[ipswich71]

Can anyone tell me a good carpet deodriser
To use

[Radek Jablonski]

it realy depends what you want to do with it, just spray after all, put a bit to your cleaning solution or extraction solution etc.

[cleantech]

I find prochem odour fresh the best. The most economical way to apply all deodorisers is spray application after cleaning. Mixing it with rinse water is not as effective.

[stuart_clark]

If there is an odour problem whilst I am on a job , I spray down odour kill plus mixed  at 10 to one then rinse out, odour eradicated


Stuart

[homenclean]

Chemspec have a good range, or I spray clensan or microsanan depending on the odour leave 10minutes rinse with pro hem neutrosoft then mist with power burst and rinse again and finally a mist of lavender fresh normally sorts things out.
John

[Steven Butler]

I add craftex deodorises to my rinse

[tim handley]

i find adding it to waste tank a total waste of time, its extracted straight out...  got my restormate delivery today with some kill odour, which ive never used, but am looking forward to using it post clean for a nice fresh smell and to kill any odour issues hopefully........

[wayne zabel]

I get confused by the deodorise debate.I sure it was said in a thread a few months ago that spraying and leaving on the carpet after cleaning can lead to resoiling issues.

Can someone give a definitive answer to the use of Deodor/sanitizers.

[Mike Halliday]

Can someone give a definitive answer to the use of Deodor/sanitizers.

No.

 I attended a iicrc odour control course ran by Chemspec which took a full day and was quite technical, to try and give a definitive answer on removal/ control of odours is impossible to do in a few paragraphs.

'Can anyone tell me a good carpet deodoriser' is the question, I would have thought the first question to be asked is........ to deodorise what? Or what create the odour?

Then appropriate answers could be given.

[*Hector*]

Mike...
didn't you use mistral deodoriser at one point?

[Mike Halliday]

Errr...no but I've  tried all sorts so might have and forgotten.

If I did I would have used it appropraitely and on the specific odour it was designed for

Using this at the moment after buying 20lts cheap! I'm even adding a capful into my prespray as a perfume because it has a lovely lemon fragrance

http://www.selden.co.uk/products/product_information.asp?groupid=7&pil_id=293&section=4
 

[Paul Moss]

Most bacterial deodorisers are enzymes.
The one Mike has posted is one with just a bit of citric added to make it smell nice and mask the smell for a bit whilst the enzyme works.

Odour removal is quite straight forward once you master how bacteria work 

[Mike Halliday]

do we think spraying a chemical on top of a carpet will deal with this problem? I think the big thing with deodorising is that the chemical must come into contact with what is creating the smell, if you can't lift the carpet you must get a bucket of deodoriser and pour it onto the problem not get your little spray bottle and give it a quick spray after cleaning.

lets forget about what potential damage this might do to the carpet..... the carpet is already damaged we are not trying to clean it, we are trying to rescue a ruined carpet.



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[david@zap-clean]

Someone said a while back "If it smells clean, it is clean"... So why would you want to leave the carpet smelling like a damp dog?  I always use a weak deodoriser in the rinse tank. 

There's a few in-tank deodorisers about, but I like the 'cherry twist' one; or at least I used to, I can't smell it any more!

[DB]

Just a thought...has anyone considered the possibility of a customer being allergic to a chemical being left in a carpet after the clean.
This is an issue that cropped up recently when quoting a job...my philosophy has always been...take out whatever you put in

[Mike Halliday]

Someone said a while back "If it smells clean, it is clean"... So why would you want to leave the carpet smelling like a damp dog? 

The person who said that was talking crap, why would it smell like a damp dog?

Which smell do you think people would prefer a temporary wet dog smell (on wool) or a continuous smell of cat urine?

But then who cares about getting rid of the odour,  lets just spray a perfume on it , get paid and stuff the customer. who cares if the smell returns when the perfume wears off

[DB]

For those of us who really know you Mike...I don't think that you really mean that.

I can't decide whether your emoticon is a 'tongue in cheek' or a 'stuck out tongue'....hmm I suppose either would fit

[Mike Halliday]

It's an attempt at sarcasm

In some ways it's what some people are guilty of, often totally unintentionally,

[Lewis Newby]

Cost must come into the equation somewhere also.

E.g. Many letting agents state they need a clean/de odourise - in this instance a bit of 'perfume' sprayed post clean costs next to nothing.

Mike, how much would you charge to deal with just 1 fully penetrated urine/vomit odour assuming cleaning carpet from top and bottom, replace area of underlay and treat subfloor? If thats the procedure? Would it be cheaper if there were 3-5 problem areas in the same room?

[Lewis Newby]

And i appreciate my scenario 1 treatment on the 2nd scenario carpet would do nothing long term- and perhaps the clean could re activate any hidden odours. Just for arguments sake?