The Machine

Back in the day, my great-grandpa, Kay Jenkins, operated a carpet cleaning business with his father. They would wet and brush the carpet by hand, then they would extract the dirt with a towel and rake it to make it look nice and feel fluffy. This system worked for years, but he wanted to find a better way - and he did. He found a machine that would brush better and faster than he could by hand, and he even strapped his towel to it to extract at lightning speed. His son, my grandpa, used this system for over 50 years, and now I use it too. In fact, the machine I use today originally belonged to my great-grandpa - they made things better back then - and it’s still whirling customers away.