Does it clean carpets? I am confused do you use cleaner or just water?
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It is only good for hardwood, laminate or tile floors. Not carpeting. I use distilled water.
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A little. I have been using an alcohol based cleaner instead of the Bissell brand (see my previous question response on this subject). It is a little damp but I don't know of any water based carpet cleaner that would not leave some dampness.
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I don't know what other people do, but that's precisely what I do with a bit of it. I have the Bissell hand-held refillable scrubber. I fill if with 1/4 cleaner 3/4 water for quick clean ups. The scrub brush helps work the cleaner into the carpet and lift out the stain. How well it would work without the scrubber I can't say. When I go back to steam clean, once a month, I remove any residual cleaner that may have been left in the carpet. Hope that helps :-)
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Yes, this machine introduces water to your carpet. But it also has a vacuum feature, so you can remove most of the moisture by sucking it up if you're willing to invest the time. I still found the carpet remains damp and requires 1-4 hours to dry completely depending on the pile.
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Hi there....I use my steam cleaner on beige full pile carpet because I have a little dog. What I do is a combination. I have an environment cloth from Norwegian on hand & dry....I plug in the cleaner put the steam to the carpet...let it get really steamy & wipe up excess water (dog stains)....takes only a short time to dry....stain & smell gone....
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I use it as regular vacuum to clean my rooms, does well. The suction is good enough that I think it will remove water from carpets. Hope this helps.
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Ive cleaned a dry carpet before with success. I never tried cleaning a wet carpet but it may work since it picks up water with ease. I cleaned the bottom of my hot tub with this vac. Be sure to put the protective sleeve on the machine for the wet setting and remove the dry filter. It's a very good shop vac for the price. I use it for everything, house, garage, shed, craw space, yard, etc.
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No it does not. You put hot water inside the reservoir. It then uses that water to clean the carpet.
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I use only water. I dampen the mopping cloths slightly, and fill the channels with water. The cloths will show how much they clean up.
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I myself have not used it on my carpet yet. I did use it on my furniture though. It's not like a carpet\upholstery cleaner where it applies hot soapy water and extracts it. The steam loosens and lifts the dirt to the surface and you have to wipe it off with a towel. That's what I did anyway. It's a little bit of work but well worth it. My furniture looks like new again. Carpets would have to be done the same way I'm sure. I don't think it was designed to clean big carpet jobs. I would go with an extractor type cleaner if carpet cleaning is what you're mainly after.
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The machine does have a suction cycle. It extracts most of the water but the carpet is still damp. We have rented larger carpet cleaners and we have had carpet professionally cleaned. The carpet is no more damp than with other methods.
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I did not rinse after cleaning. I'm sure that it wouldn't hurt to rinse. Just go over the same area using just the hot water.it will be depend on what kind of carpet you have. My favorite cleaner is a multipurpose detergent that I buy at dollar tree. It's yellow and is good for many uses. I actually diluted exactly like the Hoover brand cleaner that came with the vacuum. The labels dilute 30 to 1 for rugs. And 2:1 for spots on the rugs. Once again, it depends on your carpet.
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I wash the carpet the first time with hot water and much less soap than they recommend and then I go over the carpet once more quickly with just hot water to pull up any soap residue and more dirt. It works really well and the carpet stay clean longer because their is no soap residue, that's your downfall. Hope this helps, I've been doing it that way for many years.
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I just use it for water, but I clean it out by running a jug of water with a little dish soap through it and then I run through just water a few times
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I use it to clean carpets and zap pet stains. Its a miracle and just with tap water. Works better than my big Hoover Carpet Cleaner. I put a pad on and hold it for a minute at full steam.
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No, it is not designed at all for carpet cleaning, only for hard surfaces. There is a device that attaches to the bottom which enables the user to "freshen up" a carpet but all it does is inject some steam. It does not remove stains.
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It's a steam cleaner, meant for carpet/rugs. I wouldn't recommend it for hardwoods....way too much water for that.