Homemade Cleaning Solution for Little Green Machine?

How can I make a cleaner at home to use in this machine? The commercial cleaners are just too expensive and don't really work.

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coville123
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October 15, 20175 found this helpful

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Making carpet cleaner.

1 cup warm water.
1 tsp of dish soap.
1/4 cup vinegar.
1 tsp baking soda.
A couple drops of essential oil optional.
1 tsp of conditioner.

Mix well.

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kennedysstuff2001

June 11, 20180 found this helpful

I just got the Bissell Little Green cleaner. Was doing some searching for a possible home cleaning recipe to use in place of the actual cleaner. So I'm going to give this a try and will report back if it was a success or a flop.

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kennedysstuff2001

June 15, 20180 found this helpful

Question... Is this cleaner for use on carpets only? Or for any fabric that one is needed to be cleaned? Ex. Chair, matteres, etc...

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melindaniska

September 1, 20180 found this helpful

Question. Are we talking fabric softener or hair conditioner?

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palmer.robin

April 15, 20190 found this helpful

Why the conditioner? Seems it would attract dirt.

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armindermann

October 14, 20190 found this helpful

I'm guessing for softness, but I would skip this.

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f.l.longwell

December 12, 20200 found this helpful

wtf is "conditioner" not helpful

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Jess
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December 13, 20200 found this helpful

It's hair conditioner that many people use after shampoo. Probably a bit of body or hand lotion could be used instead.

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kmn

November 1, 20210 found this helpful

I tried this formula today and used it my Green machine. It worked great! There was a LOT of very dirty water that was collected in the residue container in the machine as I sucked up the water. I didn't think to empty the dirty water before redoing the chair with plain water.

I did notice that there were a few white streaks as I was cleaning, so I am not sure if that was from the baking soda. Rinsing with the clear water seemed to take care of those streaks, however. The chair feels nice and clean. Thanks for the formula! I will use it again.

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CanaryBlue

January 29, 20220 found this helpful

Baking Soda + Vinegar will cause a reaction and make a mess. I suppose it could oxy clean but to me what it will really do is creat a new chore. Am I right?

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Anonymous

February 1, 20220 found this helpful

Baking Soda + Vinegar will cause a reaction and make a mess. I suppose it could oxy clean but to me what it will really do is creat a new chore. Am I right?

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janeratorres

March 11, 20220 found this helpful

Good so far. Just cleaned my love seat. I didn't used the conditioner, but put a few drops of lemongrass essential oils in it. Oh my gosh does it smell good!

*when adding vinegar and baking soda it does fizz up. What I did was use a 4 cup measuring cup and put hot tap water in. Then baking soda and stirred til dissolved. Next dish soap and mixed well. Put in baking soda and it fizzed up to the top. Cool! The bubbles eventually went down so that it could be used. Then stirred in a couple drops of the essential oils. Boom! Ready!

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Pam Robbins S.

July 19, 20230 found this helpful

This works so well! It even took out 2yo coke stains.

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Judy
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October 14, 20174 found this helpful

Sprinkle baking soda on the carpet

Step 1
mix up a solution of equal parts warm water and vinegar.

Step 2
Add 5-6 drops of lemon essential oil to your solution, and stir to combine.

Step 3
Pour the vinegar and water solution into the tank of your carpet cleaner.

Step 4
Clean the carpet