Best way to clean carpet and upholstery?

**JICs Auto Detail** · 05-02-2018, 01:25 AM

I'm an up and coming auto detailer, but I do have one thing that bugs me. That is how no matter what I've tried so far I'm never satisfied with the results of grey or beige carpets. They always seem to have stains or discoloration even when i don't soak the carpet or seats. I use folex at full strength and CG lightning fast with a drill with brush attachment and some brushes for areas my drill won't reach. Does anyone have any recommendations for better results?

P.S I use the Mytee lite III 8070 for extraction

**Eldorado2k** · 05-02-2018, 03:24 AM

IME Folex does great at removing stains & spots and most of the time can be good enough to finish off with, but when I want to really get carpets & matts thoroughly clean I go with Megs APC@10:1.

The carpets in my daily driver are light olive green [which is similar to light beige] and don’t look quite right if they’re not completely cleaned. I don’t use an extractor, just plain scrub brush and terry towel to mop up [sometimes I’ll use my wet/dry vac prior to the towel] These are my typical results.

Before.

After.

...I’ve always been pleased with those results, but recently I decided to branch out and try other products to try and find out if they really do produce better results [since so many people like to talk crap about using APC for carpets & upholstery] and so far I’ve tried 2 citrus based products, 1 of them being a dedicated Carpet & upholstery cleaner.. The 1st one was horrible at cleaning my matts + left them all sticky. The dedicated citrus based carpet cleaner does Not clean my matts better than Megs APC and leaves them noticeably darker compared to the bright and clean results I get from D101.

People love to talk about all the so called negative effects of using an APC to clean carpets, but I’ve never experienced any of them. All I’ve experienced is better results than the so called “safer” automotive carpet cleaners. I believe my own experience. I have light carpets in my car and nothing works better.

**DogRescuer** · 05-02-2018, 05:23 AM

Looks good El, I'm not sure why some have a problem with using a APC after all it does mean ALL purpose

**fightnews** · 05-02-2018, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by Eldorado2k

IME Folex does great at removing stains & spots and most of the time can be good enough to finish off with, but when I want to really get carpets & matts thoroughly clean I go with Megs APC@10:1.

The carpets in my daily driver are light olive green [which is similar to light beige] and don’t look quite right if they’re not completely cleaned. I don’t use an extractor, just plain scrub brush and terry towel to mop up [sometimes I’ll use my wet/dry vac prior to the towel] These are my typical results.

Before.

After.

...I’ve always been pleased with those results, but recently I decided to branch out and try other products to try and find out if they really do produce better results [since so many people like to talk crap about using APC for carpets & upholstery] and so far I’ve tried 2 citrus based products, 1 of them being a dedicated Carpet & upholstery cleaner.. The 1st one was horrible at cleaning my matts + left them all sticky. The dedicated citrus based carpet cleaner does Not clean my matts better than Megs APC and leaves them noticeably darker compared to the bright and clean results I get from D101.

People love to talk about all the so called negative effects of using an APC to clean carpets, but I’ve never experienced any of them. All I’ve experienced is better results than the so called “safer” automotive carpet cleaners. I believe my own experience. I have light carpets in my car and nothing works better.

Nice, I been using mckees carpet cleaner. I only use shop towels to mop it up too. Sometimes I do find light water stains on the seats after even when I dry it up well.

**JICs Auto Detail** · 05-02-2018, 11:25 AM

Do you use the green APC pr the orange one I've been hearing about right here?
Thank you and nice results

**Eldorado2k** · 05-02-2018, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by JICs Auto Detail

Do you use the green APC pr the orange one I've been hearing about right here?
Thank you and nice results

Meguiars D101, the green 1.

**JICs Auto Detail** · 05-02-2018, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Eldorado2k

Meguiars D101, the green 1.

Thanks EL I've used the Green APC but maybe I didn't dilute it right. I might have put more APC than water. I did a little less than half of APC in a 32oz bottle and then the rest water.

**Maxreed241** · 05-02-2018, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by JICs Auto Detail

Thanks EL I've used the Green APC but maybe I didn't dilute it right. I might have put more APC than water. I did a little less than half of APC in a 32oz bottle and then the rest water.

That’s an extremely high dilution ratio for Meg’s D101. I would use 10:1. Eldo turned me on to 10:1 and it works wonders. 10 parts water to 1 part D101, that is.

**Eldorado2k** · 05-02-2018, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by JICs Auto Detail

Thanks EL I've used the Green APC but maybe I didn't dilute it right. I might have put more APC than water. I did a little less than half of APC in a 32oz bottle and then the rest water.

10:1 is 3oz. into a 32oz. bottle and fill the rest with water.

**JICs Auto Detail** · 05-02-2018, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Maxreed241

That’s an extremely high dilution ratio for Meg’s D101. I would use 10:1. Eldo turned me on to 10:1 and it works wonders. 10 parts water to 1 part D101, that is.

The thing is I bought it from this detail supplier of whom I think cut it or just put his own chemicals in a Megs gallon. Maybe its knockoff, it wasn't that strong