Those extreme rug cleaning videos have me wondering

Lol I was thinking the same thing

Those people aren’t cleaning rugs for customers. They get them from the landfill, clean it for a video, then throw it away again.

It’s the worst of both worlds.

If we are talking about the same videos - I am sure it is not thousands of gallons (per rug). Probably not even a hundred. I'd be surprised if it was even 50. I fill 1000 gallon stock tanks using a large diameter hose off a water truck - and 1000 gallons is a LOT of water, that takes a while to pump out of a 4" wide hose. I don't know that the 'chemicals' are even that much more than a detergent. Man it is satisfying watching them squeegee that dirty water out! LOL

So my vote is throwing them out is worse for the planet.

I got a wild hair and decided to shampoo my area rugs. I have three 10'x13' area rugs. Two in my living room and one in my dining room. I bought a carpet cleaning machine.
These rugs are 20 plus years old, and have gone through raising 3 kids, on a farm. I don't have inside pets, but the dog was a frequent visitor.

First I vacuumed very thoroughly, including flipping them over and vacuuming the backside. It's amazing what that knocked loose! LOL
After I had them vacuumed really well, I bought some plastic sheeting and put that down underneath them. I have old hardwood floors and didn't want the dampened rugs ruining the floors.

I think I did at least 4 or 5 rounds before I felt like the water was actually clean coming out of the machine. The first couple rounds. Oh my STARS! It was awful! I did keep these rugs vacuumed regularly!

The strangest thing, was after letting them dry for a few days I vacuumed again. I was astonished how much dirt came out again. More light sand type, but geesh! My rugs are matching darker oriental patterned rugs - so I guess the dirt just didn't show that much. They did look way brighter after cleaning though. God it was a workout!

I have no place in my area I could take the rugs to be professionally cleaned. One of my friends sent her off to the place that said they cleaned them, but when she got them back, they still had needles from her Christmas tree in them. LOL

And how do you know this?

Does that apply to landscaping lawn mowing people too?    For the record I've only watched a few. 

No idea how to link social media vids and I don’t watch YouTube.

Not comments in the video, comments on the video, like the comments section

I think I know what myshelly is talking about. They are using pressure washers and buffers. I never read the comments to see where theu got them from. I assumed they are making them that dirty themselves for content. Which is what a lot of social media content is, faked to some degree for views.

Love these although I do wonder if some of the extreme videos are faked. I imagine there's a bog somewhere full of cheaply purchased rugs, slowly steeping in muck as they wait to be transformed.
I believe raising animals for meat wastes far more water than a handful of rogue carpet cleaners ever will so I'll keep watching guilt free for now.