08-06-2014, 08:47 AM
My observation is that bundling will occur due to a variety of factors noted above (age/stiffness of pad, lubrication, condition of carpet padding, speed of cleaning, driver). In my mind the stiffness/condition of the pad is the biggest factor in bundling under the machine.
The biggest thing I have seen impacting the condition of the pad itself, specifically the destruction of the inner material that gives the pad stiffness, is the use of a top loading washing machine. When I was using a front loading machine last year, the pads retained their stiffness quite a bit longer, and extended their useful life. The top load machine I am using this summer seems to destroy the stiffness of the pad much quicker, and that contributes to increased bundling on resi carpet. I started tossing them when they get too floppy, and I have less problem with bundling.
The biggest thing I have seen impacting the condition of the pad itself, specifically the destruction of the inner material that gives the pad stiffness, is the use of a top loading washing machine. When I was using a front loading machine last year, the pads retained their stiffness quite a bit longer, and extended their useful life. The top load machine I am using this summer seems to destroy the stiffness of the pad much quicker, and that contributes to increased bundling on resi carpet. I started tossing them when they get too floppy, and I have less problem with bundling.
Ed Elliott