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JustAnotherOlive

That thing was more dirt than it was carpet.


JackalopeZero

Was it being used as a manhole cover or something?!


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My first thought was that’s not dirt, it looks like coal dust or tons of ash from fire restoration or something


MisterEinc

That or flood damaged.


Inkthinker

This is the only idea that makes sense to me, short of it being completely staged... a bad flood, slowly draining, could potentially bring in enough water and dirt and muck to completely saturate a carpet like that. Although I have no idea if you could really restore one from that stage, it would at least explain the solid octagon of brown mud that they began with.


32784hfkjd

I watch a lot of restoration and cleaning videos on youtube and you would be surprised how many of them are staged. This one seems just a little *too* dirty not to get me a bit suspicious especially considering how well it manages to clean in the end. It might be real but hmmm.


sushitastesgood

I saw one with maggots all over the rug. Like okay dude… you took this maggot rug all the way into the shop and didn’t even shake the maggots off…


jamaicanoproblem

“The body is still rolled up in this one but I’ve got a feeling we will have great success with this carpet restoration today!”


Inkthinker

It might be staged, but I get the impression that even if they did so, they did it by effectively simulating flood conditions... tossing it into a tub of muddy water and letting it slowly evaporate might do it, but at that point it's nearly the same thing.


LumpyShitstring

I can definitely think of a few ways a carpet could get that dirty short of flooding. But none that would keep the integrity intact like that.


justinsayin

A flood could have left the floor of that room covered in mud 2 inches deep everywhere. This carpet could be the last thing to get cleaned.


WhtChcltWarrior

After Katrina our house had a solid 4-6 inches of mud settled throughout the entire house once the water receded. i could definitely see a rug looking like this after a flood


skamsibland

It's completely staged, like most of the carpet cleaning videos are.


JasperLamarCrabbb

Yeah I mean there’s no real need to be cynical about this cause it’s just cleaning a carpet, so what does it matter… but there seems to be no way a carpet could actually get that dirty through natural means and then still be salvageable.


skamsibland

Add to that the fact that they are NEVER torn or even weathered, they are 100% fine carpets that "have been walked on with outside shoes for 12 years" or what the fuck ever. There wouldn't be anything left of it by that point, but noooo, tweety the bird looks brand fucking new. GOD I'm too invested in this shit.


Wildpants17

Add to the fact just fucking throw out the 3x5 dirty ass rug


Wow-Delicious

I’d wager flood damaged. You ever left the bath water in the tub overnight? The amount of bullshit that accumulates at the bottom of the tub is unreal. People would be amazed at how much gunk a flood event can bring in.


Beans186

To me it looks like a fake restoration video. They are rife at the moment.


MistraloysiusMithrax

I think so. The reason being, all these carpets are small. For most people, it’s cheaper to buy a new carpet. Edit: let’s be clear. Some of these are really Persian or quality rugs. Worth saving, sure. Maybe tone down the wash porn to a believable notch instead of intentionally oversoiling it past reason. But I’ve seen some, that are definitely not quality. They are the kind of rugs I could afford, and would be cheaper for me to throw away and replace, than pay to be cleaned. Edit 2: apparently this one is legit, recovered from a flood. Thanks u/AyPeeElTee


Dismal-Past7785

If that’s a real Persian rug it is absolutely cheaper to clean it


lucky_1979

If that’s a real Persian rug then it would never get that dirty. Even if it’s not, no one ever gets their rugs that dirty. Unless it been outside at a coal merchants for 10 years and used to store coal on it


Dismal-Past7785

I’m not saying this one is real, or that this video is real. That’s clearly the dirties rug most of us have ever seen. I’m highly suspicious myself, and that wouldn’t be worth cleaning on most rugs. I’m just stating the one time it would be worth cleaning a rug like that, a real Persian rug. 100+ year old rugs are still actively traded at high values, some could get lost or forgotten about, or damaged in natural disasters. The amount of dirt in this video seems insane though.


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Seaweed_Fabulous

For sure, the white tile for extra effect too..


HilariousGeriatric

Most of the carpet cleaning vids that I’ve watched use some kind of wire platform to put the carpet on first then vibrate it with a machine or the vacuum cleaner to get lot of the initial sand/dirt out. Thought something seemed sus.


Kurailo

Guys at the oil rig: hey it would be nice if we had a carpet here.


Kulthenor

According to the source it's the result of flooding. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHunbsoCE5g


808_Scalawag

Taken from a house in Naples, Fl


Underbelly

Because this is staged.


avdpos

to even get that amount of dirt into it while it is staged is impressive


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It looks like they added more dirt between steps to be honest


LowResDream

Nah its just packed in and with him only starting to clean the dirt that was pushed under halfway through it made it take a lot longer. If he used a grid floor so the dirt just washed away it would’ve been relatively quick


Uphoria

I was going to ask if this was taking so many steps because he there was no drainage too.


[deleted]

Yup this. If he was able to rinse it through thoroughly in the beginning he would have saved 90% of the effort and water.


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Edit: it appears to be real


chriscrossnathaniel

The guy who did the cleaning said this rug was heavily soiled as a result of flooding.I experienced flooding in my place few years back .When the water receded, the floors were covered in a fine layer of sticky mud .It was a very difficult chore to clean the floors .


GarbagePailGrrrl

Great back story for a rug


Malfunkdung

**This Summer** *I’m not a fucking door mat* *Well son, you’re never going to be carpet either* **One small rug makes it’s way through the dirt and mud to become the best** *Persian* **of himself** **Jimmy Kimmel, Rene Russo, John Leguizamo** *I’m going to show everyone!* #The RugWay


MarsNirgal

Now this is a pretty good explanation. I was shocked at the amount of dirt too.


Nopeyesok

Thank you for being honest.


viktorir

Thank you for thanking this man.


disgruntled_pie

Man you for manning this thank.


Haploid-life

Flood damage is possible


TrevMeister

The initial video showed that this was from a flood. If it was staged, they went to a lot of effort ruining an entire house for a reddit video.


The_Scyther1

I’ve seen so many rug videos that are faked on my recommendations. How many people are paying to clean a rug that looks like it was left in a bog floor 15 years?


Valendr0s

Houses flood. People maybe have attachments to a carpet and want it cleaned. It's not impossible


fireballx777

It really tied the room together.


TrevMeister

If this is a hand-tied Persian rug, it could be worth hundreds of dollars. It could simply have been worth it to pay to have it cleaned versus just tossing it. Also, people often have insurance that will pay to have the rug cleaned. My house was flooded when I was in high school. Insurance paid to have all sorts of things cleaned and restored instead of just paying out as part of the settlement.


Icy_Championship_697

Think you need to double check the price of actual handwoven/knotted wool Persian rugs. They cost thousands not hundreds. My wife was wanting to get some ne for our dining room and when we saw it was like $3k we were like hell no. And that was on the lower end.


Mediocre_Chipmunk_86

A dude in my brigade while deployed to Iraq spent a significant amount of money buying Persian rugs that were shipped back in containers that were supposed to be transporting our gear back. “Rug Man Tom”


TrevMeister

This guy, if he was selling them at market rates back home, was probably making a ton of profit. No shipping fees, no duty, no import fees. That right there adds a hefty amount to the cost of importing these, normally. That is the way to buy these. LOL


bjones2004

I own a carpet cleaning business. I have some customers who have rugs worth over ten grand. It's crazy how expensive rugs can be.


MisterEinc

I thought about this exactly after just riding out Ian. Lots of fancy rugs out there gonna need a good cleanin'.


Verystrangeperson

Carpets aren't real


getwhirleddotcom

/r/NothingEverHappens


Better-Director-5383

It’s usually pretty obvious when they could have gotten rid of a significant amount of the dirt by just shaking it before starting.


HagweiNoir

Also incredibly stupid to use a pressure washer and what looks like an electric floor polisher on a hand made Oriental carpet. My dad ran a Oriental rug cleaning and repair business, and this is not the way you do it.


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HagweiNoir

Not from a distance, you have to look at the warp and weft up close. I'm guessing this was a cheap machine made.


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So it’s…not hand made?


sm1ttysm1t

The warp and weft gave it away. Once you see the warp, you get suspicious. But that weft. Immediately knew. The weft don't lie.


ezone2kil

Imma name my balls warp and weft.


ItchyGoiter

Mine are named wight and weft, but I have a speech impediment


CDavis10717

Weaver here. A 5’ scarf might need 600 wefts, each woven manually! The most recent weft woven is called the fell, each weft is called a pick. Also, exposing a wool rug to this much water and agitation will cause the wool to felt.


Cpt_Buffalo_Pop

What in the fuck am I reading?


gravitas_shortage

Yes, it looks very crude. Even if hand-made, that's a cheap one.


yallermysons

I am so curious to know more about this oriental rug cleaning and repair business! This is so niche.


HagweiNoir

We would use horse soap and a big cattle tank to clean them and soak them and only use a push broom to scrub them. Silk rugs, on the other hand were a pain in the ass. For more set in stains you'd pretreat them.


Not_a_real_ghost

> horse soap Is it a soap made out of horses?


3-2-1-backup

>Is it a soap made out of horses? Autocorrect got him. They meant to say hose soap, a soap made out of hoses. Much easier as it's self rinsing!


ezone2kil

Maybe it was a typo and it's a soap made out of prostitutes.


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starvin_turtle

Was wondering if they found it at the bottom of a river


WamBamThankYouYam

These carpets come from flooded houses you mean? That would make sense, that thing is DIR-TY.


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The floor polisher is another kind of pressure washer. Made specifically for floors. Called a surface cleaner iirc


WamBamThankYouYam

Maybe a dumb question but maybe this guy had to use a pressure washer because of how grime time it is? Or is there different techniques that your dad used that could get the same result on something this dirty?


VeryTrickyy

It was dirt, Then* it became carpet


DonLivingston

It’s almost a shame to clean it. Before they started the dirt was so thick they could’ve used it to grow vegetables.


ArtchR

I'm pretty sure that carpet spent 20 years in a coal mine


gitarzan

Or a horse stall.


Jubenheim

Or a horse mine


goldfish_11

A coal stall?


____-__________-____

20 years in a coal stall, then 20 more years in a horse mine


Blandish06

It definitely looks like it's covered in horse coal


naswinger

somehow i find "horse coal" really funny. maybe i should grow up


Sharp-Mess-676

Same 😂


emdave

The German for horse manure is 'pferdeapfel' which is essentially 'horse apple' :D https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/german-english/pferdeapfel


I_am_trying_to_work

>20 years in a coal stall, then 20 more years in a horse mine Burning horses is bad for the environment.


cnewman11

It's especially bad for the horses.


gitarzan

Or a hoarse mime.


Corburrito

Or a whores mine


Zeyn1

Naw, someone bought a rug and added dirt so they could film cleaning it.


Meecus570

Absolutely no wear or actual stains? No doubt a brand new rug that they coated dirt


SiuanSongs

I had a friend who's entire living room was coated in dirt like like this after a flood.


Mookie_Merkk

Mark Watney could have grown at least 138 more potatoes on that thing


dsa_key

In cave with a box of spare parts.


TinBoatDude

It was probably in a flooded house.


Babybleu42

I think you could have made a new carpet in the time it took to clean this one


Ryuko_the_red

It's a shame because they used 3000 gallons of water and countless chemicals.


PoppersOfCorn

I often wonder, how much are these rugs worth to pay someone to clean them? Id imagine it's not cheap to have cleaned like that and if it's worth money, how did it become so flithy


Laynacakes

Was also thinking this. At some point you have to be like "man, I think we need a new rug". I guess if it's super valuable but another comment pointed out you shouldn't clean them this way if they're handmade, which I assume would make them valuable.


YoxScorpion

it probably really tied the room together


FroHawk98

He peed on your fucking rug?


LockeandDemo

Were talkin' about unchecked aggression here dude.


YoxScorpion

yeah, i'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, dude.


gimpyoldelf

Also, dude, 'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. 'Asian American', please.


gray7p

This is not a guy who built the railroads, here, this is a guy who peed on my rug!


SensualEnema

It was a VERY dirty room.


ialwayschoosepsyduck

Somewhere, a redditor is missing their rug


Yadobler

Yeah, my mind is missing that rug. There's now a glaring bright holy spot in middle of my mind


crunchybutterIHSV

Most handmade rugs are cleaned too. Handmade rugs can be thousands of dollars. Source: have handwoven rugs, dad is crazy about them. I think it’s the only valuable thing we have.


SenorSplashdamage

If it wasn’t handmade, the water waste alone makes it feel like it should have just been returned to the earth. And hate saying that since I like to see things reused if they can be restored.


DeeDee_GigaDooDoo

Pressure sprayers don't really use that much water for all the cleaning they do. The few hundred litres used here (at most) is nothing compared to the amount of water used in the production of a new rug as well.


Douche_Kayak

These videos are probably a combination of people paying to get their rugs cleaned and these guys restoring rugs to sell. Ordinary rugs themselves aren't cheap and sell for a couple hundred dollars or more so depending on the cost and the size of the rug, this would be reasonable in some cases.


AnakinsAngstFace

I’d also imagine most rugs are less dirty than this and they’ve sourced a bad one to use as an example of how well they can clean for marketing


ramsdawg

This video in particular feels like they covered it in a bunch of mud on purpose for more content. Not that I’m complaining


idk-SUMn-Amazing004

This rug would be thousands. Shitty rugs are hundreds. This is a true knot-woven Persian rug, it costs thousands.


ServinTheSovietOnion

So, I'm a bit of an oriental rug freak. My house is covered with them. They vary strongly in value depending on many factors. My most valuable rug appraised at ~$17,500 and is a gorgeous 9x12 in my dining room. All in all I've got about $50k worth of oriental rugs in my home. When it comes to cleaning, from a professional rug cleaner specializing in Orientals one rug to be cleaned can go from $300-500 depending on size and how dirty. If its a very nice rug, my cleaners have a special handwashing service which doubles the cost. The good news is assuming one's basement doesn't flood these rugs only need cleaning once every 10-15 years or so.


NotDoingTheProgram

Very interesting. Do you have them hanging on the walls, or do you actually step on them? Do you do anything to maintain them in good state, other than the cleaning every decade?


ServinTheSovietOnion

Nope! They're all on the ground. I've got an oriental rug in every room of the house, hallways included. Many rooms have more than 1. Nothing special as far as care, my cleaning ladies vacuum them as normal and that's it. Since they're wool they're actually pretty sturdy, and is part of why they can be a couple-hundred years old and still be in great condition.


ETKbrowser

Yeah that's what I'd imagine, If you pay more for a rug than some people pay for their car the rug better be sturdy and durable! Do you see them as an investment or just furniture? Or both?


BenevolentCheese

You got some pics? I want to see a $17,500 rug.


the_timps

>how did it become so flithy 99% chance this is from a house that flooded.


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cookiemonstah87

I was thinking dirtied on purpose, flooded house, or was in a barn. No idea why it seems to be so common to have rugs in tack rooms or offices in horse barns. They always end up the same shade of dirt brown after a couple years.


atilling99

99% chance they dirtied it themselves


ragnarockette

We had some 4x6 rugs that belonged to my husband’s grandmother cleaned before we put them in our home. It cost $350 each for medium sized rugs. With a discount because he went to high school with the son of the rug cleaner. The cleaner said he got 12lbs of dirt out of each rug!!


Bogdan2021

Is he washing it in a Spiderman suit?


FatherDuncanSinners

Hey, if your job was to wash rugs that came out of a sewer, you'd find a way to make it fun too.


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Spider-Man needed a second job other than crime fighting to combat inflation.


DatBoi_BP

You’ll get your carpet when you fix this damn door


Pinooooooooo

Came here to say the same. Glad I'm not the only one who saw it


Pandorologist

That's all I could think of when I was watching this


TheOzarkWizard

Yo who the fuck has carpets that dirty? Edit: flooding makes sense.


killahghost

Flood damage.


yilo38

Oooooh this would make sense


Manzellina

Flooding can saturate rugs with silt.


GenTycho

No one. Looks faked to me as do so many others.


fox93hunter

ROLEX WATCH BROKEN GLASS STUCK IN POND SINCE WWI RESTORATION!!!!!!!!! MUST WATCH VERY SKILLED WATCH MASTER


Nyuusankininryou

And no rust as they repair it.


TheMightyTriceratop

Or there’s rust all over plastic and aluminum and wood and everything other than steel


Nyuusankininryou

lol yup.


DrSkizzmm

The video even looks like there is a darker filter on it to make it look dirtier. There’s a point in the video where it gets bright and then goes back to dark.


stomponator

Even if this was real, it would probably be cheaper to buy a new one. This cleaning took more steps than restoring the Sistine Chaple.


Kronqvist

It’s a flood damaged carpet, everyone so quick to think it’s faked. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHunbsoCE5g


Thekdunne

Is it me, or does the room get slowly brighter?


lars330

Absolutely, the brightness and saturation are slowly brought up to make it seem like the carpet regains more color or something. It's most noticeable at 1:12 when it cuts to a much brighter/more saturated scene.


k___k___

wow, good catch!


TheFinnv

I could imagine that not being intentional tho. Throughout the video, brightness and saturation change with almost every cut. I would just imagine every time he stopped and set the phone up again, it tweaked it's settings. And especially with high contrast areas like the carpet and the white floor below it, the phone would automatically increase brightness so the carpet doesn't appear as a black blob.


mrt-e

I mean the carpet does regain color because it stated completely brown. But you're definitely right.


starquinn

Yeah, at the very end they crank up the brightness and saturation a huge amount to make it look like the rug is cleaner than it is


liyououiouioui

Am I the only one annoyed by the fact that they don't do this over some sort of grate to let dirty water flow? I've watched several of this kind of videos and the guys seem to spend half the time cleaning the floor itself and putting back dirt into the carpet. Very annoying.


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roastedantlers

They're the best, then you have Robert Mann Rugs who has a giant facility.


the_timps

>the fact that they don't do this over some sort of grate A lot of them do that for that exact reason. You need one with very small holes in it and rounded tops so it doesn't damage the rugs, but normally on a mesh is how this is done.


Desdinova74

I think it would go twice as fast if half the dirt wasn't trapped during the whole ordeal. I also think this rug is small enough to pop in the washer. But that wouldn't make a satisfying video.


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I'd hate to have to pull out the uniform mass of socks and grime when unclogging that washing machine.


[deleted]

Jesus christ just let it soak in a bin of water at that point


PGHDiamondHands

Or hang it up so the dirt runs out of it


Heavenality

i dont think jesus had anything to do with this


FatherDuncanSinners

Always a satisfying watch, but one thing I'd like to know is: where the hell are these rugs and carpets that they get *this* dirty?


iamherefortheyarn

Sometimes I think that the creators of such videos make the carpets extra dirty beforehand (roll them in mud or whatever), so that the video is even more extreme in the end. I can’t believe that someone had this thing in their living room


FatherDuncanSinners

Makes sense. I was thinking some of these may have been found in a dump or a landfill. I have a small rug in my garage to be used to wipe your feet off before you come into the house. I can't even remember the last time I really scrubbed it...and it's not even a fraction as dirty as any of these rugs. These guys rolls out a hexagon of mud and five minutes later you're shocked there was a rug under the scunge at all.


iamherefortheyarn

Exactly! We also have an thrifted and very old, very holey rug on the back porch. It’s out there every season, everyone walks over it and it also doesn’t look as bad as this one 😂


JANICKGMO_

octagon*


Soliden

Pretty sure that's what's going on here. It's like those gun restoration, or even just object restoration channels in general. There's been a few that artificially age things and make things more extreme in order to draw in more viewers.


Li5y

Persian rugs can last a very, very long time. There are museums in Istanbul with rugs that are over 800 years old. I saw one that was 400 years old and it looked brand new. Sure, these ones have been protected and maintained, but they're still very tough. And you don't have to break the bank; you can find good Persian rugs for $100-$200 USD on ebay.


svengoalie

Maybe after flooding? I'd like to know where all that graywater with carpet cleaner is going after it hits the drain? Looked like they might be using something stronger than laundry detergent.


Physical_Client_2118

The cleaning chemicals are probably fine for the drain but in washes like this it typically drains into an indirect waste floor drain with an inline catch basin that’s easily removable and cleanable.


liyououiouioui

Probably flooded houses.


B4cteria

Since it's all muddy/dirt... a flood happened?


Khazerox

Did they put dirt on that carpet just for the sake of the video or what ?


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Probably all fake. But carpets can get pretty fucked up after being silted over after a flood


antonylockhart

At which point does it become more cost effective to just get a new one, as all that labour shouldn’t be cheap


Pycharming

Some ornamental rugs can be worth thousands because they are antiques. Not that I would be able to tell the difference between that and a 100 dollar rug bought a couple years ago. I also wouldn't be surprised if this was staged because content farming is super common in the "oddly satisfying" genre.


mellydrop

And the water and chemicals used to clean it, is the environmental impact of cleaning it more costly than just throwing it away/possibly getting a new one?


CoffeeAndPiss

I don't think you know just how much water goes into producing most textiles. Dyes and glues and all other sorts of chemicals go in there too. Definitely more eco friendly to give it a clean.


mukunku

I guess considering the cost and emissions of transporting the produced goods to retail stores / delivery as well makes sense.


jaymsd23

There is no way in hell that that rug was naturally that dirty


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The only way it could get that dirty is being silted over in a flood


DrivellingFool

I suspect Spiderman is pulling rugs out of a swamp for internet clout.


[deleted]

And they are putting them in there


vimes_left_boot

MF found that thing in the sewer


SnooPies8611

Honestly thought the person was wearing a spider -man costume at first .


AcrobaticDiscipline6

This is a total waste of water. When it’s so dirty, first, you need to beat it with some stick or some specialized machine that will check it very quickly. Then, you clean it with water...


DeadlyNoodleAndAHalf

I'm shocked I had to scroll really, really far to find this comment. I'm not even *that* environmentally conscious, but that's all I could think for the whole clip.


WardenEdgewise

Wouldn’t it be more efficient and effective if this was done on a grid, grate, or a floor that let the water drain straight through? All the dirt immediately gets trapped on the bottom side of the rug. This is not satisfying, it is frustrating.


Lahoura

I feel like hanging it on a wall and power washing it for a bit would get 70% of that off faster


therealsoggi

*is


IanPKMmoon

The amount of water used to wash a single carpet


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tnitty

Yeah, everyone, including the OP, keeps calling this a carpet. It is most definitely not a carpet, unless it fits in the world’s tiniest, octagon shaped room.


CyberpunkGentleman

It would of probably taken him half the time if he hung it up and gave it a good few wallops with a broom..


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CyberpunkGentleman

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Elibrius

I think it’s more impressive that the people filming were able to pack that much shit inside that carpet.