Yes, you can use professional carpet cleaning chemicals with your domestic carpet cleaning machine. Your carpet cleaning machine will most likely spray a solution from a small tank to the carpet, it may scrub the carpet with a brush and then suck the solution from the carpet hopefully leaving it clean. Foam and suds can be the enemy of machines like this because foaming can find it’s way to the vacuum motors causing problems.

The best procedure is to pre-spray the carpet with Lavender Force diluted at 1 part chemical to 20 parts water. By pre-spraying the carpet you allow the chemical to dwell on the surface longer which means it will work better. In your solution tank we recommend Plush Rinse. It’s a neutraliser that acts like a hair conditioner leaving your carpets feeling soft and drying fast. You would dilute the Plush at 1 part chemical to 50 parts water.

While this is the preferred carpet cleaning method even for professionals some people do still prefer a one step approach. If this is you, use the Lavender Force carpet cleaning detergent at 1 part chemical to 100 parts water in your machine’s solution tank. Whenever using a carpet cleaning chemical for the first time in your machine keep a close eye on the foam levels. Sometimes foaming is not caused by the a professional carpet cleaning detergent but by the detergent residues already in the carpet. If you experience foaming a defoamer may be required in your dirty water tank.

Happy carpet cleaning!