Kirby Pre-Treat Heavy Traff...
$16.99
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The path between a front door and the rest of the house wears into carpet in a way regular vacuuming and shampooing rarely fixes on its own, since ground-in soil sits below the surface where a shampoo brush only reaches the top of the fiber. Kirby's part 257797S is built for exactly that lane: a heavy traffic pre-treatment in a 22-ounce bottle, and a sprayer comes with each bottle.
Apply it across the worn path, doorways, and landings, then let it dwell for as long as the bottle directions call for before running the shampoo system. That dwell time gives the formula a chance to break down soil that has worked into the fibers, so the shampoo step lifts it away instead of skating across carpet that has not had time to loosen.
Follow the mixing and application directions printed on the bottle rather than going by eye, since a carpet product applied at the wrong strength can leave residue behind that attracts soil faster than untreated carpet does. Cover the full width of a traffic lane rather than just the visibly darker center, since soil tends to spread wider underfoot than discoloration shows on the surface.
Test a hidden section of carpet first if the fiber type is uncertain, and let a treated area dry before deciding whether it needs a second, lighter pass rather than one heavy application.
- Part: 257797S, Kirby heavy traffic pre-treat
- Size: 22 oz bottle, sprayer included
- Use: apply to traffic lanes and doorways, let it dwell, then shampoo
- Before use: read the bottle directions and test an inconspicuous area