Originally Posted by Carguy
Dear worn out,
I owned and operated a professional carpet cleaning business for 15yrs. At this point, I have no relationship to the industry, so you could say my opinion is unbiased, and experienced.
First off, Olefin carpet will be the first to wear, or appear worn. Wear patterns that you see on your carpet are actually the way the fibers attract the light. Once the fibers begin to wear out, they do not attract light in the same manner as they did when new, and will look dirty and dingy. In all my experience, Olefin carpets always wore out, and appeared dirtier and dingy long before others would whether they had stain protector on them or not.
Second........ Stain protectors have come a long ways in the past 10 yrs. Just about anything you buy from a major manufacturer with a stain protectant on it, will be a good quality protectant that will do what it is supposed to do. However, you need to keep one thing in mind.......you say you have your carpets cleaned about every 6 months....... well, once you have the carpets cleaned, especially steam cleaned, it is not only removing the dirt and grime in your carpet, but removing the stain protector also. So, if you do have them cleaned, make sure that the company that does it also applies another coating of stain protector when they do it.
Finally, I would not recommend a commercial grade carpet for your home. There is no need for this if your carpet is taken care of properly. I would recommend a decent quality nylon carpet with a stain protector. You may also want to consider changing out your pad at that time also. You probably have a 3/8 inch pad now, and I would consider going to a 1/2 inch or 5/8 inch, which will give you more cushion, and be a little more easier on the carpet fibers also.
Your on the right track.... just make sure that when you do get the new carpet, and have it cleaned, that they re-apply a stain protector!