Soap solution: Washing-up liquid was more effective at removing stains than some expensive carpet cleaners, experts found Washing-up liquid will clean carpet stains more effectively than specialist products costing more than eight times as much, researchers claim. found that costly sprays and preparations claiming remarkable cleaning powers are often not up to the task. By contrast, a 78p bottle of Morning Fresh produces a better result for most stains and will go much further. Soapy water made with the washing-up liquid was at least as effective as, and in many cases more so than, 13 out of a total of 17 specialist products tested by Which? The consumer group daubed pale carpet with black coffee, diluted Ribena, red wine, chocolate spread, curry sauce and blood. It allowed one set of stains to dry overnight and then created a second set of fresh marks to see how the various products performed. 'There's a huge array of carpet stain removers in the shops but ordinary washing-up liquid outperforms many of them,' Which?

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