On 10/28/2011 4:12 PM, Rebel1 wrote:
Every few months five or six small gray spots appear on my beige carpet.
They are always in the same place (an area less than one square foot)and
easy to remove using Resolve or any other carpet cleaner.

The spots are in a high-traffic area, but don't really get much traffic
since I live alone and rarely wear outside shoes on the carpet (changing
into slippers upon arriving home).

My theory is that something is bleeding through from the underpad. It's
one of those pads with lots of colors made from scraps of some recycled
material. But as I said, the spots are gray, not one of the colors in
the pad.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

R1



Color shouldn't "bleed through" unless wet. One thought is that there
is something .. grease, chalk, broken crayon, whatever .. that is
imbedded, breaks down from traffic and then mixes into the pile. Pets?
Shampooed the carpet?