Home Depot Assistant Composite Buyer 11/12/08
"Great work by the cleaner! The deck looks great!" Geoff Case, Assistant Composite Buyer, Home Depot
[Corte Clean used to clean a Home Depot Veranda composite deck after chlorine bleach and other products purchased from the Home Depot failed, even when a store manager used them.]
Canada Corte Clean/Trex Customer 7/2/09
Corte-Clean is by far the best remedy for the mold problem on Trex! E. Carson, Canada
Really Workes To Clean MONARCH Decking! 1/6/09
Corte Clean is a wonderful product that really works for cleaning Monarch composite decking. We have tested numerous cleaning products without success including the new BEHR deck cleaning product intended for mold & mildew stains. We then Tested Corte Clean with amazing results. We now sell Corte Clean at St. Clair Fence & Deck in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Please call me if you are interested in Corte Clean. 1.800.380.1497 or (519) 542.1261 www.decksbystclair.com
Linda Crooks, St. Clair Fence & Deck
WOW - Amazing Product! 8/16/09
Corte Clean saved me. Mold was taking over our Trex deck that was only a year old. We tried pressure washing with various concentratipns of bleach. Trex does not seem to be aware of this product! I called their customer service department and was told to try a bleach deck cleaner-this only made the mold/fungus angry and it took me hours to apply it. I googled "Trex cleaner" and found one small report about Corte Clean (surrounded by irrate Trex customers responses). I was thrilled with how fast Corte Clean worked.
T. Reynolds
Absolutely Cleans Our TREX Deck Beautifully 4-9-09
I just wanted to let you know this is the third year I have used Corte Clean on our Trex decking and how satisfied my husband and I are with the product.
We built our Trex deck and spiral staircase in 2005 and by the spring of 2007 we noticed black spots all over the deck and stairs. I contacted customer service at Trex. I explained to her that all I wanted was a way to get the deck back to its original shape. She told me that on their web site was a way to clean it but that she would send me some information. I received that information along with a claim form but they wanted us to use bleach on our deck. I got on line and found out that many people across the country that had Trex decking were very dissatisfied with the bleach and found that the spots came back even worse.
Corte Clean absolutely cleans our deck beautifully! By the time I found your product on the internet, our deck was in pretty bad shape. We had to use the scrub technique to get rid of the spots and in some places had to give it a second treatment. Thanks so much for all your ideas and help!!!
Bev C
West Liberty, IA
Great Product. 5/4/08
Great product. I used the it for the first time several weeks ago and my TimberTek deck looks brand new.
M. Jannone
Mold & Mildew 10/21/08
I used the Corte Clean composite deck cleaner last weekend for the first time. It cleans off mold and mildew well.
Jenny D
WOW! 6/12/11
Corte-Clean is fantastic. Our composite decking looks brand new. It was covered with mold, probably due to our harsh Wisconsin winters and the fact that it is mostly shaded all day. If you follow the directions, the mold and soil brushes right off. It took old-fashioned elbow crease and some prep time, but our results are worth it!
D Stephan, Sales manager
Tendura decking 5/31/10
Hi-
I live in a traditional new urban design neighborhood, and my neighbors and I might just be one of your biggest fans this Spring. I am very pleased with the product, but on our grey Tendura decking, the mildew stains (which is the reason I researched and purchased the product) are gone, and wet the boards look awesome.
M. Brenner
Not A Harsh Chemical 7/1/08
I am writing to let you know how pleased I am with Corte Cleaner. I have a composite deck made with grey colored Weyerhauser ChoiceDek. At the end of last summer, it started to get black spots on it. I didn’t think it was mold because it gets so much sun light. But I used some bleach on it and that seemed to help, but it did not remove it completely. Then this Spring, the black spots really began to spread. So once again I tried the bleach method, and although it remove the mold, within weeks it was back. Discouraged, I tried some Olympic deck cleaner, which again, removed the mold some, but not completely. And, because it is such a strong chemical, I began looking for something else.
That’s when I came across Corte Cleaner on the web and decided to try it – particularly since is specifically for composite decks. I must admit, after what I had been through, I was skeptical that anything would work. Well, my skepticism is gone. Not only was Corte Clean easier to use than anything else I had tried, but it was also not a harsh chemical you needed to wear haz-mat gear with. When I applied it, I could begin to see it work because it turns the black into like a brown foam, so you can see it doing its thing. I did use a brush and scrubbed the areas sprayed and it worked great. I was VERY PLEASED and will not use anything else on my deck.
One last thing. There was an area of my deck I had cleaned with the Olympic deck cleaner and not Corte Cleaner. Now, about a month after using both, the area cleaned with Olympic is beginning to show a return of the mold, but not the area cleaned with Corte Cleaner. Last time the mold returned, I was very discouraged that I would have to live with a “moldly deck”. Well, now that I have Corte Cleaner, I am clear I can keep my deck looking good.
Thanks for a great product.
J. Ford Columbus, OH
Re-Ordered 36lbs & SAVED $ 6/2/08
I have used your product in the past and was happy with its performance. You guys really do have a great product!
P. Brown
A great product - works like a charm! 3/9/2010
Best Regards,
B. Bennett
Toronto, Ontario
LOVE IT! 5/14/08
I USE YOUR PRODUCT MYSELF & LOVE IT! (Correct Deck Owner)
KURT STUART, Sales , The Deck Yard (888) 513-6001
Application is not easy 6/19/11
I have used two different 2.5 gallon sprayers and neither worked with the product. Both plugged tight in a short time. When I used the second sprayer I mixed the product in hot water stirring for 15 minutes and the sprayer still plugged in a very short time. Easiest application method was with a pole cleaning brush and a bucket of thoroughly mixed product. There was better coverage and no dealing with applicator plugging. If Corte*Clean recommends a particular sprayer they should indicate that on the label as well as more details on their product label about how to deal with applicator plugging. They should also indicate that what alternative application procedures can substituted without using a sprayer. Once applied the product does work as advertised on this web site. Our deck looks as it did when new.
NOTE FROM CORTE LLC: Use a rag to filter out Corte Clean granules when pouring it into a pump sprayer or purchase the filter for the pump sprayer so it doesn't clog. Application is definitely easier with a pump sprayer.
K. Thompson, Infrastructure engineer, Home owner
Trex Purchased From The Home Depot 11/14/08
We purchased our Trex Brasilia deck from the Home Depot. Eventually it got dirty with mold stains. We tried the cleaners from the Home Depot; without success. We eventually found Corte Clean. After wasting time & money on the other products, we were skeptical and only purchased 1-3lb container of Corte Clean. Corte Clean did an amazing job! Today we have ordered a 6lb container and signed up for the Auto Ship option so that when the product shows up twice yearly, it will remind us to clean our deck. Kara E., Florida
Works Better Than Olympic Deck Cleaner 10/21/08
I have been using Olympic deck cleaner that contained toxic sodium hypochlorite to clean my Trex decking, annually, for the last 5 years. I decided to give eco-friendly Corte Clean a try because I live near the beach in Washington State. Corte Clean cleaned stains and green moss from my Trex deck that the Olympic did not touch. The Corte Clean even removed the grease from spilled dog food! I highly recommend Corte Clean!
R. Eagan
Immediately Melted The Mold! 11/12/09
Corte Clean immediately melted the mold off of my TimberTech. Vivian J. Mechanicsburg, PA
Fantastic!!!!! 4/5/2010
I had a Cedar Timber Tech deck installed in 2007. I was afraid to use anything harsh on my deck. I saw Corte-Clean and decided to give it a try. WOW was it easy to use and my deck looks like the day I had it installed. "THANK YOU." The customer service man in California called me twice to return my call and answer my questions. "VERY" helpful..Great Company & Product....
Diane , Homeowner
Corte Cleaned Deck, Great Results 5/27/09
After finding Corte Clean on line and reading vertthiungf about the product I decided to give it a try.The deck had not had a good cleaning in several years. After using Corte Clean the deck looks like new. Will be ordering more Corte Clean and clean the deck twice a season. A. Opalach Lavonia, MI
A. Opalach
It worked! I'm very pleased.
It worked! I'm very pleased. At a neighborhood party this spring neighbors were asking how I liked our new deck and my response was that I hated it because it had spots all over it that I couldn't get clean. Now I'm telling my neighbors that I've changed my mind because of Corte Clean. I'll be ordering more this fall. I went through two containers as our deck is 1,500 sq. feet. In addition to the mildew spots, it even got out grease spots that I thought were permanent. Again, I am extremely happy that I found your product.
H. Hart, Trex Deck Owner
Vacation Home in the Florida Keys
The deck is about 5 years old. Oddly, the mold showed up suddenly in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma in the Florida Keys. We came down to check the house(it is a vacation home) and were stunned by the black spots all over the deck. At first we thought it was tree sap from the wind. Corte-Clean made a huge difference and our deck looks great again. Thanks for everything.
J. O'Connor, Trex Deck Owner
I was considering tearing off the deck 9/18/08
In July 207 I installed a 24'x16' square foot Trex deck (a replacement of the existing wood deck ) that is accessible by double French Doors off the kitchen and extends past the 8'w x 6'h casement windows by the Family Room. It is a beautiful setting and highly visible from inside the house. It was a $7,000 investment and I went with Trex mainly because of their longevity in the business.
It was a beautiful addition until this summer of 2008, only one year after installation. Mold started appearing and ended up covering the entire deck and steps with in a couple of weeks. During this time I tried several products at the recommendation of Trex and Home Depot. None of these products did any good. In fact these products did not remove any of the mold. The appearance of the deck was becoming very depressing and the mold was getting worse every day.
Meanwhile my wife was searching the Internet for information and she began to read that your product, Corte-Clean, worked. I ordered a three pound container and it worked very well. I then ordered another six ponds to finish the deck with and it worked very well. also, the mold was gone in the matter of a couple of evenings work. You can't imagine how important this was to our well being since the other products were not working, the mold was terrible to look at and I was considering tearing off the deck. Thanks so much for your help! M. Sharp Davenport, IA
You would refund my money. 9/15/09
I spoke to you yesterday from Va Beach and you said if I was not happy after using Corteclean you would refund my money------guess I won't be taking you up on that.
INCREDIBLE--Already told folks at HD and will sing praises to all my friends and associates. I read some Blogs saying people thought your product pricey???????? Obviously you get what you pay for, after $60.00 and 4 hours I will never get back, the Behr product didn't hold a candle.
I will continue to use Corteclean as recommended by you--thanks loads.
Bob Priggins Virginia Beach, VA
I am continuously recommending Corte Clean.
2/20/2008
Pat McCarthy, Customer Service Lead/Cleaning Issues, 1-800-BUY-TREX
Proper Instructions 4/26/10
I talked to you about 3 weeks ago concerning staining on our deck, even after using corte-clean. You gave me proper instructions on using the corte-clean and send me additional product. I am happy to report that we had our deck cleaned once again this week-end and the deck came out very clean. We are very pleased and appreciate your efforts in making us happy customers. Many thanks!
Mike Pleasant
Fayetteville, N.C.