Just got a used woven area rug, and its really dirty, any suggestions on how to clean it myself?
It’s a really nice 5′x9′ woven American Indian area rug, but the people that owed it never took care of it. It cost over 0. to take it to a professional. Does any one have any idea’s how I can clean it myself? In the olden days there had to been away!
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If the rug is hand tufted, do not clean it. If the carpet is hand knotted, be careful what you do to it because colors can run if not properly washed.
three important things if you decide to clean the rug yourself just make sure the rug is not silk or artificial silk:
1 use a mild detergent which is very, very diluted
2 do not use a carpet cleaning machine
3 make sure you clean the rug outdoors as washing a rug is freeing it of dirt and debris from many years of accumulation. I have had very bad allergic reactions where I had difficulty breathing after cleaning a rug in my bathtub.
I was the laughing stock of the car wash when I put a huge area rug on top of my car and washed it right there. I did not care. It got clean! Unfortuantely I did not think it through and had to call my husband to pick it up in the truck. It took 4 days to dry and was never the same. Opposed to taking it to a pro, call a rug company like rug doctor. They usually cost close to nothin. Rent one of those machines like they have at the grocery stores. They work!