With Miss Scotchington Pie living with us, our carpets and rugs do tend to get a bit mucky, so imagine my delight when I saw this product advertised on the telly, cheaper and less bother than getting a chap round with a proper carpet cleaner.

You sprinkle it on, brush it in, wait for 20 minutes, I gave it a bit longer, and then vacuum it off, and it’s supposed to take the dirt of with it, well, did it f**k…

The rug I tested it on is not noticeably cleaner than it was before, I even left a patch with no treatment so I could see if it did make a difference, I could have taken a photo, but it would just be of two identical looking bits of rug, and not very interesting.

Getting the stuff off was a real problem too, it also clogs the filter in the Hoover, maybe a decent Vacuum like a Dyson would have better results, but somehow I doubt it.

The adverts are seriously misleading, the TV commercial makes it seem like a better result than installing a new carpet, with none of the heavy lifting, but my experiment proves it does bugger all.

It does smell nice though.