hard backed the carpet is)


haha, doubt it


as said 'depending on machine and how hard backed the carpet is'
its been done many many times
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Postby fx gt » Mon May 01, 2006 8:54 pm

thanks guys.how much would a steam clean be?
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Postby deaf_rattle » Mon May 01, 2006 8:55 pm

might be able to get it dry cleaned? its surprisingly cheap
otherwise id use that stuff that you get from repco, in the tall red can.. works a treat
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Postby bluemaumau » Mon May 01, 2006 8:56 pm

[quote="RS13"]then leave it in the sun to dry. quote]

after you wash it, leaving it in the sun will kill anything. just make sure you dont leave it out to early and late (dew), however you need it out there till its bone dry, probley gonna take a while as were just leaving summer :evil:
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Postby flat_0ut » Mon May 01, 2006 8:57 pm

steam cleaning is pretty cheap.. after all its only water.
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Postby fx gt » Mon May 01, 2006 8:58 pm

deaf_rattle wrote:might be able to get it dry cleaned? its surprisingly cheap
otherwise id use that stuff that you get from repco, in the tall red can.. works a treat


but will any dry cleaning store take it?
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Postby flat_0ut » Mon May 01, 2006 8:59 pm

fx gt wrote:but will any dry cleaning store take it?


should do, they take pretty much anything
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Postby fx gt » Mon May 01, 2006 9:13 pm

thanks guys,will ring up the drycleaners :)
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Postby Jazza » Mon May 01, 2006 9:34 pm

Rug Dr :P Steaming mad at dirt ;) And lol at the crapet cleaner title
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