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Health & Fitness

Carpet Cleaning: Spotters and Spotting, Pt 1

We have been a Carlsbad Carpet Cleaning Company serving all San Diego since 1988.  During those years we've seen a lot come and go and even some stay in our industry.  Many of the things, like carpet cleaning spotters, that companies sell  businesses like mine and consumers have come and gone.  Some have managed to stay the course and are available year after year.
The ones that don't last usually don't work.  In fact I've tried many spotters over the years and have to say that very few really work as advertised.  Two examples I can think of are ink stain removers and red stain removers.  If you see a product that says it can remove ink spots, keep on walking.  I've tried several throughout the years and a new one as recently as a month ago and the results are the same.  I tried it on about 30 ink stains and can't remember removing one.  Pure garbage and a total rip off.  
The same is true with red stain removers.  They can make red pink, but I've never completely removed the stain.  Also, it's very time consuming so I have to charge quite a bit to make your red stain a pink stain.  Not worth it, believe me.  Just keep the red off the carpet and if you do spill, learn to live with it.  The next time I'll talk about what works and how to make it work.  

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