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Question about Blue Lustre Shampooer
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Post# 157692   11/1/2011 at 03:35 (4,531 days old) by loveoldstuff ()        

Hello all,
I just purchased a vintage Blue Lustre Shampooer 142. It was a commercial rental unit at one time and has the two round brushes on the bottom of the unit that spin around. Since it is a rotary scrubber and not an extraction machine, I am unsure of what type of shampoo to use in it.
I contacted Rug Doctor who purchased Blue Lustre in the 90s, but they have since phased the brand out and basically told me I was out of luck.
Does anyone know what type of solution works best in these machines? Should I use a dry foam shampoo or is the regular solution used in extraction machines acceptable?
Thanks in advance.


Post# 157724 , Reply# 1   11/1/2011 at 11:43 (4,531 days old) by cleaningbuff (Quincy, IL)        
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Get some Aerus (electrolux) turbo shampoo that they sell for their carpet shampooers.

Post# 157726 , Reply# 2   11/1/2011 at 11:52 (4,531 days old) by baglessball ()        

If it doesn't have any type of extraction method I'd use shampoo.

Try kirbys?


Post# 157732 , Reply# 3   11/1/2011 at 13:59 (4,531 days old) by loveoldstuff ()        
Thanks!

Thank you both. I'll go ahead and give the Aerus a try first and see how it works.

Post# 157756 , Reply# 4   11/1/2011 at 18:02 (4,531 days old) by Floor-A-Matic (somewhere)        

Aerus or Kirby foaming shampoo. Use 8:1 ratio (8 parts WARM water to 1 part dry foam shampoo)?

Post# 158128 , Reply# 5   11/5/2011 at 16:44 (4,527 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)        

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Any foaming shampoo will work. Name Brand Kirby is a lot better than the overpriced Aerus stuff put out.

Try going to your local vacuum store and getting some Kwik Suds, that stuff works really well, too.


Post# 158436 , Reply# 6   11/8/2011 at 19:09 (4,524 days old) by loveoldstuff ()        
Update on Blue Lustre Shampooer

Thanks to everyone who offered their advice. I ended up going to the vacuum shop and the only foaming shampoo they had was Kirby, so I went with that. It worked great, even with cool water as the Blue Lustre machine specifies to use. I found some shampoo for dry foam machines by Franklin on Ebay for half the price that I'm going to try next time. I've never been disappointed with the Franklin products I have used so hopefully the carpet shampoo will work well, too.
Thanks again!



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