Carpet Steam cleaner tips

I live in an apartment that has wall-to-wall carpeting in the living room
and bedroom, and I have borrowed a Bissel steam cleaner to give the carpets
a clean.

Does anyone have and advice or tips'n'tricks about steam cleaning carpets
that wouldn't be obvious from reading and the owner's manual?

Thanks
Jim Helfer

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:00:34 -0400, "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com>
wrote:

>
> I live in an apartment that has wall-to-wall carpeting in the living room
>and bedroom, and I have borrowed a Bissel steam cleaner to give the carpets
>a clean.
>
> Does anyone have and advice or tips'n'tricks about steam cleaning carpets
>that wouldn't be obvious from reading and the owner's manual?
>
> Thanks
> Jim Helfer
>
>

You may be surprised how much soap and filthy water are picked up
using multiple rinses. Keep rinsing until the water looks clean.
Have a spare pair (or two) of socks ready. Run fans over the carpet
when you are done.

In article <beds6s$256$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Admin@DrClean.co.uk
says...
>
> "Phisherman" <nobody@noone.com> wrote in message
> news:rnfjgvg3pt6oku1cnfmlv6c5qpdmbp3bgn@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:00:34 -0400, "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> <snip> Run fans over the carpet when you are done.
> </snip>
>
> Come on phish this is the worst piece of advice I've ever seen you give
>
> 1. How do you know Jim has any fans (unless he's famous in the US)?
> 2. Setting then all off running over his carpet will not only flatten the
> pile but he's going to get some with dirty shoes and the carpet will get
> dirty again.
and some throw down their pens once they have the autograph and these get
stamped on making lots more mess.
> I don't know - I think Phish doesn't like Jim.
Maybe Phish got turned down for the autograph and is out for revenge

"Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
news:3f09a71e$1_2@athena.netset.com...
>
> I live in an apartment that has wall-to-wall carpeting in the living
room
> and bedroom, and I have borrowed a Bissel steam cleaner to give the
carpets
> a clean.

The hotter the water the better. I usually bring some to almost boiling
point on the stove and pour it into the resevoir container. You don't want
it too hot or it might crack the container and hoses.
>
> Does anyone have and advice or tips'n'tricks about steam cleaning
carpets
> that wouldn't be obvious from reading and the owner's manual?
>
> Thanks
> Jim Helfer
>
>
>

"DrClean" <Admin@DrClean.co.uk> wrote in message
news:beds6s$256$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> "Phisherman" <nobody@noone.com> wrote in message
> news:rnfjgvg3pt6oku1cnfmlv6c5qpdmbp3bgn@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:00:34 -0400, "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> <snip> Run fans over the carpet when you are done.
> </snip>
>
> Come on phish this is the worst piece of advice I've ever seen you give
>
> 1. How do you know Jim has any fans (unless he's famous in the US)?


They aren't really "fans" per se. More like minions.

Jim



> 2. Setting then all off running over his carpet will not only flatten the
> pile but he's going to get some with dirty shoes and the carpet will get
> dirty again.
>
> I don't know - I think Phish doesn't like Jim.
> --
> DrClean
> www.DrClean.co.uk
> The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web
>
>

"kimberlycards" <kbkitti@FrontierNet.net> wrote in message
news:F2IOa.34$FF.11@news01.roc.ny...
>
> "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
> news:3f09a71e$1_2@athena.netset.com...
> >
> > I live in an apartment that has wall-to-wall carpeting in the living
> room
> > and bedroom, and I have borrowed a Bissel steam cleaner to give the
> carpets
> > a clean.
>
> The hotter the water the better. I usually bring some to almost boiling
> point on the stove and pour it into the resevoir container. You don't want
> it too hot or it might crack the container and hoses.
> >
> > Does anyone have and advice or tips'n'tricks about steam cleaning
> carpets
> > that wouldn't be obvious from reading and the owner's manual?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jim Helfer
> >
> >


I started on this the other day. Turned out that the last person to use the
machine lost the drain plug on the dirty water return, so I was happily
dumping the dirty water back onto the carpet.

Oh well, no I have to invent a drain plug.

Jim H


> >
>
>

If you are going to buy a cleaner buy a Hover it is a much better
machine...I have one and it works just great I couldn't believe how dirty
our carpets really where........

"Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
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>
> "kimberlycards" <kbkitti@FrontierNet.net> wrote in message
> news:F2IOa.34$FF.11@news01.roc.ny...
> >
> > "Jim Helfer" <jhelfer@wtwarch.com> wrote in message
> > news:3f09a71e$1_2@athena.netset.com...
> > >
> > > I live in an apartment that has wall-to-wall carpeting in the living
> > room
> > > and bedroom, and I have borrowed a Bissel steam cleaner to give the
> > carpets
> > > a clean.
> >
> > The hotter the water the better. I usually bring some to almost boiling
> > point on the stove and pour it into the resevoir container. You don't
want
> > it too hot or it might crack the container and hoses.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have and advice or tips'n'tricks about steam cleaning
> > carpets
> > > that wouldn't be obvious from reading and the owner's manual?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Jim Helfer
> > >
> > >
>
>
> I started on this the other day. Turned out that the last person to use
the
> machine lost the drain plug on the dirty water return, so I was happily
> dumping the dirty water back onto the carpet.
>
> Oh well, no I have to invent a drain plug.
>
> Jim H
>
>
> > >
> >
> >
>
>