The Filtration Soil Experts

Filtration Soil is a term used to describe dark, grayish lines that appear primarily on the edges of carpet. Unfortunately, this has become a common problem today because homes are much more airtight than in the past. Filtration soil is a type of soot that affixes to the edge of carpet by a magnetic bond. You will often see the soil in a dotted pattern due to the tact strip in some homes in which the soil attracts itself to the metal. However, metal is not needed for the soil to bond to the carpet the soil will bond where tiny cracks are such as where the baseboard meets the carpet. Filtration Soil is likely to bond under doors, along edges of stairs, and at times away from the walls where subflooring materials have been joined. When airborne contaminants are trapped by carpet fibers they magnetically bond to one another, if the soil remains on the floor this magnetic bond can cause a stain on the carpet and may be resistant to removal.

Often homeowners feel they have chosen poor quality carpet or that their professional carpet cleaner company did not reach the edges of the carpet while cleaning but in reality, the filtration soil is a magnetic bond that will need to be chemically and manually treated. Depending on the severity of the filtration soil the process is labor intensive and requires special chemicals to release the soil from the carpet.