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Area rug--help

KKJ — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 22:48:46 GMT

How do you clean them? Used to have just little throw rugs & would toss in washer, but have bigger one now. Actually it's the Casa Zeta-Jones one from the Q & I really like it but would like to know best way to clean. TIA

Re: Area rug--help

blackhole99 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 22:57:49 GMT

It's worth it to invest in one of those little Bissel rug cleaners to clean rugs. I have wool rugs all over my house and could not get along with out it.

Re: Area rug--help

KKJ — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 23:46:08 GMT

Will look into that. Hopefully it's not too expensive.

Re: Area rug--help

Mary Bailey — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 23:54:19 GMT

I take my area rugs and runners out on the concrete driveway on a extremely hot day (80s+) and use the carpet cleaner.

I keep moving the the wet carpets to hot dry parts of the long hot driveway until dry.

it's an all day project.

Re: Area rug--help

KKJ — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:29:55 GMT

@Mary Bailey wrote:
I take my area rugs and runners out on the concrete driveway on a extremely hot day (80s+) and use the carpet cleaner.

I keep moving the the wet carpets to hot dry parts of the long hot driveway until dry.

it's an all day project.

What kind of carpet cleaner do you use?

Re: Area rug--help

AuntG — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:38:39 GMT

My trick, use an inexpensive upright carpet cleaner (mine was $149). Roll it out on a clean garage floor on a warm day. If the humidity is high, I wait for better weather because I want it to dry in one day. It's just a once a year thing because we don't have pets and I vacuum often.

Re: Area rug--help

Mary Bailey — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 01:23:39 GMT

@KKJ wrote:
@Mary Bailey wrote:
I take my area rugs and runners out on the concrete driveway on a extremely hot day (80s+) and use the carpet cleaner.

I keep moving the the wet carpets to hot dry parts of the long hot driveway until dry.

it's an all day project.

What kind of carpet cleaner do you use?

bissell pet now, before I had a hoover

Re: Area rug--help

BirkiLady — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 02:54:42 GMT

@KKJ My wool rugs are cleaned by the same carpet cleaning company that cleans the carpeting in my home. The do a great job. Sometimes they pick them up; other times I simply drop rugs off.

Re: Area rug--help

Lilysmom — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 10:25:51 GMT

@KKJ, I do what @Mary Bailey does. I have a Hoover steam vac. Love it. Twelve years old and going strong! LM