09/08/2026
Sometimes it's not dirt.
When I showed up to clean this carpet at a local daycare it had been left so long and had so much traffic that the backing was actually showing through.
I can clean dirt. I can remove a surprising number of stains. But once the carpet fibres themselves are worn away, no amount of cleaning is going to put them back.
That's one of the reasons I tell people not to wait until their carpet looks terrible before having it cleaned. Maintenance is always better than replacing it.