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StainMaster

www.lowes.com
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Rating Distribution

StainMaster has a 1.5 star rating from 19 customer reviews; consumers are mostly dissatisfied and reviews show an 89% unfavorable distribution.

Key Takeaways for Future Customers

  • Read StainMaster reviews and warranty details carefully before purchase.
  • Expect frequent customer complaints about warranty claims and refund delays.
  • Ask about installation locking and product compatibility with rugs and vinyl.

Negative Feedback / Risk Areas

  • Poor warranty support and denied claims despite cleaning.
  • Stains that will not come out and disappointing stain resistance.
  • Installation and locking failures on vinyl planks and seams.
  • Discoloration, strong chemical odors, and slow or no refunds from customer service.

Positive Feedback

Some customers note good color and looks, and a few report helpful customer care locating product availability.

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Bill C Afc
map-marker Newbury Park, California

Questions about type of material of rug I can use on my new luxury vinyl plank flooring?

AI Highlights
  • Asks what rug material is safe for luxury vinyl Henley Oak flooring and notes concerns about discoloration from certain carpets.

I haven't received any information on the type of rug material I can use on my new luxury vinyl Henley Oak flooring. I've read some reviews of people saying they had discoloration on their floors from a certain type of carpet.

What do you recommend? Nothing has happened yet because I haven't bought my rugs yet. Just need advice.

Thank you.

Bill Creekbaum 805-953-****

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Anonymous
map-marker Phoenix, Arizona

*** warranty

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StainMaster - *** warranty

Huge stain on my carpet not sure what the stain they said oh well we aren't going to cover it. Got it professionally cleaned but they still said to bad.

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Anonymous
map-marker Baltimore, Maryland

Product was mixed in the boxes,not I have a hickory floor with random oak pieces

AI Highlights
  • The installer finished the floor and it was beautiful.
  • Random oak planks are scattered on the hickory floor and the installer wants $2,000 to fix it.
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My installer put the floor down,and finished it off. I was so happy with my new floor,it was absolutely beautiful!!

The next day,I opened the curtains and there they were,random oak planks scattered through my beautiful hickory floor.

I called my installer,he's said he sees it to. But he's going to charge me 2000.00 to fix it.

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nicole f Dpy

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1600 sq ft of stainmaster tile-harbor gray matte. Tile quality and Warranty sucks.

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AI Highlights
  • Spent thousands on tile across bathroom, kitchen and living area; no customer service.
  • Tiles bubble, vary in sheen; not easy to clean or waterproof.
1600 sq ft of stainmaster tile-harbor gray matte. Tile quality and Warranty sucks.

Paid thousands to install absolute crap tile. Bathroom, kitchen, living space.

Some tiles have bubbles, some have a sheen different from others. Whole floor of tile that is embarrassing. 25,000 wasted. No customer service.

LOWES said STAINMASTER will refund me if I pay to have it removed and then pay for someone to reinstall.

Not at all as advertised. Not easy to clean, not waterproof, and looks horrible.r

User's recommendation: Run . . .no not buy . . .horrible quality

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Anonymous
map-marker Las Vegas, Nevada

I am making a claim to have my $ returned

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my name is veronica a little over a year ago i bought a binil floor at lowes and 8 months ago it started to come loose and break.please coll me 928605****

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RK B Uai

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Inferior product and a joke of a warranty

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AI Highlights
  • Curved wear appeared after 16 months.
  • Warranty claim and cleaning failed.
  • Inspector hired by Stainmaster deemed it normal wear and not covered.
StainMaster - Inferior product and a joke of a warranty

We installed Stainmaster Vibrant carpet, advertised as 'high quality' flooring, in our master bedroom. After only 16 months, it was showing signs of a curving wear pattern only where we walk around a corner into another room.

After submitting a warranty claim, we had the carpet professionally cleaned as mandated by Stainmaster, but this did not remedy the issue. Stainmaster had a 'third party' inspector conduct a virtual inspection using video from my cell phone camera. Of course, inspectors are hired by Stainmaster, and sure enough, the inspector determined that this was normal wear and not covered under exclusions to Stainmaster's so-called 'warranty' which proves to be a ruse. Stainmaster carpet obviously is subpar, and their warranty is meaningless.

Lowe's Stainmaster got one over on me this time.

My advice to anyone thinking about Stainmaster products: just don't! And regardless of any flooring you choose, carefully read the warranties!

Loss:
$1643
Pros:
  • Lower prices
Cons:
  • Subpar product
  • Worthless warranty

Preferred solution: Replacement

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Garrit Bvr

Worst floor I have ever installed

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AI Highlights
  • Product fails to lock.
  • Reviewer has 35 years of flooring experience.
  • Return it and get a new floor.
  • Costs thousands to repackage.

Dont lock and its garbage, DONT BUY

Ive been doing floors for 35 years. Cant even get the stuff to lock together.

It is complete utter garbage.

Its costing me thousands of dollars to repackage at all. Return it and get a new floor.

User's recommendation: Don’t buy stain master flooring

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Michael K Jhv

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| map-marker Bath, Ohio

Warn people about a horrible product and warranty

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AI Highlights
  • Avoid STAINMASTER Pet Protect carpet from Lowe's.
  • Color faded over weeks with visible streaks.
  • Lowe's denied responsibility for color loss.
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Caution: Do not purchase STAINMASTER Pet Protect carpet from Lowes.

We purchased the STAINMASTER Pet Protect carpet from Lowes (with install) a little over a year ago. It was recommended that we use Bissell cleaner if we wanted to clean the carpet ourselves, and have the carpet professionally cleaned, periodically.

We've done both and only both to keep our carpet clean - no other questionable products or methods have been used.

Despite this, we noticed over several weeks, our color slowly washed out - almost as if there were lighter bleach or streak marks. Initially, this was mostly noticeable in the sunlight coming through the windows, but before long it became visible in normal lighting.

We filed a claim with Lowe's STAINMASTER to remedy the issue, confident that this would be rectified. Well, they essentially told us to pound sand. They told us that they were not responsible for the color loss.

So, we're now stuck with thousands of dollars of defective carpet that's a little over a year old, that looks absolutely hideous.

Additionally and unrelated, our pets have had two accidents on different areas of the carpet.

Even after a professional cleaning on both areas, a slight brownish color still remains.

It's a shame that this can happen to a consumer. I'm really surprised there isn't some class action lawsuit in play - we really can't be the only ones to have gone through this.

Loss:
$8000

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: DO NOT BUY STAINMASTER CARPET!!!

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Regina M Wsx

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| map-marker Colorado Springs, Colorado

DON'T BUY STAINMASTER FOR LOWE'S!

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AI Highlights
  • Ordered light brown; installed silver.
  • Six weeks later, still no right carpet; runaround from Lowe's, Stain Master, and installers.

We purchased Stainmaster carpet from Lowe's, the day of installation, 12/31/2024 we noticed the carpet was not the color we ordered. We ordered a light brown and when it was installed, it was silver.

Immediately my husband went to Lowe's and voiced his concern, long story short, we still don't have the right carpet 6 weeks later. We have been getting the run around from Lowe's, Stain Master and the installers.

Loss:
$7
Cons:
  • No accountability
  • Lack of communication

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Avoid purchasing any carpet from Lowe's

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Shakelia Cqu

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Stainmaster carpets are the terrible. I replaced 2 bedroom carpets. The rugs are unraveling and the shading makes them look soiled. They are only 4 months old and I will have to have them removed.

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AI Highlights
  • Unusual shading makes the carpets look soiled and they are unraveling.
  • The stager suggested removing the rugs; the carpets are under 4 months old.

Because of the unusual shading, the carpets look soiled. They are also unraveling.

Since I am selling our house, the stager suggested removing the rugs. They are only carpets are less than 4 months old.

User's recommendation: Do not buy stainmaster.

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Shakelia Cqu

Stainmaster carpets are terrible. The constantly look soiled ( due to shading) and they are unraveling.

Anonymous
map-marker Unionville, Tennessee

New Carpet is making me sick

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  • Carpet installed about 24 hours ago.
  • The smell is unbearable and caused a horrible headache.
  • I will never buy any carpet from Lowes or Stainmaster again.

The carpet has been installed about 24 hours now. The smell is unbearable. It has given me a horrible headache that I can not get rid of.

I will NEVER buy any carpet from Lowes or Stainmaster EVER again.

User's recommendation: DO NOT BUY

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Jennifer R Jlh

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Warranty sucks

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AI Highlights
  • Carpet under 3 years at winter home looks worn and its texture is worn.
  • There was no brochure; warranty is void if not cleaned within 18 months.
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Carpet less than 3 years old at winter home looks like garbage. Texture worn out but has 25 year (Limited) warranty.

No brochure given to us at the time of purchase but WARRANTY is null and void because the carpet was not professionally cleaned within 18 months of purchase!

SCAM with warranty. Do NOT expect them to stand by their product!

Loss:
$3700
Pros:
  • Stains clean
Cons:
  • Texture lost and warranty loop holes

Preferred solution: Replacement carpet

User's recommendation: Ignore warranty because they don’t make good on it

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Sara I Sel

Do not buy stain master. Not the same.

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AI Highlights
  • Lowe's plush carpet labeled pet-friendly.
  • It did not repel stains; accidents show through.
  • Stains keep returning; carpet ruined after 3 years.

Worst carpet. Purchased from lowes plush carpet.

Picked this specifically because we have pets and it stated pet friendly. We had stain master for 25 years and it was awesome carpet. Did not wear repelled stains. We had an elderly dog have a few accidents and the stains just went right to bottom of carpet like no protection at all.

Now the stains just keep coming back and the carpet is basically ruined after 3 years.

Very disappointing. Also the wear in high traffic area is horrible for the age of carpet.

Loss:
$1500
Pros:
  • Looks good but no more than a year
Cons:
  • Stains and wear after a short time

User's recommendation: I would recommend a quality carpet store

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Tedrick Ons

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Don’t waste your money

Stain master vinyl plank flooring suck so bad. They dont interlock, the pieces break off super easy Ive installed so many floors before these are garbage stay away

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Dennis J Lcn

*** product

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AI Highlights
  • Had to throw away 32 boards of flooring because they were broken.
  • They wouldn't take back because they were in the original box; I spent $1,749.

Had to throw away 32 bores of flooring all broken they would not take them back cause they went in original box / so I eat 1749.00 / Home Depot looking good right now / sure a little more money but they stand behind there what they sell good bye lowrs

Loss:
$1749
Pros:
  • Price
Cons:
  • Bad ends on flooring

Preferred solution: Apology

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Sean S Pve

Stain. Master carpet is not stain resistant at all.

The stain master carpet we purchased, does not clean well at all. The dog *** stains immediately, and will not clean up.

Loss:
$3700

Preferred solution: Replacement carpet that doesn’t stain.

User's recommendation: Beware buying light colored stain master carpet. Dog *** does not come up at all even if it just happened and you clean it.

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