What's the number one spot and stain that causes you the most grief on a day-to-day basis

[Mikey P]

Kool Aide?
Urine
Coffee?





Mine is DYS oxy spotters, for sure...

 

[Cleanworks]

Never causes me grief, it's the customers stain, not mine. Most common is coffee. Usually easily fixable. I do run into color loss caused by the customer often. I explain why it happened, give them some advice on carpet spotting and move on. Filtration lines are a common problem. I don't get too carried there either. Sometimes the more you work at it, the worse it gets and no matter what, it's coming back. It will come back even more quickly if you don't rinse it well. Seems to be more of a problem in the city than in smaller areas due to the amount of pollution.

 

[SteamwayPro]

It's not a spot, but it could be considered a stain, SOIL FILTRATION !!!!!!

Pain in the a*** getting it out and time consuming.

 

[Hack Attack]

urine colour loss

 

[Jimmy L]

Have had some issues with pet diareaha stains that just would not budge no matter what I did. Green slime has had me deeply concerned too

Wish they would make a dedicated " Green Slime" remover instead of directions to do this............then do that............and seldom works.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Old urine stains. I’ve been tempted to try swimming pool peroxide but my common sense kicks in before I make their problem my problem

 

[Hack Attack]

Wish they would make a dedicated " Green Slime" remover instead of directions to do this............then do that............and seldom works.

Cant say I come across it regularly, but WD40 has worked twice for me recently..

 

[hogjowl]

Coffee in my mega church

 

[Trip Moses]

Furniture bleed from DIY shampooing and fifi peepee run down.

 

[Living The Dream]

Urine

 

[Hack Attack]

Furniture bleed from DIY shampooing and fifi peepee run down.

 

[Nomad74]

F@&$ing Slime

 

[Hack Attack]

what suprises me is how often I get told "don't worry about that stain, several carpet cleaners have tried" and it just rinses out after prespray?

wet & go

 

[scotty747]

The one in my shorts. Besides that soil filtration and pet crap runs with food dye. As if a dog cares what color his food is.

 

[jcooper]

It's not a spot, but it could be considered a stain, SOIL FILTRATION !!!!!!

Pain in the a*** getting it out and time consuming.

Try some fels naptha, rub it on and rinse well. Works great.

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

Try some fels naptha, rub it on and rinse well. Works great.

Fels and hand sanitizer put down, with a shoe scrub... works like magic.... rinse well...

 

[Bob Savage]

Coffee in my mega church

Coffee in my mega church also.

Stain Magic to the rescue every time!

Soil filtration lines are gone when using the PMF crevice tool along the edges with some good soot eraser or Kleenrite upholstery cleaner with ammonia and a grout brush on a pole!

 

[SamIam]

Blue stain paint stains wood stains

 

[SamIam]

Try some fels naptha, rub it on and rinse well. Works great.

back in the day they said use heavy duty soil lifter with 111 trichlorethane and that crap would delaminate the carpet

 

[SamIam]

Also coffee with cream and sugar is a bear it’s not coming out

 

[jcooper]

Also coffee with cream and sugar is a bear it’s not coming out

I agree...

I don't think I've ever had a tannin type spotter work on anything!

 

[Nomad74]

Also coffee with cream and sugar is a bear it’s not coming out

Really? I'm just the opposite. I pray the coffee stains have cream and sugar in them, they seem to come out easier for me, especially when you use Redline. It's the straight up coffee that gives me issues. Glad i'm done with my Bridgepoint coffee remover. That stuff will kill you.

 

[SamIam]

Really? I'm just to opposite. I pray the coffee stains have cream and sugar in them, they seem to come out easier for me, especially when you use Redline. It's the straight up coffee that gives me issues. Glad i'm done with my Bridgepoint coffee remover. That stuff will kill you.

Redline by masterblend citrus enzyme prespray???

 

[Nomad74]

Redline by masterblend citrus enzyme prespray???

Yes, I know it sounds silly, but it works well. I asked @Jim Pemberton why at his fabric class and he had a very good answer. But I forgot what the answer was. All I know is it works.

 

[SamIam]

I use meta bisulfite and haven’t had a problem with black coffee or tea ever.

I hear coffee mate and sugar and coffee makes a harder stain to remove.

It would be interesting to test on a piece of nylon.

nothing stains polys and olefin except wear and abuse.

 

[SamIam]

Yes, I know it sounds silly, but it works well. I asked @Jim Pemberton why at his fabric class and he had a very good answer. But I forgot what the answer was. All I know is it works.

Something to do with sugars?

 

[SamIam]

Apparently it’s a thing enzyme laundry detergent

 

[Hack Attack]

I've never had a problem with coffee even on wool

but I've heard some coffee brands have food colouring added.. dunno?

 

[SamIam]

I've never had a problem with coffee even on wool

but I've heard some coffee brands have food colouring added.. dunno?

how do you treat it on wool???

with out color loss sodium bisulfite will strip color

 

[SamIam]

how do you treat it on wool???

with out color loss sodium bisulfite will strip color

Maybe something like stain magic for wool?