Brought a WOOL RUG (Stupid Cow) How do I clean it?

[charliecat]

Its rot.

dry cleaners?

I always shampoo my wool carpets with a vax machine. As long as the water isnt too hot its ok.

hire a Rug Doctor machine - they are fab ! can get them from homebase or some dry-cleaners etc - costs about £25 for 24 hours - really really worth it - i am having one this wkend !

how big is it? i take mine to the dry cleaners.

its about 5 ft by 3...not too big.

mine about that size too. cost about £12/15 to dry clean iirc

not being a dry cleaning sort of person will that remove cat hair and coffee stains? at my dimness!

err, i'm not sure sorry. mine has just been a bit grubby and it has always come up really well.

ok

Have you tried baby wipes? I use them on my wool rug and it comes up a treat (but might be a bit labour-intensive if you have to do the whole rug). Mine is dark and patterned so I just clean any stains rather than the whole thing usually.

This is going to sound a bit mad, but I was watching that programme 'Cleanaholics' and one of the people they featured used a bowl of water and her hand to clean the carpet. She just swept her wet bare hand across the carpet and collected the bits. Feeling a bit bored I tried this technique and my carpet that has never been washed and is about 5 years old looks like new. The only problem is that your hand gets a bit sore.