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Area Rug Cleaning?
Area Rug Cleaning?
I have an approx. 4'x6' long-shag, white area rug that's in need of a good cleaning. Besides doing it professionally, is there an easy way to clean it at home?
Answers:
fluffernut: If you can take it outside onto concrete, you can wash and let it dry there. You have to flip it over to make sure the underside dries especially if the rug goes over wood in the house.
Oreck has a dry carpet cleaner that you sprinkle on, agitate (they'd love to sell you the machine to do it) I use a scrub brush, let it sit and then vacuum. It does a fair job.
2008-02-21 06:28:20
Oreck has a dry carpet cleaner that you sprinkle on, agitate (they'd love to sell you the machine to do it) I use a scrub brush, let it sit and then vacuum. It does a fair job.
2008-02-21 06:28:20
Chosen Answer
Mike G: Put it in the driveway. With a garden hose wash it, use some liquid Tide and a broom. Since the rug is white, I'd use some bleach too. Rinse well, let dry outside draped on a fence. I do it all the time and the rugs come out like new.
4 x 6 is small enough to soak in the bathtub. Let it soak with Tide and bleach in the water, drain and rinse well. Hang over the shower curtain rod. Be sure the rod can support the weight and that the rug drips into the tub or you'll have a flood on the floor.
2008-02-21 09:14:24
Mike G: Put it in the driveway. With a garden hose wash it, use some liquid Tide and a broom. Since the rug is white, I'd use some bleach too. Rinse well, let dry outside draped on a fence. I do it all the time and the rugs come out like new.
4 x 6 is small enough to soak in the bathtub. Let it soak with Tide and bleach in the water, drain and rinse well. Hang over the shower curtain rod. Be sure the rod can support the weight and that the rug drips into the tub or you'll have a flood on the floor.
2008-02-21 09:14:24