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Thread Number: 15808
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| Post# 168337 2/5/2012 at 00:03 (4,457 days old) by vacmaster0000 () | ||
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Has anyone done this? My bestest friend uses bleach for everything but wood, she used it for stains on her beige carpet, it got rid of the stains. | ||
| Post# 168343 , Reply# 1 2/5/2012 at 02:36 (4,457 days old) by dualsanitronic (Omaha) | ||
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Ouch! Bleach does not ACTUALLY clean. It is a strong oxidizer, bleaching away stains til they disappear. It will ruin the seals in your carpet cleaning machine and should be used with great caution. I don't recommend it at all for carpet cleaning. | ||
| Post# 168353 , Reply# 4 2/5/2012 at 07:06 (4,457 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 168355 , Reply# 5 2/5/2012 at 07:08 (4,457 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Funny that no one else thought to ask that. | ||
Post# 168382 , Reply# 6 2/5/2012 at 12:31 (4,457 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Took the stains out of the beige carpet.... | ||
| Post# 168387 , Reply# 7 2/5/2012 at 12:41 (4,457 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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We also have thin bleach in the UK, it's just people buy thick stuff thinking it's better, you just have to buy the store's own-brand budget stuff, cos that's thin and scent free (assuming you don't class chlorine gas as a scent!!)... :P | ||
| Post# 168401 , Reply# 9 2/5/2012 at 14:11 (4,456 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
Benny
excellent point again, 2 in one day LOL quite a roll.
Have used bleach detergent sprays (domestos) for removing tea and coffee stains from synthetic carpets in the past and it works quite well although I did test an inconspicuous area first. In my old house I had white woolen carpets and before I moved out I also used Flash with bleach to remove an old cocoa stain from a bedroom carpet. Worked a treat! Worst thing anyone could use is washing up liquid. That stuff just never rinses out of a carpet, and detergent residue means dirt sticks and sticks well. If used responsibly I think bleach could be used on certain carpets but as mentioned above thin bleach does not clean at all. Just merely sanitises and bleaches out stains. Thick bleach certainly is the way to go down toilets sinks and cleaning. Thin bleach only really is of use to soak laundry in to whiten it but it must be washed in detergent before and rinsed before addition of bleach or to use as a germ killer where a surface has been washed with detergent first. | ||
| Post# 168402 , Reply# 10 2/5/2012 at 14:17 (4,456 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Well, bleach is better than donkey stone i guess. | ||
| Post# 168404 , Reply# 11 2/5/2012 at 14:34 (4,456 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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and yes Oxi Bleach, I used that for a while about 10 years ago. Never really got on with it as it didnt seem to work just as well as Domestos or own label thick bleaches.
What I have noticed is that most toilet clenaers including toilet duck and the likes dont actually work as well as thick bleach down the toilet. I usually dont buy them for that reason unless I have guests due to the perfume content in them. | ||
| Post# 168437 , Reply# 12 2/5/2012 at 16:34 (4,456 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 168454 , Reply# 13 2/5/2012 at 17:38 (4,456 days old) by vacmaster0000 () | ||
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Haha no.. It didnt discolor the carpet, made it smell fresh and clean looking, unlike hoover's shitty detergent. | ||
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