When shampooing carpets with the Kirby Carpet Shampoo, you'll find that your carpet dries much faster than had you hired a professional carpet cleaner. Instead of saturating your carpet with hot soapy water, the Kirby Multi-Surface Shampoo System works a thick foam into your carpet fibers.

Step on the upper pedal of the Toe-Touch Control until the Kirby System is at its lowest position. Turn the Suds Control Valve to the Carpet Setting, then turn the unit on. You will see as you move the Kirby shampooer back and forth, foam will release and the brush will work it into your carpet.

A: First and foremost, only use genuine Kirby carpet shampoo with your system. Unscrew the large-cap from the shampoo tank and use it to measure carpet shampoo. Do not use the cap from the bottle of the shampoo to measure.

The Kirby shampoo takes 2 hours to completely dry, at the most. I also noticed that clean-up was a lot easier.