Lets here some horror stories about chemicals

Jack??? Jack?? What kind of tlak is that??? Are you referring to anyone in particular???

I used Tide on a residential carpet but only with a power brush to aggitate the carpet. As far as the dilution ratio, just a shampoo cap full to every 5 gallons or so, you have to play with it a little. But rince well using a small amount of de-foamer if needed. I have never used Tide with a wand, always with a brush. I have a portable with a brush and it works great. Commercial carpet use more Tide or enough to break down the grease. Trial and error is your best solution. Another thing, your customer might reconize the smell so be careful.

I usually use Extreme Clean from Pro's Choice for most carpet cleaning jobs both residential and commercial. I like to use the Pro-zyme for eateries and the like. I was just wondering about the Tide. I have heard of people using it with different degrees of success.

I've seen one of my competitor's on several occasions buying out the Dollar Store Tide and LA Awesome products.  He's not a hack - been in business almost 40 years and charges rates you wouldn't believe if I posted them.  I would like to know what he is doing with it all. 

You'd think so but I got a call this week to come and price a rental house he did a few days before.  The lady said the older guy (my competitor) walked around "sprinkling something" on spots and a young guy operated a steam cleaning wand.  I didn't know what to say when I saw the carpet because I don't badmouth other CCers to the customers.