Yesterday I discovered why nobody hand-cleans rugs and got myself chemical burns on the way.
I tried doing two things, both by bare hand-remove dog hair from the carpet and clean out a dirt spot that had had baking soda and soap applied to it. For the first I discovered the process was not scalable as the friction burns would soon start hurting and gettin a carpet brush would save tonnes of time and pain.
For the second, I found out, after 3 hours of trying ' to get those goddamn suds off the carpet that rugs don't wash off like clothes and using soap was a super bad idea. There's a reason why there are so many powerful carpet cleaning products and services, should I feel the need to invest the time and money to clean the $130 rug.
Most importantly of all, I had a realization. I don't have to clean the carpet at all! It's been 2.5 years since my move and half the carpet is dirty. If I rotate it 180 degrees, I can expose the clean side and hide the dirty one and hang on for a few more years! And who the hell knows what will have happened or where I will be, by then!
Great life lessons being learned from the stupidest situations.
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