Myth #2: You should wait as long as possible before cleaning your carpet.
No. Dirt is an abrasive-like sandpaper. Without proper maintenence, foot traffic on the carpet causes soil to become ground in and trapped in the carpet fibers. To the naked eye soil has a smooth look to it. But under a microscope, soil is revealed to be abrasive with sharp, jagged edges. All of this soil acts like tiny saws, cutting into and damaging the delicate fibers.
Now exposed, spills and soil can penetrate deep into the heart of your carpet. With every step, the sand ans soil are scratching and dulling your carpet. It is grinding your expensive yarns down into those worthless fibers that fill up your vacuum bag. Every moment you wait, everyday the carpet cleaning is put off, is a compounding day, month, year of lost life of your carpet. The best way to have those foreign particles effectively removed from your carpet is by the truck mounted hot water extraction method. Regular maintenence like vacuuming helps, but vacuuming alone isn’t enough to pull dirt and other pollutants out of your carpet.