If you want a beautiful addition to your newly purchased home, buy rugs. These are expensive but you'll definitely get your money's worth. However, it is very important that you know exactly how to maintain these. It is such a waste if you wreck your rug just because you didn't take really good care of these. You must protect your investment.
Rug cleaning is a necessity - especially if you have rugs in your home. Learn from the mistakes that others have done before you. At least by not doing what they did, you add more years to the life of your rugs.
1. Flip your rugs once a month upside down. After doing this, vacuum the back of the rug. You can use a rotating brush or beater bar so that there's more suction. These tools can suck the smallest fibers that wear the rug off. If you have synthetic rugs, you can use the vacuum on the front as well as the back.
2. Do not vacuum the tassels and the fringes. Just fluff them with your hands. If you vacuum these, it will only damage the rugs even more. It only defeats your purpose of doing the following tips.
3. As appealing as they sound, steer clear of carpet sprays and shampoos. These will only make the rug more brittle. Check the label before you use any spot cleaners. If you have to use these, then just rinse it all out. If there is soap residue left on the rug, it is more prone to dirt. Test the rug with white cotton towel. If the colors bleed, you've been ripped off. That is not an authentic rug but a mere manufactured carpet.
When you have a rug, just clean up the stains and spills the minute it happens. You can blot these using a cotton dry towel and press down hard on the surface. Do this repeatedly until you've managed to absorb the moisture off the rug.
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