Actually it is a big miracle, but that designation is pending until morning when the final verdict will be returned. I found this awesome stain remover today and at the risk of sounding spam-ish, had to blog about it because I still can’t believe it. Also, this post gives a small insight to the male law student’s mind when it comes to cleaning.
I’ve been meaning to do a serious spring cleaning for a long time now and over the weekend, thanks to my wonderful parents paying for my car registration this year, I have a little extra in the budget to maybe get a cheap vacuum cleaner and a nicer mop and just put a little more effort into keeping the old apartment in order. I mean being in law school can be something of an excuse not to put a lot of effort into keeping a place in glove-inspection shape; and being a guy can be a bigger excuse. However, even though I’m not a super neat-freak, it is clear that stains on the carpet should be taken care of and the floor should probably be mopped once a week, etc.
Plus, girls usually like a place to be semi-respectable when they come over. A clean bathroom, floor, kitchen makes them more inclined to stay longer; I’ve found anyway. And hey, in law school, you don’t have time to screw things up with the girls, even your friends. So this brings me to my point and my enthusiasm for Folex Instant Carpet Spot Remover. There are some unsightly spots on our carpet, I would imagine from spills that seemed to be cleaned up, but not really since we don’t have any serious cleaning products. Then, over time, the parts of the stain that didn’t actually come up attracted dirt particles and pretty soon two weeks later, you have an ugly spot.
Well, I did some research online while also trying to find a cheap, but effective vacuum (I refuse to pay over $100 at this point in my life for a cleaning device. That’s probably 2-3 dates or 4-5 nights out with friends. Of course, as I alluded to above, the place does need to be clean once people come back. So where before I used a broom or else masking tape, or a small hand unit on the rug, now I need more). I didn’t come across anything conclusive. I happened to be in Target over the weekend and saw this product. It was in a plain bottle, looked almost like some chemist came up with it and wanted the most utilitarian canister to distribute. I thought that made it seem more effective over the double canister contraption next to it (clearly trying to hide that it was lacking effectiveness).
And well, to make this long story shorter, I came home and tried it on a spot in my room and the thing really did just disappear on contact with the spray. It was like the movie Envy which was pretty much crap, but was about a product that made dog shit disappear on contact. I’m still looking at the spot as I write waiting for the stain to appear again, or for the rug to start decomposing as well. I half expect there to be a white circle there in the morning. But until then, I’m so blown away, I thought I’d write this review giving free advertising to this great product. (Read: Folex, please send me more of this stuff for free and I’ll keep writing!)
-jd
