Environment Friendly Carpet Cleaning Products

Edited by Steaminpile - 25/March/2009 at 7:29pm

nightrider wrote: The best  GREEN product I have ever used for tough stains was a GREEN coloured BUTYL SOLUTION                                                     Nightrider

I did hear they do leave fumes and pollute the indoor quality, is it true? this is what my carpet cleaning tulsa provider was telling me

I used to use Ultrachem when it first came out.  Used Clean and Neutralizer, best one I liked was the Protector.  The ONLY reason I was using it was to qualify for BCBC Buildings cleaning contract.  Apparently the owner was dating BCBC's owner's daughter  and the ONLY product they would allow used was Ultrachem.

After using it for a while, burning my skin with the Neutralizer or Clean, one of them darned near took my skin off, and getting "OK" results, I moved on to better products.

I was using ZEP Prep, excellent cleaner but has butyl.
Switched to Powdered Power, and oxygenated citrus cleaner, safe and also SOA approved. Green too I believe.
Now I'm using O2, sodium borate and almost food grade delimonene.  Works excellent.

Just looked up UC Labs.  Here's the carpet cleaning procedures:
1. Thoroughly vacuum the carpets to remove lose soil particles.
 
2. Wherever other chemicals have been used you must thoroughly flush the full system equipment before using Ultra products.
 
3. Mix Clean at 64 ml per liter (8 oz per gallon) of water in a pump up sprayer. Add Neutralizer to the solution at 8 ml per liter (1 oz per gallon). 16 ml per liter (2 oz per gallon) for carpet that is heavily soiled.
 
4. Pre-spray the area to be extracted. Limit the pre-sprayed area to the area that can be extracted in about 15 minutes time.
 
5. Add Liquid Extract to the extractor solution tank at 8 ml per liter (1 oz per gallon) of water. Add the solution to the required amount of warm water in the chemical feeder tank. If the carpet is extremely soiled, add Neutralizer at 8 ml per liter (1 oz per gallon). (If powder Extract is used, pre-mix in warm water 16 ml per liter (2 oz per gallon) (4 liters) of water metered at the wand.)
 
6. Begin extraction of the pre-sprayed area after 5 minutes dwell time. The total pre-sprayed area should be extracted before 15 minutes have elapsed.
 
Note: Extract should be used with warm water to enhance the optimum use of the fabric softeners within the formula. Warm water enhances the cleaning ability of the chemical and will also promote faster drying time of the carpet.
Quantity of Chemicals may be reduced after 3 cleanings with Ultra Chem Products. See directions for details.  

8 ozs/gal???  
WOrk with an area I can clean in 15 min?  By the time I prespray an area, groom it, and start rinsing, 15 min goes by pretty quick.
Depends on their cost.  I'd have to change the way I clean to accomodate not letting this stuff dry!

Have you ever given a try for organic products? Natural, good quality, safe for you and the planet.

A lot of chemicals Ive used in the past have left awful fumes afterwards. Would I be able to escape this by using organic products? Im not sure whether its worth the extra cost.

nightrider wrote: What have you been using .....Javel & Toilet Bowl Cleaner                                                   Nightrider

A few of my clients don't like smelly stuff, most do and seems to help with the psychology of 'clean'. I always found Prochem's Prespray Gold would get on my chest which is a bit suprising as it's OK for sheep fur.