Wool Rug Care
How to care for wool area rugs?

Wool rug care is vital for assuring the longevity and beauty of your wool area rug. Wool is a natural fiber and wool area rugs are durable, cleanable and resistant to dust particles. Good care for wool area rugs consists of regular vacuum cleaning, 180 degrees rotating every 3 month, and professional cleaning .

Preventive Measures

• When you purchase a new wool area rug, buy a area rug pad to put underneath it. The area rug pad will prevent the skidding of your rug and avoid its accelerated wear and tear while keeping your environment safer.
• Traffic patterns cause uneven wear while sunlight patterns cause uneven color fading. The remedy is to rotate the rug periodically or change its location
• Keep wool area rugs in areas that are not susceptible to spills and accidental staining. In the kitchen, bathroom and patio use washable area rugs

Rug Care

• A wool area rug needs vacuum cleaning regularly to avoid dust particles and soil accumulation that might sink into the rug interior. Vacuum cleaning every week is usually enough unless there is a lot of traffic on the rug or unless there is a lot of dust in the air.
• If you take immediate actions on spills you have a better chance to avoid set-in stains. Whatever you do, don’t rub the spill because it will drive the spill deeper. Scrub gently using lukewarm water containing carpet shampoo or mild liquid soap.
• In case you notice grime and rooted stains on your wool area rug it is recommended to send it to professional cleaning; home cleaning is not recommended; leave the cleaning task to the experts.

Rug Repair

Rug repair is sometimes needed for the fringes and for really expensive you need to consider rug restoration

Wool rug care is needed for your wool area rugs

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