Does scrubbing the carpet floor work?Question Details:Right now, my dad is scrubbing the carpet with a carpet cleaner.Well, he is applying the liquid and scrubbing over it and drying it.Does that damage the carpet? He's not even using the machine and the carpet still looks dirty.I think that using that carpet machine is better but my dad doesn't find it necessarySo?.
Scrubbing the carpet manually soaks the padding under the carpet and causes mildew. If he wants to clean carpet himself, he should use a mop (yes, a mop) and scrub his carpet with that. I do it monthly because I have a very light carpet + 3 children = a mess. I pretreat the carpet stains with either Shout Out or a stain remover. After that settles, I mop the carpet using elbow grease on the stains (like coffee) and after the floor is finished it looks new.
I had this problem with the carpet in my lounge. I foolishly cleaned the carpet by hand, but it meant I overwet the carpet so all the dirt that'd worked down into the underlay got wet and then squished itself up and through to the carpet (the previous house owners had 2 children who spilt many drinks!). After a week it looked worse than before I'd started cleaning it.
He should definantly use the machine, scrubbing the carpet will work but hes gonna be there a while good luck
