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If you go to a place where they professionally clean area rugs you will see they simply hang them on a line and basically power wash them. One that small I would just hang on a line and put spray detergent then rinse with a hose.

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Have you actually checked on the cost of using a professional?

I would not soak it.  Do not steam clean it.

Be sure whatever you do, do it on a day with low humidity and you can air dry it well outside.

I have pets and some rugs, not wool, but my go-to is Windex with ammonia.

@bonnielu

[bonnielu]

Thanks everyone.  I will do  my best to make it look cleaner.  NO idea how it got so dingy since it is inside, upstairs, near my bed. 

[Mominohio]

I have many Royal Palace area rugs, and most are well over a decade old. I use my Bissell on them and before that my Oreck carpet cleaners. 

I use virtually no 'soap' in those cleaners, most of the time none, as if it isn't rinsed out of carpets, it simply attracts more dirt in the long run. 

I don't think the manufacturer recommends getting them wet, but mine are still looking like new and going strong. 

You might ask close friends and family if they have something like a home carpet steam cleaner you can borrow, as many people do have them. I lend mine to my son all the time. 

Absent that, I'd either take to to a professional, or if you want to risk it (and honestly I don't think it would be that big of a risk) I'd take it outside on a nice hot sunny day, and use the hose and a soft scrub brush with some kind of canned carpet cleaner (woolite used to make one). Leave it outside on a hot day to dry and if still not dry, sit it over a footstool in the bathtub for a couple of days to finish drying. 

Their rugs (at least the older ones I have) seem virtually indestructible. 

[kivah]

Use a steam vac. When I have a professional carpet cleaner come over, I also have him steam vac my small oval Royal Palace rug - which is next to my bed. Comes out beautifully. I've had it around 10 years.