10/09/2026
Sometimes it's just too old.
Prior to any cleaning starting this carpet had many black spots from old spot cleaning attempts by the home owner. After nearly 40 years with no cleaning this carpet was subject to heavy oils from the kitchen and the narrowness of the walkway with the kitchen and outside doors all converging on a 1980's nylon. The old residue from the spot cleaning came off easily but Nylon carpet in the 80's didn't have a good UV protection and the sun and wherever cleaner was left to dwell will remove a certain amount of color.
After so much time carpeting dries out and is no longer smooth after being scarred from soils and use. This effects future cleaning greatly. That's why cleaning with pads is such a bad method because it scratches the fiber making it impossible to clean again unless you scratch it even more. Comparing cleaning a concrete patio with to a pane of glass.
At any rate the carpet was cleaned so that vacuuming can be done with some much better results now that the residue is gone. Not to mention any allergens.
