Tide with color safe bleach (powder)

cleanex wrote: I hate to do this folks but IT IS TIME TO STOP HAVING A BATTLE OF WITS WITH AN UNARMED PERSON!

this comes down to brand and no name brand....

I'm damn glad you decided not to post anymopre you have no facts... you can only tell us about whats on the label or what the salesperson has told you.

as far as I'm concerned you are the unarmed one

cleanex wrote: This reminds me of years ago when a good friend of mine and an industry leader deciced that upholstery needed to be neutralized, so he used vinegar to accomplish this, problem was, clients started saying if I knew you where going to clean it with vinegar I would have done it myself, hence he had a odourless product made to do the neutralizing. hopefully Steamer does not take a box of tide into his accounts.

cleanex... the only thing you can rely on is what you have read....you sit in your nice leather chair, and think that your age gives you all the answers. Yes Yes I agree you've been doing this for a long time period. But you have never ventured out of the box not once.

I personally have nothing to gain with any of my statements... I could be like the rest of you and pretend to be true blue to the carpet force of life.

I've met many a cleaner in my day.... not one drop cloth... not one clean rag... using zep from home hardware.

that most of us here

so don't try to be all holy, because daddy, when you live in a glass house you shouldn't throw stones

   Come on Lee you must get outside the box or else your business is doomed!

Doug you remember that story about the vinegar, and yes it was at a OPCCA meeting more 20 years agol

LilNiteRidrhood

I ruined a couch and chair, I cleaned it with Tide with Bleach.

I would not use laundry soap on carpets and upholstery.

Would you like to elaborate. Did you use powder? Do you think you used too much? Or do not use on upholstery? Got to give us a little more than that . Did you mix other stuff with it ? You can tell us we all go through strange situations and have stories. This is how we learn and why the forum is here.

I have something to add as well. So much experience in this forum its incredible. I understand there is a right way and a wrong way. Its just the principle if something like tide may or may not work, yes PH ok Enzyme yes , need to rinse well. Yes it is a bad word in the industry because you have a lot of money invested in unique chemicals. Take someone like the Carpetologist who helped me in this forum when I first started never met him but helped quite a bit as Doug, Steamer Nightrider and so many others. Thank you! Sincerely. You all have helped me at least make this secondary business a primary one. I now have two TMs and four vans. My goal is to get two busy all year long. This is in a year and a 1/2. Learn, Read Read Read. Then go balls out. Do it right the first time so you do not have to do it a second. No woulda shoulda coulda. I know I am off topic.  I didn't know Jane when I started. Just hungry and willing to share knowledge. Thank god for gliders & electric reels. My back was killing me.

Anyways from what I  gather be careful ask yourself (Am I willing to gamble trying something not recommended . Do I want to buy someones carpet or sofa. ) I remember once where a white carpet turned pink too much Chemspecs formula 90 or energiser or enzyme high ph came here and was told about acid rinse solve the promblem. Optical color brightners came out to play and play hard never forget when that customer call to complain about that.   Careful rookies. Pros know there job well enough to get out of a jam so they can take chances . I use TIDE in dry bonnet cleaning comes out beautiful no problems and hell no I will not take a chance on upholstery until I am comfortable. 

Where have you been Steaminpile. So glad you can find the time to finally join us. How can we debate without you? Is there anyone else missing here? Speak!!! Hell Doug even showed up with a guitar  ! Nightrider has the jokes     Adwa is ready to    and  Steamer ready to crack some heads  or  Carpetologist is trying to sort this out

 Now we have a party!