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7th May 2013, 18:40
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'Rug doctor'
My folks are renting a rugdoctor for their house.
http://www.rugdoctor.co.uk/
this is it for those who dont know.
I was wondering seeing as its available, have any of you used it for your car carpets? It says on their site that it can be used in cars but was wondering if anyone had any experiences.
Last thing i'd want is for it to somehow ruin the carpet lol
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7th May 2013, 19:12
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Originally Posted by LSOfreak
My folks are renting a rugdoctor for their house.
http://www.rugdoctor.co.uk/
this is it for those who dont know.
I was wondering seeing as its available, have any of you used it for your car carpets? It says on their site that it can be used in cars but was wondering if anyone had any experiences.
Last thing i'd want is for it to somehow ruin the carpet lol |
Yup use it with 1001 carpet cleaner. I cleaned every thing in my car with it when i first got it. The water is gross after, The car needs a couple of days to dry out fully though.
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7th May 2013, 19:32
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I rented one for the purpose of doing the interior. Comes with a converter for handheld use.
Genuinely worked wonders. The amount of crap it brings out is unreal, the water at the end of doing it was filthy, and this was from an interior that was relatively well maintained.
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7th May 2013, 19:46
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kl cheers guys
does it bring the pile up? my carpet in the saxo is quite.. flat
bedford - is there anything special about 1001 carpet cleaner?
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8th May 2013, 15:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LSOfreak
kl cheers guys
does it bring the pile up? my carpet in the saxo is quite.. flat
bedford - is there anything special about 1001 carpet cleaner?
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yeah it will fluff the pile up.
1001 smells nice contains no bleach and it has enzymes so kills any bacteria in the seats and carpets so it smells nice for longer also a couple of drops of apc will work wonders too.
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8th May 2013, 15:23
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I simply removed the carpet from my 205 and washed it outside the car. If doing in situ I would be putting a de-humidifier in the car to dry it off quickly.
Kev
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8th May 2013, 15:51
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They are brilliant!
did mine with one a few months back, didnt have any before pics, but it was a real mess.
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8th May 2013, 16:53
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kl, cheers guys  that looks really good ^
ill probs just leave the doors, sunroof and boot open to get the moisture out lol
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8th May 2013, 17:01
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Think i'll go and rent one for 24hrs. Looked on their site. £22. next weekends job..
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8th May 2013, 17:24
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We rent them out at Homebase - don't forget you need a form of I.D AND a household bill of some sort to rent them out!
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9th May 2013, 20:27
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L-plater
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Red carpet look mint
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9th May 2013, 20:31
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This thread had so much potential, and then I see it's about an actual rug cleaner...
Anyway, results look good, and for £22 for a weekends use. I can use it in the house as well.
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9th May 2013, 20:43
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L-plater
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Lol kill two birds with 1 stone
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9th May 2013, 22:45
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I did the house, car, van, mates front seats and so on lol
Its good on the carpet as they seem to get that really ground in sandy dirt out that takes ages with a hoover and never quite goes away.
My red carpet was like a brown colour.
As for drying out, i left the front seats in the house over night, the rest took maybe a day or so. The hoover does suck 90% or so up, if your soaking it all as your hoovering, back off on the trigger and just hoover it for a bit.
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10th May 2013, 01:15
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lol seeing as my ma will have it, be rude not to make use of it
removing the seats  thats a good shout
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10th May 2013, 10:24
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This is my new carpet, this is just after the first run over on the right hand side.
left side uncleaned - right side cleaned
and after
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10th May 2013, 11:25
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results look really good
tis a shame i only have the grey standard carpet though
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10th May 2013, 11:34
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Saxperience Forum Bum
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You get the best results with black/grey carpets as they always look like new after! The red shows every single mark, stain, grain of sand and whatever else.
keep posted on how you get on!
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10th May 2013, 11:39
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will do
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10th May 2013, 12:45
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I did mine at the end of april, and it's still smelling bloody good. It's a subtle smell but it's nice.
Even if your carpets are grey, it still makes a cleaner and nicer car.
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