Flash clean and care? Flash in the pan! (Flash Clean & Care Vinegar Multi Purpose Cleaner)

Member Name: Gillybean129

Product:	Flash Clean & Care Vinegar Multi Purpose Cleaner
Date:	25/09/08 (373 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice citrussy scent

Disadvantages: Not effective on granite

My main reason for buying 'clean and care' was the fact that I have only been able to find one suitable cleaning product for my granite kitchen worktops.

I am fortunate enough to have a whopping 10m of granite worktops (before the kitchen extension I had 0.5m!)

Granite is extremely hardwearing but can be prone to staining if you're not careful. For example oils if not wiped up straight away can cause staining or acidic substances like wine, lemon and vinegar can cause staining. I just have to be extra careful with these. Having said all that I have had no problems, we had a sample that we lived with for ages before buying. One thing which happenned with a light granite sample we had was that I stanied it (on purpose) with blackberry and oilve oil which of course marked it, within a few days the marks had disappeared on their own like magic because stone is porus, how strange was that? Anyway I digress!

So I thought at last a cheap granite cleaner. Tescos had a offer of £ 2 for £2.25 which was a steal considering I am paying £4 for method granite cleaner.

The bottle label states all surfaces, even on delicate surfaces like natural stones, steel, aluminium, wood enamel. No mention of granite here until you read the back of the label which lists granite and marble as being suitable.

My concern was that the main 2 ingredients are citrus extract and vinegar which as I've mentioned earlier would normally stain granite. It said 'always test on inconspicuous areas before use' so alarm bells rang out then.

I tested a small corner and the cleaner didn't appear to have any adverse effect so later that evening I set to cleaning all the worktops down. The smell I found really lemony and pleasant and the cleaner appeared to work well. You didn't need much of a spray to make it go a long way, I used a clean soft cloth to buff with the liquid.

Initially I though they looked OK until I put a light on under one of the units and I thought in strong light it looked streaky so I used my normal cleaner over this section to see if it had better results, it did....

Today I came down and in the full daylight I was horrified to see that my worktops looked like they had a grey greasy film on them, so I went round with the usual cleaner.

I thought I had found an alternative but it seems not. I haven't tried it round the rest of the house buy I think I'll end up using it in the bathroom instead so it won't go to waste.

I think this cleaner would be suitable elsewhere round the house but I wouldn't reccomend it for granite!

Summary: Don't use on grantie it make it look awful!