Zorb Powder

[dachwilson]

I’ve seen this stuff in the UKWG shop when having a browse…is it similar stuff to the old ‘shake n vac’ type product?

I guess the next questions are – what kind of carpets is it designed for , what kind of dirt/grub/stains can it cope with … does it work, is it any good & is it worth the money?

We’ve got a light carpet in a room that the kids use (yes I know it wasnt a good idea !) and whilst we have a Vax, if there were an easier way to get the carpet properly clean rather than just hoovered ( or should I say Dysoned) then we’d be very interested.

Plus we have a light stair carpet with the same problem (bad choices all round really!).

Thanks

David

[Martin]

Re: Zorb Powder

dachwilson wrote:I’ve seen this stuff in the UKWG shop when having a browse…is it similar stuff to the old ‘shake n vac’ type product?

I think ‘shake ‘n vac’ was purely a deodorant powder whereas Zorb is a moist crystal substance that absorbs dirt and then vacuumed away. Effective in normal dirt and dust conditions but of no real effective use in removing stains. That is where a Wet Vac/carpet shampoo system comes into it’s own! 😉

[dachwilson]

Re: Zorb Powder

Cheers, I decided to bite the bullet with the old Vax machine….several hours of elbow grease & the carpet is looking great now !

[Trilobite]

Re: Zorb Powder

“Shake & Vac” was only a deodoriser (and caused more problems than it cured!).

You are maybe thinking of “Airwick Dry Magic” carpet cleaning powder from the 1970’s, or “Sapur” powder from the 1980’s.

Zorb seems to be particles of cellulose (like sawdust) that is impregnated with some type of cleaning agent, a bit like wet wipes.

Zorb is meant to be used as a “maintainer”: to keep new carpets looking newish. It is not meant to be used as a general cleaning agent, but can actually have some degree of effectiveness.

Zorb is somewhat messy to use: it gets tracked about on shoes, and clogs the agitator cavity on the Dysons (I tried it with DC15 and a DC07; someone else I knew used the DC04 Zorbster model).

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