The best first step for getting your rugs truly clean is as old school as they come.
Washing a wool throw rug.
A wool rug s natural fibers are stain resistant and durable plus they deter the growth of bacteria.
Typically avoid dry powder cleaners alkaline cleaners that contain soda ash oxy cleaners hydrogen peroxide and bleach to treat stains or clean wool rugs.
Add your detergent and toss in the rugs.
Spot treat a small area of the wool rug to test whether or not the rug will have an adverse reaction to the cleaning agent.
Wool has been used to make rugs for centuries and wool rugs that are hundreds of years old are still in use.
When the rug is fully dry you won t be able to feel any water even when you squeeze hard and it will probably be a bit stiff.
Take the rug outside and hang it over a sturdy clothesline porch railing or a couple of solid chairs use a broom tennis racket or rug beater to hit the rug all over to loosen deeply embedded dirt.
On a nice.
Vacuum one last time.
With any type of washable rug use cold water and a liquid detergent.
Then return your rug to the room.
Put the area rug back in its place and then give it one last vacuuming.
Using the brush from the cleaning kit or a stiff bristled brush gently clean the rug s fibers.
A great way to do this is to grab one end of the rug and beat it against something like the side of the fence or back of the shed.
If you have a front load or top load high efficiency washer loading the rugs into the washer is simple.
Restoring the rug to its optimum condition thanks to their years of experience the video below explains a process professional cleaners use on old 100 wool rugs.
If possible take your rug outdoors and shake any loose debris from it.
Most throw rugs are perfectly fine in the washer.
The carpet fibers will probably be flattened and odd looking after a washing.
A two speed vacuum cleaner with an upholstery attachment.
Sprinkle the dry cleaning powder from your kit onto the rug.
Professional cleaners come in handy.
To deep clean a smaller wool area rug choose a sunny moderate day.
Try to wash two rugs together or add some towels for the best results during the high spin cycle.
Wool fibers have overlaps and grooves that can trap a lot of dirt pounds of it in fact.
Now this is what to do when it needs cleaning.
A dry cleaning kit for jute rugs.
So you chose a good rug material.
The more stuff you can get out of the rug the better.
Shake out the dirt.