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Alexander Smail

Home Bargains and B&M patio cleaning product hailed as 'amazing' by shopper

A Scottish cleaning fan was able to completely remove the stains on her outdoor patio using a cleaning product available at Home Bargains and B&M.

The two budget retailers sell The Pink Stuff Cream Cleaner by Stardrops, which the product description says is a "versatile liquid cream cleaner for hard surfaces" that "is tough on stains penetrates and removes grease and grime, leaving shiny clean results using 100% natural cleaning particles".

The woman who tried the product out on the stone slabs in her garden was shocked by the result, stating that the product "most definitely works".

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Taking to the Cleaning tips and tricks Facebook group, she wrote: "Thank you to whoever posted about the pink stuff cream cleaner on your patio! It most definitely works! Still can’t believe these are the same slabs.

"Literally poured the pink stuff cream cleaner onto a slab, scrubbed with a hard hand brush, then rinsed and brushed the water off.

Since being posted on Tuesday, the post has attracted more than 1,500 likes and almost 470 comments from fellow cleaning fans sharing their opinions.

One shared: "The Pink Stuff is an amazing cleaning product. Used to laugh when my grandmother said try some of the pink stuff on that! Used it ever since."

A second said: "That’s brilliant. Great job. I’m going to do this. Thank you for sharing."

"Omg that’s brill," stated a third.

"Oh going to try this," a fourth revealed.

Before, the slabs are dirty and dull (Cleaning tips and tricks)

A fifth echoed: "Wow stealing this tip".

"Well I think I be doing this soon," agreed another.

After being asked by one group member which stores the product could be found at the original poster replied: "I’m Scotland and can pick it up in places like B&M, Savers, Home Bargains".

Other members of the group suggested alternative methods of removing stains from outdoor slabs.

The patio looks completely transformed afterwards (Cleaning tips and tricks)

One shared: "Dawn power wash works amazing too! It's much cheaper and no shrubbing. Put it on take a Broom with bucket of water and make sure to spread it around and by morning brand new."

"I use Tesco washing powder and scrub with a broom in the rain it’s fantastic," revealed a second.

A third said: "We use our pressure washer to take dirt off concrete plus on old wood you can pressure wash it too…"

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