OK, at the risk of sounding like a ridiculous late-night commercial, I have to share this story.
After placing some lovely stargazer lilies in a plastic vase (thus, not very sturdy or stable), I put the vase on my kitchenette bar. They lasted about a day before one of my cats, who shall remain nameless, decided to investigate. For those of you who don’t have cats, they mark their territory by rubbing the sides of their faces along the edges of things. My cat, whose name dare not be spoken, decided to mark the vase. In a not-surprising twist of events, she knocked it over.
For my own part, in slow-motion, I tried to catch the vase and ended up pushing it further over and onto the carpeted floor beyond the kitchen bar. There was water everywhere, which I expected. Here is what I didn’t – pollen stains. Yes, there were orange-yellow pollen stains from the lilies all over my BEIGE carpet.
I panicked and tried to scrub them out. Nothing.
I went online (on the phone with my friend, Martha, who was my instant info), and discovered that there is a veritable worldwide epidemic of lily pollen stains on carpeting. Rule number one, don’t try to rub them out or wet them. Terrific. Mine were already wet and I rubbed. Solution? Screwed.
So, I toddled off to have brunch (what any self-respecting woman does in a crisis), and bought some generic looking stain remover that had a list a mile long of things it could remove. Like blood (who has the need to get blood out of carpet except a serial killer?), rust (who has rust on carpet – old bike enthusiasts?), and wine. OK, I figure, it’s guaranteed and been in business for 35 years.
I get home, spray the stuff on my carpet and VOILA! No stains. Seriously. Just like that.
Nothing else worked (and I had tried some other, name-brand carpet cleaner to no avail).
So, seeing as it’s Christmas, I decided to share my good cheer.
If you have stains of any kind, I recommend the following:
Folex can be found at your nearest store. If not, then go to their website: http://www.folexcompany.com/index.html
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