The Carpet Cleaning With Bleach

Bleach is a fantastic cleaner that can be used on a number of different surfaces to clean and disinfect. Carpet, however, is not one of those surfaces. The reason for this is simple, it bleaches your carpet. Here is why.
Most carpet is dyed after it is made. This means that the color does not run all the way through the fiber. Instead it comes clear and is then etched to accept a dye. Bleach will remove this dye. So, if you use bleach on one of these carpets you will end up with a bleach spot and will have to have it professionally repaired.
There is one exception to this rule on bleach and that is Olefin carpet. Olefin is solution died which means that the color runs all the way through the fiber. This means that it can not be bleached. Still, I do not like the idea of using bleach on a carpet and feel that you should only use products designed for a carpet.