How do YOU "Dry Clean" wool rugs?

[Mikey P]

Not vlm/shampoo but DRY.

Host?

Capture?

Solvent?


or just whack it with a broom...

 

[Ken Snow]

We don't- why on earth would you want to?

 

[The Great Oz]

In the old days we used a dry powder machine that worked like an oversized commercial washer. Great for sheepskins. Immersion in a commercial drycleaning machine would be another way, along with extracting dry solvent on the floor. Everything else uses some water so would be limited moisture cleaning.

Usually... a recommendation of dry cleaning is the manufacturer's way of transferring liability for poor construction to the cleaner. You decide to do a more thorough job of cleaning using water and the rug falls apart or adhesive wicks up, your fault.

 

[BRSUMMERVILLE]

I use the "Dry Foam Extraction" method. Only foam touch the rug (10% water, compare to HWE).

Bob Rock

 

[Hoody]

Depending on the size and whether or not the rug was colorfast.

Dry foam - treat it like a piece of upholstery that's going to bleed like a stuck pig. Dye Loc, Light Acid- Neutral Shampoo, whip it up into a foam. Apply the foam with a sponge, agitate w/ horse hair brush, extract with a dri-master(may not be practical if rug is HUGE), and speed dry.

 

[Cousin]

I understand your question, Mikey, but we always HWE wool rugs. On the odd occasion me may encap.

Wool is tougher than many give it credit for.

We can saturate the stuff, hit it with high pH (as long as we get it back on the acid side after) and give it plenty of agitation.

As long as you know the limits, you can be quite brutal.

The biggest problem can be the backing.

But that's to do with construction, not necessarily the face yarn.



M

 

[Harry Myers]

Are we talking oriental or wool tufted rugs

 

[lancehollister]

Most i wet clean. But if its not color fast then i use solvents.

 

[Cousin]

Are we talking oriental or wool tufted rugs

Not sure who you were aiming the question at, Harry?

I don't have a facility set up to specialise in rugs, so nearly all the 'wool' rugs we do are tufted.


M

 

[Harry Myers]

I was replying to Mikey he posted the question .