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Have You Cleaned Really Manky Carpets Using Green Products ?

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colette · 22/01/2007 13:47

Our Carpets are pretty filthy and we cannot afford to replace them . My SIL has recently cleaned her cream carpet by hiring out a "rug Doctor" cleaner and I was really inspired to get on and do ours.
The problem is I have read a magazine article which says that most carpet shampoos contain carcinogens such as formaldehyde . Great this is where ds and dd spend a lot of their time , rolling around or spread out on the floor. Dd is asthmatic as well.
Has anyone successfully cleaned their carpets using "green" products and would you reccomend them.

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Oati · 22/01/2007 13:51

what about getting them steam cleaned?

colette · 22/01/2007 13:52

Oati
I am not sure if that would lift all the dirt , also can you steam clean wool carpets?

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Oati · 22/01/2007 13:55

some useful info here

TooTicky · 22/01/2007 14:07

these people do a carpet shampoo - I bought some a while back but haven't used it yet as I have yet to find somewhere I can hire a machine without nasty chemical glop already in it.

colette · 22/01/2007 14:38

Thanks Oati and Tooticky - i will look at the links when I have got dd from school.
Tooticky will let you know if I find a suitable cleaner to hire.

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