Carpet cleaner alternatives to Bissell shampoo
Manufacturer-provided carpet shampoos for portable upholstery machines run out quickly and can cause issues for people with scent sensitivities. Users often resort to alternatives like Folex, either by spraying it directly onto the area first or by pouring it straight into the machine's formula line with water.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1buying the name brand option
- 2using homemade carpet cleaner solutions with hot tap water
- 3using powdered Tide laundry detergent
- 4using Zep oxy carpet and upholstery cleaner
- 5Spraying an area first with Folex before using just water in the machine
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Just got my first Little Green Bissell and I’m obsessed. That being said, I’m going to run out of the small bottle of shampoo they included, soon, and am looking for your favorite alternatives.”source ↗
“Like instead of the Bissell formula? I am very sensitive to scents so don’t want to use the Bissell stuff. I know people will spray and area first with Folex before using just water, and I can certainly do it that way.”source ↗
“I am just curious if it could also work by pouring the Folex into the formula line and then add the water”source ↗
Where this came up
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