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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jasonl on September 30, 2010, 08:26:13 pm

Title: Watchdog ,Vanish story
Post by: jasonl on September 30, 2010, 08:26:13 pm

Meant to be on tonights show.

Title: Re: Watchdog ,Vanish story
Post by: Paul Heath on September 30, 2010, 09:09:18 pm

Wonder if they will do the wonderful "Rug Dr" ???

Title: Re: Watchdog ,Vanish story
Post by: robert meldrum on September 30, 2010, 09:29:06 pm

Wrong product unfortunately but still damaging for the brand and their super duper claims !

Title: Re: Watchdog ,Vanish story
Post by: fitz2kleen on September 30, 2010, 09:52:22 pm

Remarkable stuff huh?
Dunno what all the fuss is about when we tell custys its pants.
 ;D ::)

Title: Re: Watchdog ,Vanish story
Post by: Neil Williams on September 30, 2010, 10:21:52 pm

You can see the 7 minute clip here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/

Title: Re: Watchdog ,Vanish story
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on September 30, 2010, 10:23:38 pm

It was for Vanish oxy-clean. The bare essence of the add was this:

"Add one scoop to your washing and it;ll take out the toughest stains on the first clean-or your money back!"

Small print on screen during ad said it only applied to synthetics and wool and leather are specifically excluded.

Watchdog took some football shirts, soacked them for SIX hours as prescribed on the small instructions on the box, then washed normally with a leading brand detergent and the scoop of Vanish. Result. All the stains were still more or less evident.

Vanish replied that it would guarantee grass stains coming out but couldn't guarantee mud stains being removed. Well that's all right then-footballers just have to play on grass but where there is no mud!!!

Basically Vanish got slagged off pretty big time.


Still, it didn't leave any bleach marks in the fabrics ;D......


......just the stains ;D ;D

Rog