Is it salvageable?!

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Please help me 🙁

DS took his toys from the paddling pool and played with them on my rug, the toys leaked (quite a lot of) water and it’s stained my rug!!

All I can find on google is ‘treat stains with water’
That’s not helpful for me!
It’s water that has caused the stain!

Is it fixable?!
It was really expensive and DH has gone off on one at how the kids break everything and hundreds of pounds have been wasted as it’ll have to be thrown away as it’s ruined now.

Picture of one area of damage

Cows don't get stained by the rain!

I also wondered if the rug was slightly dirty previously and the ‘stain’ is actually a really clean bit compared to the rest? How long has the rug been down?

www.cowhiderugs.co.uk/cleaning-a-cowhide-rug-or-cowhide-skin-carpet/

He can’t stand things looking out of place or keeping things that are broken or damaged.

Then why are the pair of you buying rugs that cost hundreds of pounds? Surely when you have young children you either suck up the inevitable damage, or buy cheap Argos stuff until they're old enough to be trusted?

It’s been down a few months.
I vacuum it every day and shake it out once or twice a week

It looks like hard water marks to me, or possibly soapy residue if the toys have previously been used in a bath (?). I'd try plain water first, and if that doesn't work, suede cleaner or a foaming carpet cleaner. Use a soft absorbent cloth, wiping in the direction of the hair. No way it will be ruined - cowhide is tough.

Afterwards, treat the whole rug with a spray-on stain guard, so that subsequent spillages are more easily removed from it.

Good luck!

Then why are the pair of you buying rugs that cost hundreds of pounds? Surely when you have young children you either suck up the inevitable damage, or buy cheap Argos stuff until they're old enough to be trusted?

Well call me naive but I didn’t think some plain water would ruin a rug!

Well call me naive but I didn’t think some plain water would ruin a rug!

Well, no, but with small children, surely spills and accidents are part and parcel of the whole thing?

If your DH can't handle having a slightly stained rug on the floor, why are you buying such expensive things in the first place?! It's bonkers to me. He either sucks it up and keeps it down (if the stain is permanent, that is), or he stops buying several hundred pound rugs!

I can’t quite get past that you are hoovering this rug with a specific attachment daily. Something tells me this isn’t the only time consuming household job you do everyday.

How often does your DH hoover the rug? Given it’s so special to him.

Bloody hell.

Forget the rug. Get some emergency treatment onto the defective husband.

Gosh, perhaps it was a mistake posting this.

I didn’t post for a battering of my choice of husband, I just wanted some advice on removing the stain from my rug.

None of you know know anything about me or my husband and are so disgustingly rude and judgemental.

FYI, virtually nothing in our house is actually expensive.
It’s almost all second hand.
Good condition, but second hand.

The rug was really expensive.
We bought it because the cat pisses on cheap artificial rugs and we really wanted a nice rug and were led to believe that cowhide is ‘easy care’, very durable and stain resistant and would last for many years.
Obviously, would not have bought it if we knew it couldn’t even handle a bit of water.

I honestly can’t believe the overreaction and nastiness.

I can't see the pic properly but you would need to wet the total area again and then dry it promptly with a hairdryer using sweeping movements and 'chase ' the water to the edge of the rug .. if that fails bung it in the wash and drip dry away from the sun / then beat it until it softens ..

www.gorgeouscreatures.com.au/blogs/product-info/how-to-clean-a-cowhide-rug-can-you-wash-a-cowhide-rug#

This seems to suggest maybe leaving it out in the sun upside down to properly dry out.

I don't think they should take on water stains as it says you can use water to clean them so maybe it's the soap that's left the marks. If its a kill or cure situation i would go over it with a damp cloth and then hang it with the underside outside IYSWIM.

If it doesn't work can you not hide that bit under a sofa or something

Can you post a pic of the total rug? Im not sure I’ve seen a cream and orange cow before, so maybe it is dyed, or maybe you see the colours differently.