Re: innkeeping: carpet spot cleaning

[George and Charlien McGlothin <falconmanor@FalconManor.com>]

Tom Simpson wrote:
> 
> Hello All:
> I have gotten quite a lot of good information from
> your comments in the past couple of months.  Thanks!
> 
> I wanted to ask if you have found any GREAT carpet
> spot cleaners?  We found a product called Spot Shot,
> bought a few sample aerosol cans, and now can't find
> it anywhere.  It seemed to clean up most any spot we
> found.
> 
> I look forward to your suggestions on what else to try.
> 
> Cheryl Collins,
> Baker Street Bed and Breakfast
> McMinnville, Oregon
> ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]

Greetings to our fellow innkeepers in McMinnville, Tenn.'s namesake town 
in Oregon!

A couple of years ago, a guest from Franklin, Tenn., told us, "I brought 
something for the spots on your carpet."  As I smiled my sweetest "thank 
you" smile, I was looking around in horror for obvious spots.  Turns 
out, it wasn't a personal insult.  The guest is the East-coast 
distributor for a carpet cleaner called "Folex," and he wanted me to try 
it. He claimed you could spray it on any spot, leave it a few minutes, 
blot it with a paper towel, and no more spot.  Believe it or not, he was 
right.  His bottle of Folex was a good investment, because I'm sure 
we've sold a lot of it as I've sung its praises to subsequent guests.  
It's available at Home Depot. 
-- 
Charlien McGlothin
Historic Falcon Manor, McMinnville, Tennessee
http://FalconManor.com
"Relive the 1890s in one of the South's finest Victorian mansions."
1st Prize B&B winner, National Trust's 1997 Great American Home Award