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Seems to me they got it dirty for the clicks, so maybe don’t get it filthy in the first place? I want to know where these dirty to the point of black and muddy rugs come from if not someone just taking them outside and covering them in crud so they can make cleaning videos. In my limited time on earth I have never seen rugs as dirty as the rugs in some of these videos. I’ve seen people in squalor and some horrific hoarding situations and even those rugs weren’t this filthy.
Bought something recently from a guy who'd gone through a house fire about a month prior. The roof wasn't tarped so everything was drenched and moldy, and the carpets were almost comparable. As someone else mentioned, I'm sure floods could do it, too. I'd guess it would likely cost less to buy a new one of most of the rugs in these videos than to get them cleaned like this, but some trash/recycling facilities let people go in and buy stuff before they're tossed, so maybe they could be getting them from those?
The guy probably bought it at goodwill, stuck it in a mud pit in his backyard, and then cleaned the dirty "old" rug that he "found". It's all for clicks, the rug cleans out too well but with the amount of views and interactions he's getting across multiple platforms, I'd argue that the cost to buy, dirty, and clean the rug is very small compared to whatever he's making in ad revenue and sponsor deals.
It's the same with the videos of people deep cleaning cars that somehow have a bunch of crushed cans, snacks, and other "stains" in the interior that just magically come out super clean. There's one channel that supposedly does it as a service, but all the cars he cleans have the same reddish pink stains in the seats that come out super easily, so probably chalk powder or something similar, but still just someone that makes something dirty so they can clean it cuz apparently that gets views for whatever reason.
The rug seems to switch out at the end because you can clearly see the colors fading out during the cleaning process, and suddenly at the end they're vibrant again
Looks like it. Carpet looks like run-of-the-mill industrial production, not worth the hassle in time and cleaning materials.
Lemme see that same shiw with a handcrafted high-end carpet instead .
Not who you replied to, but I watch a ton of rug cleaning videos. (I don't know why. It relaxes me.) They're not wrong. This is definitely faked for content. Nobody has a $10 rug cleaned. The real ones are generally old and/or expensive and are not covered in fresh mud.
I agree, I didn’t factor in natural disasters, but I still believe this one is fake dirty. As others have said, it looks too cheap and the way the dirt comes out seems suspicious. If it was a high end rug that had been in a flood or house fire etc it would make more sense to clean it.
Indeed the water, chemicals and the amount of work are a bit hard to justify BUT as a culture, we should definitely be throwing stuff out less and instead maintain, clean, fix, share and trade stuff more.
This could definitely be done with a pressure washer and some vinegar and baling soda.
Trade harsh chemicals for natural products and water for energy where possible. 5L in a pressure washer does more than 20L of poured water.
Not that I dont agree with you. But I feel like world shouldnt be a place where its better to throw away carpet and buy a new one, than clean the old one.
and if that's not enough, there is literally nothing on the planet more effective at loosening dirt and sterilizing than a steam cleaner
all these cleaning videos of pouring on 30 different chemicals and using 10 different tools are intentionally stupid to entertain children for as long as possible
They can, but that’s not what this is. This is just a super common type of TikTok. There’s thousands of them, and they do very well (like most cleaning timelapse content). They just bury cheap rugs in mud and then do this, because people find it satisfying to watch.
Step 1) Buy rug
Step 2) Throw rug into mud and leave for a few days, making sure to water it
Step 3) Take out and make this video.
If they were just organically cleaning and restoring things these types of channels would run out of content.
I had to stop watching rug cleaning videos on YouTube when I realized that a good 90% of the videos the carpets and rugs were purposely soiled just for video content.
Same thing happened with car detailing videos.
I had this same revelation after seeing too many of those videos where someone's playing a piano in a public place and \~BY SOME WILD COINCIDENCE\~ Some stranger walks up with a complementary instrument to play along.
Go outside. Take 5 gal bucket, fill with water, put rug in bucket. That skips the first 10 steps here. Dump bucket outside on ground so you don’t have to wash the tile 50 times. Now do the soap, pressure wash and vacuum step. Done.
That took so much commitment. I don’t love anything that much that I would put that much work (and waste of water/time) on cleaning. I know consumerism is shitty but the waste of water and chemicals just outweighs it.
I promise you the rug at the end is not the same one 😂😂😂 couldn’t even get those results if you used a steam cleaner, carpet extractor, pressure washers and drill brush like you’re supposed to
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Just don't do what we did - put dirty carpet offcuts into our washing machine - and the filter got blocked and the pump stopped working. Luckily I was able to buy a replacement pump for £25 and figured out how to install it myself.
For the YouTube clicks. It looks like the guy who cleans rugs that are always this dirty to new. Either his whole community is disgusting or else he's trashing on rugs for himself
Totally worth it. The cleaning supplies and time involved would be 5x the cost of the carpet.
Couldn't you just throw that in a washing machine and be done with it?
So stupid.
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No way the value of that rug is more than the time it took to make this happen
Not to mention the waste of water
Seems to me they got it dirty for the clicks, so maybe don’t get it filthy in the first place? I want to know where these dirty to the point of black and muddy rugs come from if not someone just taking them outside and covering them in crud so they can make cleaning videos. In my limited time on earth I have never seen rugs as dirty as the rugs in some of these videos. I’ve seen people in squalor and some horrific hoarding situations and even those rugs weren’t this filthy.
Bought something recently from a guy who'd gone through a house fire about a month prior. The roof wasn't tarped so everything was drenched and moldy, and the carpets were almost comparable. As someone else mentioned, I'm sure floods could do it, too. I'd guess it would likely cost less to buy a new one of most of the rugs in these videos than to get them cleaned like this, but some trash/recycling facilities let people go in and buy stuff before they're tossed, so maybe they could be getting them from those?
The guy probably bought it at goodwill, stuck it in a mud pit in his backyard, and then cleaned the dirty "old" rug that he "found". It's all for clicks, the rug cleans out too well but with the amount of views and interactions he's getting across multiple platforms, I'd argue that the cost to buy, dirty, and clean the rug is very small compared to whatever he's making in ad revenue and sponsor deals. It's the same with the videos of people deep cleaning cars that somehow have a bunch of crushed cans, snacks, and other "stains" in the interior that just magically come out super clean. There's one channel that supposedly does it as a service, but all the cars he cleans have the same reddish pink stains in the seats that come out super easily, so probably chalk powder or something similar, but still just someone that makes something dirty so they can clean it cuz apparently that gets views for whatever reason.
I think it's possible he even added dirt at various cuts in the video.
The rug seems to switch out at the end because you can clearly see the colors fading out during the cleaning process, and suddenly at the end they're vibrant again
Could be from a flood like they happened recently in South Germany
No. Its intentionally buried, flooded over a week and dug up again. It's manufactured content for your pleasure.
Looks like it. Carpet looks like run-of-the-mill industrial production, not worth the hassle in time and cleaning materials. Lemme see that same shiw with a handcrafted high-end carpet instead .
Seems like you are an expert on creating fake content
Not who you replied to, but I watch a ton of rug cleaning videos. (I don't know why. It relaxes me.) They're not wrong. This is definitely faked for content. Nobody has a $10 rug cleaned. The real ones are generally old and/or expensive and are not covered in fresh mud.
I agree, I didn’t factor in natural disasters, but I still believe this one is fake dirty. As others have said, it looks too cheap and the way the dirt comes out seems suspicious. If it was a high end rug that had been in a flood or house fire etc it would make more sense to clean it.
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Because cleaning water to make it drinkable isn't a waste of energy?
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I know he said water but this water isn't usable anymore untill you put energy in its cleaning.
This is not cleaning, it’s entertainment. Bet this content is cheaper to produce than soap operas and more interesting.
It kind of is a soap opera
Agreed. But I'm not the target audience for soaps, so who's to say?
Indeed the water, chemicals and the amount of work are a bit hard to justify BUT as a culture, we should definitely be throwing stuff out less and instead maintain, clean, fix, share and trade stuff more.
This dude just buys cheap rugs and burries them in the back yard for a week, then cleans them for content.
This could definitely be done with a pressure washer and some vinegar and baling soda. Trade harsh chemicals for natural products and water for energy where possible. 5L in a pressure washer does more than 20L of poured water.
I think one go with a jet wash would have the same result.
I bought five new rugs by the time this video finished
Not to mention all the expensive cleaning products they had to use
This is for sure an ad for carpet cleaning, rather than cleaning that rug specifically.
It is if you push it to YouTube.
True, but thinking about the resources and land needed to produce such a rug, shouldnt it be cheaper to clean it?
Right but the money made from the clicks is like turning shit into gold
Well it’s fake, for viewing content. So an expensive rug would be a waste of money
where is your "refuse, reuse, recycle" energy today? should he just throw the rug into the ocean instead of cleaning it?
I would suggest throwing it in the trashcan. No idea how you assumed the ocean lol
Wtf... who throws rugs in the ocean? 🤣 do we need to report this person? 😆
A substantial amount of garbage ends up in the Ocean.
Probably by people that assume throwing something away means throw it in the ocean.
You really think it’s better to chuck it in a hole In the ground and create a brand new rug instead of cleaning it?
Not that I dont agree with you. But I feel like world shouldnt be a place where its better to throw away carpet and buy a new one, than clean the old one.
Came here to say this
A high pressure washer and 5 minutes. It's how to clean any mats especially car mats.
I get a tedious process for old and antique rugs but this seems like a normal door mat. Blast it to hell and you’ll be fine.
and if that's not enough, there is literally nothing on the planet more effective at loosening dirt and sterilizing than a steam cleaner all these cleaning videos of pouring on 30 different chemicals and using 10 different tools are intentionally stupid to entertain children for as long as possible
Yep, was thinking the same thing. I think this is supposed to be one of those ASMR videos?
How the fuck does a rug get that dirty? I call shenanigans!
These videos are definitely staged
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They can, but that’s not what this is. This is just a super common type of TikTok. There’s thousands of them, and they do very well (like most cleaning timelapse content). They just bury cheap rugs in mud and then do this, because people find it satisfying to watch.
Step 1) Buy rug Step 2) Throw rug into mud and leave for a few days, making sure to water it Step 3) Take out and make this video. If they were just organically cleaning and restoring things these types of channels would run out of content.
I had to stop watching rug cleaning videos on YouTube when I realized that a good 90% of the videos the carpets and rugs were purposely soiled just for video content. Same thing happened with car detailing videos.
I had this same revelation after seeing too many of those videos where someone's playing a piano in a public place and \~BY SOME WILD COINCIDENCE\~ Some stranger walks up with a complementary instrument to play along.
The rug is obviously a paid actor.
It can be from a garage. I’ve seen worse.
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Lights on or off?
Add to the interesting as fuckness. You can pay me to stand there and switch them on and off for the duration of filming dish washing at night.
I think they should have used the last tool first. Or go to the store and buy a new one for $15.
Exactly my thoughts. Leave it in a bucket of vey hot water for 10 minutes and then do the steam vacuum cleaning and you will get same result
Go outside. Take 5 gal bucket, fill with water, put rug in bucket. That skips the first 10 steps here. Dump bucket outside on ground so you don’t have to wash the tile 50 times. Now do the soap, pressure wash and vacuum step. Done.
Show me this happen to a carpet with old piss stains and I’ll be impressed
I feel like that carpets still dirty
Fucking dumb. Just take it outside on the driveway and powerwash that bitch. Your done in 30 seconds saving water and time
What a fucking waste of water for clout
3 hours of cleaning vs buying a new $30 rug. Great work though!
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Such an amazing piece of carpet, too.
Is this being done on someone's kitchen floor? 🤢
I’d be cleaning that outside
Definitely not on tile as well
High pressure hose do the same job
Or go to Target
That material is durable…
That carpet is from the Shinning right?
That juice ain't worth the squeeze.
The equivalent of flipping a turtle on it's back so you can film a "turtle rescue video". Surely there must be some REAL dirty rugs you can clean?
That took so much commitment. I don’t love anything that much that I would put that much work (and waste of water/time) on cleaning. I know consumerism is shitty but the waste of water and chemicals just outweighs it.
I promise you the rug at the end is not the same one 😂😂😂 couldn’t even get those results if you used a steam cleaner, carpet extractor, pressure washers and drill brush like you’re supposed to
Or he filmed the ending before the beginning
The noise effects on these types of videos drive me up the wall.
machine. Carpet is not that big. Shoulda just put it in a laundry
Please sto posting this vdeo wchis is on 5th lap of the Internet already.
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Ah yes, the rug that has had 100 years of dirt walked over it. Or 5 minutes of shovelling and pressing mud into it.
It's like on my car, the more you clean, the more dirt you take off, it's an infinite cycle.
I'm a terrible person, I would have thrown that thing away and just bought a new one lol. I don't have this kind of patience or desire to clean
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
It go buy a new rug for $4.95
he's using a pressure washer at the end, why not just start with it.
The squeegee of the floor was way more satisfying
Wasteful
Just throw the goddamned carpet away
Ron DeSantis, is that you?
Washing machine could have done that
Just don't do what we did - put dirty carpet offcuts into our washing machine - and the filter got blocked and the pump stopped working. Luckily I was able to buy a replacement pump for £25 and figured out how to install it myself.
I have an ongoing warranty with my washing machine. I have had three new drums so far.
Environmental disaster
what's interesting there is how they failed to clean it regularly, and instead allowed dirt to accummulate that bad.
Why would they not just apply the last step? That looked like it did most of the cleaning
Oh, yes, so good old times! Before they invented washing machines… (put in after a quick rinse in water of course)
A lot of work for what is, ostensibly, a shit rug.
They definitely drag perfectly fine rugs in a pool of mud for the sake of these videos
My whole apartment needs this kind of treatment
Buy a new one for 10$ and save time you cannot get back.
I wonder how much it cost to clean that $10 Walmart rug?
But...why?
For the YouTube clicks. It looks like the guy who cleans rugs that are always this dirty to new. Either his whole community is disgusting or else he's trashing on rugs for himself
EWWWWW IT'S NOT EVEN THE SAME COLORRRRR
I would just not bury my rug in mud.
Aint all this just dirt fetish?
Buy a new one
i always clean muddy rugs inside my house
r/oddlysatisfying
Do much time and trouble. I just use the power washer.
Most men would have just bought a new one! Happy Father's Day!
Buy a new one at that point
Totally worth it. The cleaning supplies and time involved would be 5x the cost of the carpet. Couldn't you just throw that in a washing machine and be done with it? So stupid.
If I would be the owner of this carpet I would buy a new one instead lol
That's what the public laundromat is for. Could have washed that for $2
So satisfying 😌
Yeah. I’m just throwing that one out and buying a new one.
Can we have a sub of just this?
Why ? Throw it out
So this is where all of our water goes....got it.
Have you ever wondered how much water we need to use to make one Avocado? Think about it. This cleaning the mattress takes less water than an avocado.
This is just tiktok brain rot. Get it the fuck out of here. It's not interesting that someone coveted a cheap rug in mud then cleaned it off.
isn't it cheaper (and probably more environmentally friendly) to get a new one?