{"id":114251,"date":"2022-03-14T12:39:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=114251"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:59:25","slug":"spring-and-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/spring-and-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring and cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With my tulips and daffs in flower and my grass demanding to be cut for the first time this year\u2026.. spring is definitely in the air!\u00a0 We have been hibernating for what seems like two winters as last summer was a bit of a wash out in so many ways, so my urge to do a bit of spring cleaning has become palpable. In fact, I was overdue doing some last year but we planned some renovations and so thought we would wait. Unfortunately the renovations have been delayed and the spring cleaning just got\u2026\u2026 err, missed!<\/p>\n

Things were brought to a head when I was offered the chance to try out the Vax carpet cleaner todays special value, and I jumped at the chance. The carpet in our main living area isn\u2019t big and it\u2019s been down for over 20 years, seen two kids, three cats four dogs and a few partridges and pear trees as well.\u00a0 I used to shampoo it every year but things have gotten a bit behind schedule and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s been done for three of fours years now.\u00a0 My wife is always reluctant for me start as she is worried it won\u2019t dry quickly and we\u2019ll be sitting there with the windows open for days.\u00a0 She wasn\u2019t keen on me doing it March as the average temperature was \u2026.. three degrees below Baltic! However, when I pointed out that the Vax has a special dry only function to really get the carpets dry quickly, so I was given the green card.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

When I have shampooed the carpets in the past, I am always rather disgusted by the filthy water that comes out but this time I was truly horrified. Our carpet does need to be replaced but I thought I see if we could refresh it until the renovations ( which involve flooring replacements ) were approved.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Oh my goodness, that carpet was utterly disgusting! It looked more like a pint of Guinness!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

The first thing you\u2019ll notice about the Vax platinum carpet washer is it has two blue brush bars at the front. Most carpet cleaners I have used have had just one, so I felt assured that the carpet was going to get a lot of \u2018grooming\u2019.\u00a0 The next thing is that you don\u2019t mix up the cleaning solution with the water, which is fairly common. The Vax has a separate container for the cleaning solutions and that makes sure there are no dilution mistakes (1:25, 40ml\/litre etc).\u00a0 This is a really good idea.<\/p>\n

The best part, however, is the fact that the machine knows when to spray the cleaning solution on and when to suck it back up.\u00a0 This is brilliant as every other machine I have ever used has required a bit of finesse when it comes to just how much cleaning solution is requires to get the carpet clean and how wet the carpet becomes.\u00a0 The Vax automatically dispenses solution when you move forwards and automatically switches it off and starts sucking when you move backwards – genius!<\/p>\n