There comes a point with carpets and furniture when they look so grubby you want to replace them. But we all know how much it is to shell out for these big items and it's not ideal when there's a current cost of living crisis.
With children and a dog to contend with, nothing in my home stays clean for long. My son's carpet in particular had never fully recovered from various sickness episodes over recent years.
And since the arrival of our two-year-old Labrador Milo, our living room carpet and sofa have taken quite the battering. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The piddles on the carpet might have stopped, but with everything from muddy paws and dribbles on the couch when he's salivating over whatever we might be eating, it's an ongoing battle to keep it stain free.
The dark grey carpet hides a multitude of sins, unlike the light grey couch, which isn't as forgiving. Fed up with buying bottles of upholstery cleaner, which let's just say vary in their effectiveness, I decided to bite the bullet with a more permanent solution - the Vax Platinum Power Max Carpet Cleaner.
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