I remember being completely dumbfounded by my pencil eraser as a kid. Where did the marks go? I looked in the air, I looked under my paper. What's it made of? Does it have to be pink?
This carpet cleaner caused the same dumbfounded confusion when "spray, rub, gone" actually worked. I've obviously lost some of my childhood curiosity over the years, because I didn't try to figure out how the carpet stain disappeared. Who cares? It's gone! I practically skipped to the next room to try it out. The memory smudge of food, footprints, dog vomit. Gone. It even worked SOMEWHAT on the decade old mystery stain left behind by the previous owners that professional carpet cleaning couldn't remove.
How does it work? I don't care.
What are the ingredients? Pixie dust and incantation.
Where did all the stains go? Away.
This is an undiscovered gem in the cleaning aisle of the your home improvement store, or via Amazon if that is more convenient.
Major Pluses:
It actually works! - Cleans most types of soil from carpets, auto upholstery, and fabrics.
No toxic chemistry - It works by being an incredibly effective "surfacant". What's that? It makes thing very, very wet and slippery so that the dirt slides off. Check my tips at the end for more on this.
Non-Ionic - What's this? It leaves the cleaned area with no static-like charge so that the cleaned area won't attract new dirt later. This means the spot goes and stays gone.
Small Nit:
It is not a stain remover - If the spot is due to dirt it will take it off. But if the spot has stained the carpet chemically, there will be some off colored area left behind. This is still better than the original spot, but don't expect the product to bleach a spot back to original color.
Tips for use:
1. Wear Gloves! Not because there is some nasty chemical here, but because the stuff is so incredibly effective as a cleaner that it will leach all the oil off your skin if you use ungloved hands to rub it into the carpet. After a long session of spot removal I ended up with raw fingertips from working the stuff into the carpet. Consider using an old toothbrush instead of your fingers.
2. Work fast on small areas. Spray it on and really moisten the spot. Then rub the area to get the dirt to come loose. Then blot the area to suck up the dirt and cleaner into the towel or cloth. If you wait too long it will instead just seep down into carpet.
3. Use a really absorbant towel or cloth to soak up the stuff once the dirt is loose.
4. BLOT - don't rub. What you are doing is getting the dirt into the solution and then drawing up the solution from the carpet into the cloth. Rubbing just spreads it around.
Carpet Cleaning Machine:
You can use the stuff (diluted) in your carpet cleaning machine. It is sold by the gallon at Home Depot and Lowe's and is much more cost effective then buying it by the quart. It works really well and has the same advantages listed above.
Final Recommendations:
1. Buy the quart size to get the quality sprayer.
2. Buy it by the gallon as a refill and for carpet cleaning machine use
3. Gloves on your hands!
4. I have used this stuff and can recommend it with no reservations
It’s a miracle in a bottle. My German Shepherd Mix decided to pull a black fountain pen out of my purse and chew it to pieces on my beige carpet while I was sleeping — this cleaner lifted the stain and now it’s like the devastation my dog caused never happened! As soon as I saw it lifting the ink, I got back on amazon and bought more bottles. I will never let myself run out of this. I use it in my Bissel carpet cleaner for some crazy good cleaning power. I’ve become that weird lady that goes arounds singing the praises of a cleaning product. No regrets
So, instead of asking for recommendations, I want to give one.
I skimmed an article about amazing cleaning products, and was drawn to this carpet stain remover. Sounded great, especially for the cost. So I got it and tried it on an old doggie pee stain I cannot remove. Well it worked, and it was so fast and easy to use. Spray, rub in with fingers or a scrub brush, wipe up with a dry cloth. Poof - stain is gone! I told my husband, I don't even care if the stain comes back, I'll do that once a week - worth it!
STAIN CAME BACK. So a few weeks later, the stain came back, I repeated the process but with more saturation, and more scrubbing. I know it's gross, but I smelled the rag to see if it smelled like dog pee - IT DID. So although I've tried 10 ways to get the stain up, this product actually gets 4 month old, repeatedly cleaned, dog pee stains out of carpets. Just wanted to share because I am in love!!!
If the stain comes back, it's needs more spraying, scrubbing, and wiping. That's all.
WOW! A must have for any home. My carpet had some mystery stains that other stain remover products could not budge. I had resigned myself to never having them any better, until I found this product. It was very easy, spray it on, then put a paper towel on top and it disappears. Seriously! Included some pictures of before/after results after first use. There were a couple that I had to go back for a second time, but after having lived with these carpet blemishes for years... I was more than happy. I even used it on a cushion, you don't have to worry about harmful chemicals. You also get a lot of cleaner for your money, I was surprised at how big the bottle was, and you do not need to use lots when you apply, so this will last a very long time.
Feature Product
- Excellent for cleaning any color fast carpet or material that can be safely dampened with water.
- Carpet spot removers instant size 32 ounces Safely removes tough spots and stains from colorfast carpet, rugs, upholstery, and clothing. Does not leave a sticky residue. No rinsing or vacuuming necessary.
- No rinsing, no vacuuming or waiting to see results!
- Instant results, simply apply to the stain, gently agitate with finger tips and blot with absorbent cloth stains will disappear instantly.
- Non-toxic and completely non-irritating to normal skin
Description
Folex Carpet Spot Remover, 32 oz
I had terrible rust and oil stains all over the seats of my car when I bought it. I tried other cleaners to get it out, but they actually made the stains darker. I took it to the dealership to see if they could get it out and they flat out told me no, so I gave up and lived with it for almost 5 years. I tried this after it was recommended by a friend. I sprayed it on and literally watched the stain run right off my seat. It was amazing! I thought I was going to have to pay hundreds of dollars to replace the seats in my car because nothing else would work. This stuff really is awesome! I posted pictures.
This stuff is fabulous...I couldn't believe it works as it does. I have a blind, diabetic dog who has little accidents here and there when he can't find the door or I'm not paying attention. Sometimes, I just can't get the stains out or I catch them too late. When I got this product I thought it might be just like the other products I'd gotten that leave residue on the surface of the carpets. Boy, was I wrong about that!!! This does the trick with NO residue. The only warning I will give you, is once you start cleaning with this, you're going to want to do more and more cleaning. I find if you spray it on the stain and get a little dish brush and scrub lightly in circular motions, then get a dry cloth or paper towels, like I do, the stain comes right out.
It's become my new BFF...
I purchased this solely for laundry. I have bright white bed sheets, so stains stick out like a sore thumb. I recently had a nose bleed that stained our white sheets. Our usual attempt with Oxy clean failed to remove it, so I asked around and someone recommended this product. It is designed for carpet, yes, but people use it on laundry too. All you do is spray the stain and rub it with your hands. Stain will fade within seconds of rubbing! It worked for the blood on my sheets. I then threw my sheets in the wash as usual with my regular detergent. Now my sheets are bright white again! I love it! I'll be buying again once we run out!
I’m not sure who came up with this stuff, but I’m so thankful they did. We have had Folex for one week and have had very worthy opponents such as, red jelly on the white couch, mud on the carpet, hard lime green candy on the carpet, and a huge coffee spill, among others and they have come clean each and every time. I’m always shocked at the lack of scrubbing that has to be done on my part. Simply spray, rustle up the fibers a little bit, then gently rub and remove. No horrible odor either. The house we recently moved into had horribly stained carpets and this product got stains out that a progressional cleaner with specialty machines couldn’t touch. Amazing. Highly highly recommend. The only thing we haven’t been able to get out were some sort of red stains on the carpet from the previous tenant. It did fade the stain a little, but it is definitely still there.
In a household that has two young children, one cat and an accident prone adult (me), this cleaner has been tried on different stains. Many have been successful removals from beige carpet and a couple were only slightly affected or not at all. I have successfully removed from carpet: fresh blood, urine, dirt (old and new), coffee, some food spills of unknown origin. What I had only slight success (some fading of stain but not completely gone): old blood and an old iron-based stain from baby formula spill many years ago. What this seemed to not help with was old red stains from dry erase crayon (the carpet stain was created when white board was being cleaned with water) and orange brown stains from cat vomit. So pleased overall with Folex and its ability to treat a variety of stains. Docking a star because when I bought this, I needed it to remove two large cat vomit stains. However, I still like it because it has removed many stains that other removers could not on first attempt. In case you are wondering, the only thing that ended up working on the two large cat vomit stains was Bissell Power Shot Oxy Carpet Stain Remover.
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