reaper34 said:
imo it works great. the only question i have is do the fabric clean and lighting fast stain extractor look exactly the same? i have a gallon of the fabric clean but it looks exactly like the lighting fast stain extractor, it has the fabric clean label so i assume its the right thing. i just don't know
IIRC, I remember them looking different. Fabric clean has a thicker consistency, similar to NXT car wash while the Lightning Fast Stain extractor was more liquidy. I could be wrong though because when I went into their store, I was more interested in their Fabric Clean since the description of LFSE seemed like it was a better spotter than shampooer. Fabric Clean also has a lemon-citrus scent to it.
I'll try to give a really quick initial review of Fabric Clean, but to be honest with you it's not completely fair for me to do a comparison of this product to my usual interior carpet cleaning product, which is Meg's APC+ but I always added Oxiclean.
This time when I did my interior, I did not use any Oxiclean. Also, this was the first time my interior carpets and mats had ever been washed or shampooed in the 6 years I've owned the car, so I'm sure many of the stains were permanently set.
As far as cleaning power, it did not seem to be as effective as Meg's APC+ with Oxiclean. I was expecting my carpets to come out a bit cleaner, but I can't say for sure if I can blame that on Fabric Clean. The product does do a good job at deodorizing your carpet and leaving a light, lemon-fresh scent behind. Also, Fabric Clean seems to leave your carpets looking "newer" than Meg's APC+. It's not necessarily cleaner looking, but if I had to give an analogy, it's like waking up in the morning with your hair in somewhat of a mess vs. combing it nicely. Fabric Clean left it looking nice and neat.
It's too early for me to say whether I like or hate this product, but one thing I do not like about this is that it suds/foams like crazy unlike Meg's APC+, which hardly foams at all. The foaming bothers me because I only have an LGCM, and it was hard for me to pull up all the solution out with the amount of time I had. I made pass after pass and it seemed like the solution was still in the carpet. Luckily though, it didn't dry with any sticky soap residue. So just a hint of advice, don't go pouring this solution onto your mats because it'll just add more work.
Also, as far costs are concerned, without doing any mathematics I believe Meg's APC+ comes out to be cheaper, because the dilution ratio for doing interior carpets on that is something like 54:1 IIRC while Fabric Clean's dilution is 20:1. Plus, Meg's APC+ has more uses for it. I made a gallon solution and I ended up just wasting product. Because of the foaming issue, you don't need as much solution as you normally would.
Again, I'd like to point out that this really isn't a fair comparison especially since Fabric Clean is a shampoo while Meg's APC+ is just an all-purpose cleaner. Hope this helps for now!
