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Thread Number: 21929
SEBO Duo-P carpet cleaner review |
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| Post# 245786 8/15/2013 at 10:29 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Got some of this: 
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| Post# 245788 , Reply# 1 8/15/2013 at 10:30 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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'Made' some stains, left: compost, right: crushed M&Ms 
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| Post# 245789 , Reply# 2 8/15/2013 at 10:32 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Don't worry I used some old carpet I got out of the loft! I used general household stuff, like if a plant pot falls over then there's the soil stain and if you trod on some m&ms then that's how you get that stain, Vacuumed over the stains.. 
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| Post# 245790 , Reply# 3 8/15/2013 at 10:33 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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All done! 
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| Post# 245791 , Reply# 4 8/15/2013 at 10:34 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Then applied too much duo-p with the brush included in the lid: 
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| Post# 245792 , Reply# 5 8/15/2013 at 10:35 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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All groomed in: 
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| Post# 245793 , Reply# 6 8/15/2013 at 10:35 (3,900 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 245794 , Reply# 7 8/15/2013 at 10:36 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Left about 25 mins and then vacuumed: 
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| Post# 245796 , Reply# 8 8/15/2013 at 10:38 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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And both the stains are still just as prominent as they were before. 
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| Post# 245799 , Reply# 9 8/15/2013 at 10:42 (3,900 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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George, you might want to try leaving it over night, and also cleaning it up with a better deep cleaner than a Dyson. The worse the stain, the longer duo-p needs to work it's magic. It managed to get red wine out of my Mums cream living room carpet, but we had to leave the powder down overnight. Make sure you brush it well into the pile in different directions before leaving to dry.
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| Post# 245800 , Reply# 10 8/15/2013 at 10:43 (3,900 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 245801 , Reply# 11 8/15/2013 at 10:47 (3,900 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 245802 , Reply# 12 8/15/2013 at 10:54 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Well, just for a laugh... 
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| Post# 245803 , Reply# 13 8/15/2013 at 10:54 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Get to work... 
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| Post# 245804 , Reply# 14 8/15/2013 at 10:55 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Stains are gone! And this is a static brush washer! 
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| Post# 245805 , Reply# 15 8/15/2013 at 11:01 (3,900 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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When you could clean it up in minutes with a carpet washer/e
Yes, but that involves lugging a big heavy carpet cleaner out, setting up, making sure you have carpet shampoo in, washing the thing out afterwards and putting it away, all for 1 poxy spillage? No thanks. You'd also still have to wait a few hours for the carpet to dry, whereas with the Duo-P powder, you can walk on it, leave the furniture where it is etc.
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| Post# 245808 , Reply# 16 8/15/2013 at 11:07 (3,900 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Hey chris, I agree with everything you say, but I have to say my vax carpet washer is very lightweight and takes just a minute to set up or put away. But yes, the carpet has to dry. | ||
| Post# 245810 , Reply# 18 8/15/2013 at 11:14 (3,900 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 245824 , Reply# 19 8/15/2013 at 12:02 (3,900 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
Dry cleaning does have its place, although like any method, it suits some applications more than others. I used to use the Vorwerk system with Kobosan powder, and while it won't bring up a really filthy carpet, when carried out once or twice a year it does help to prevent soiled areas forming in traffic lanes and entryways. It greatly extends the intervals between wet cleaning too, and makes that job easier because you're not trying to restore a trashed carpet.
Proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say, and whenever I used to carry out a wet extraction clean, the recovered water always came up looking fairly clear. This shows that the dry method does indeed work very well, if carried out correctly. At the moment I use Duo-P for whenever the cat throws up on the carpet. I just mop up the excess with a paper towel, scatter some powder down and scrub it in, then leave it for an hour or so. Gets rid of the stain every single time. Dry cleaning doesn't work so well on looped pile carpets. It's much better suited to cut pile, where the powder can sink down fully between the fibres to do its thing. Also, it relies heavily on agitation. You've really got to scrub it in thoroughly, from all directions, and then leave it until its completely dry. Sometimes getting the correct method takes a little practice, but on the whole I think it's a great system once you have it down. | ||
| Post# 245880 , Reply# 20 8/15/2013 at 18:12 (3,900 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
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Oh, just remembered this video clip (see link below) showing a brief demo of the Host system. As you will see, it involves a fair amount of agitation, but the results are excellent for what is basically just an absorbent powder moistened with detergents and solvents.
I'd kill for one of those machines, but at somewhere between £3-4k the last time I checked, don't think that's going to happen any time soon. CLICK HERE TO GO TO spiraclean's LINK | ||
| Post# 245934 , Reply# 22 8/16/2013 at 07:07 (3,899 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 245987 , Reply# 24 8/16/2013 at 13:53 (3,899 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
I've used the Dyson Zorb dry clean powder a few times and it's worked pretty well, but I prefer Capture. I bought a Capture kit a few months ago that included a tub of the powder, a brush that attaches to a broom handle and a bottle of prespray. The Capture cleaned a larger area than the Dyson Zorb, and it included prespray and a brush which the Dyson Zorb doesn't include (I do know they offer those products, though). Here in America the Capture kit is around 2-3 times the price of the Dyson Zorb and is available through Amazon.com.
I do think Dyson's Dysolv cleaner is a pretty good spot cleaner even when not using the Dyson Zorb along with it. I've read about the Host dry cleaning system and it looks interesting, I've even thought about asking my mom to go to the vacuum store near me and rent one of the brush machines, since the Host website says that store rents them out. I've included a link to Host's how-to video for their rental brushing machines. CLICK HERE TO GO TO myles_v's LINK | ||
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