Scotchgarding Carpet?

[daileyad]

Has anyone ever scotchgarded their carpet themselves? The carpet cleaning place wants $40/room x 7 rooms we have to do = $280 I'm wondering how hard it is to just buy the scotchgard and do it myself? And how would I know how much scotchgard to buy? Am I crazy to think this?

 

[BSil]

My wife did it with the spray on scotch guard. I hated it because it made the carpets "slick" or "slippery" when in socks. I actually slipped once, and rug burned the heck out of my knee because I was carrying the baby, and was obviously only concerned with him, and not my body. Shortly after doing it the kids started getting rashes when crawling around on the carpets, so we pulled them out. They might just have been allergic to the spray or something.

Here is my way of thinking about the home. The kids, no matter how much you are on their cases, and are on top of cleaning things up quickly, will destroy your house (to some extent). I fully intend to not update/upgrade a darn thing here until I have kids, who miss their mouths with the spoon/fork/straw/cup less than 10% of the time. I won't replace a piece of furniture until they realize that walking on the couch is a no no. I won't change a cabinet, until Lightning McQueen stops driving into them. I won't replace a floor until they are used only for walking on from one room to the next. The most I m doing here is painting and spackling until my kids grow enough to stop 'accidentally' wrecking things. Granted, I'll likely be retired by then, but I'm looking forward to new cabinets and granite countertops at the young age of 65.

 

[usnuzuloose]

You must think about the cost of the scotch guard from the store. How many cans it will take and the square footage of the areas you cover. We have a carpet cleaning business. My husband has been doing this for over 30 yrs. There are different brands of it as well. You can get more estimates and ask, and ask. Ask them how much they are spraying on the carpet. I would always ask the tech how much experience they have in this matter as well. So if it costs you more to buy the items and doing it yourself vs how much they charge you is what it is worth to you.

People always ask my husband how hard is it to work the wand. He hands it to them and they try and say no its not easy. He loves his job.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

I do it myself. We have a family room that is 22X22 and it takes one can. I do it every 6 months. Cost $9.00 each time.

 

[tlbwriter]

The can of Scotchguard I have says NOT to use it on carpets, as it will cause them to be slippery. Maybe there's a carpet-safe version. Either way, as a poster said above, it's going to be expensive to buy individual cans.

 

[JamesMom]

My wife did it with the spray on scotch guard. I hated it because it made the carpets "slick" or "slippery" when in socks. I actually slipped once, and rug burned the heck out of my knee because I was carrying the baby, and was obviously only concerned with him, and not my body. Shortly after doing it the kids started getting rashes when crawling around on the carpets, so we pulled them out. They might just have been allergic to the spray or something.

Here is my way of thinking about the home. The kids, no matter how much you are on their cases, and are on top of cleaning things up quickly, will destroy your house (to some extent). I fully intend to not update/upgrade a darn thing here until I have kids, who miss their mouths with the spoon/fork/straw/cup less than 10% of the time. I won't replace a piece of furniture until they realize that walking on the couch is a no no. I won't change a cabinet, until Lightning McQueen stops driving into them. I won't replace a floor until they are used only for walking on from one room to the next. The most I m doing here is painting and spackling until my kids grow enough to stop 'accidentally' wrecking things. Granted, I'll likely be retired by then, but I'm looking forward to new cabinets and granite countertops at the young age of 65.

EXACTLY! LOL! My sons are 5 & 8 and I agree with this perfectly! Until then I steam clean my now 8 year old carpet several time a year (still looks good, btw without scotch guard), repaint the walls and live with the knicks in the furniture (though the couch is almost falling apart after using it as a trampoline for so long). And don't get me started on the clutter...

 

[bettymae1121]

I found it easier to replace my carpet with Pergo.

Seriously, this is my first home with all hard floors throughout the home. I will NEVER own a home with carpet again, hard surfaces are SO much easier to keep clean! It takes but a few minutes to sweep every other day (so much easier/faster than vaccuming) and a light moping once a week (also easier than vaccuming!). No vaccums, no worries about spills or pet stains or god-knows-what tracked in by DH. I'm lovin' it!

All that said, I realize not everyone A) can replace carpet wit hard flooring and B) not everyone likes hard flooring. So, I agree with usnoozeulose. Call around and get some quotes and get the best price you can. I think the stuff the pro's use is better for use on carpets than the cans you can buy at Target.

 

[usnuzuloose]

If you want to do this yourself I would visit a place for a place that sells carpet supplys and find the right product. You must clean the carpet before you apply the scotch guard. You can put to much on.

 

[cindermomma]

Be careful with scotchgarding..we had ours done to the carpet from the store and it made my DS so sick. We ended up ripping the carpet and putting down laminate. Not that it would happen to anyone else...just wanted to share what happened here.

 

[daileyad]

Well, I found a good deal on scotchgard so I went ahead and ordered it to do myself. It does say its for rugs and carpets so hopefully it won't change the texture too much. I contacted several carpet cleaning places yesterday to find out their price for scotchgarding. It's interesting that one of the places answered back that he doesn't scotchgard as he recommends the client does it themselves and save the 75% markup that the carpet companies charge. Oh, and yes, we are getting the carpets cleaned before I do it. Thanks for all the advice!

 

[scrapquitler]

Here is my way of thinking about the home. The kids, no matter how much you are on their cases, and are on top of cleaning things up quickly, will destroy your house (to some extent). I fully intend to not update/upgrade a darn thing here until I have kids, who miss their mouths with the spoon/fork/straw/cup less than 10% of the time. I won't replace a piece of furniture until they realize that walking on the couch is a no no. I won't change a cabinet, until Lightning McQueen stops driving into them. I won't replace a floor until they are used only for walking on from one room to the next. The most I m doing here is painting and spackling until my kids grow enough to stop 'accidentally' wrecking things. Granted, I'll likely be retired by then, but I'm looking forward to new cabinets and granite countertops at the young age of 65.

We have the same policy at our house!

Only 10 more years and we can have a house fit for humans instead of monkeys.