How many time clean carpet

[Leah]

replying to JohnB, Leah wrote: I know this is an old thread but I'm experiencing the exact same problem! I vacuum frequently, have no pets, don't wear shoes in the house, and even have a machine that senses how many particles it is picking up so I vacuum until I get the 'green light' that it is clean. Yet, no matter how often I steam clean the carpets the water is still grey. I'm wondering if there is something in the pad that is coming through. The carpet are allowed to thoroughly dry, not moldy, but yet that water is still grey.... curios.

[scat]

replying to Leah, scat wrote: I came here for the same reason. Doesn't seem to be a real answer. You vacuum frequently, have no pets-I'm the opposite (1x every 2 weeks) and have 2 cats. It doesn't seem to matter. I have the same issue on rugs not wet cleaned for a long time and rugs that are cleaned frequently. Ive passed this last rug 7x, alternating soap and then water only. The dirty water isn't as thick but is still a grayish color. The rug feels so much better. It's not mold, there's no smell and the rug drys quickly. It makes me wonder about professional cleaning, I mean you never actually get to see what the water looks lie coming out, so how do you know it's any different? Mine gets one more rinse and then I'm done until the next time. I will say that I will do it more frequently than I have.

[scat]

replying to Leah, scat wrote: I came here for the same reason. Doesn't seem to be a real answer. You vacuum frequently, have no pets-I'm the opposite (1x every 2 weeks) and have 2 cats. It doesn't seem to matter. I have the same issue on rugs not wet cleaned for a long time and rugs that are cleaned frequently. Ive passed this last rug 7x, alternating soap and then water only. The dirty water isn't as thick but is still a grayish color. The rug feels so much better. It's not mold, there's no smell and the rug drys quickly. It makes me wonder about professional cleaning, I mean you never actually get to see what the water looks lie coming out, so how do you know it's any different? Mine gets one more rinse and then I'm done until the next time. I will say that I will do it more frequently than I have.

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Wed 14 Mar 2018 10:44:02a, scat told us...

We have an iRobot Roomba 890 that we run through about 1/3 of the house at a time, which means it cycles through the entire house every three days. We also have a top-model Dyson upright pet vacuum that we run about every two weeks. We also have 4 cats. We live in a desert area that brings in a lot of grit but not a lot of dirt/dust. Most of the house has hard surface flooring, but we also have oriental rugs in most rooms.

Earlier this year we sent the orientals out for professional "bathing". We were told that our rugs weren't really dirty.