Washing and Gravity Extracting Water Out of a Big Rug

[T Monahan]

Just like Randy Hyde and Ron Koller would tell you to do it.

 

[BST1]

I used to have an Iranian guy who worked in the rug plant for me and he had talked about how they would clean a rug and then roll it up wet and stand it on end to dry when he was still in Iran. I find it incredible that something so large and layered would dry. What is that machine they are rolling over it in the first two pictures Tom?

 

[rhyde]

I call it the poor man's centrifuge!

It works well for some things ..obviously not bleeders works great for tufted rugs!

 

[The Great Oz]

Give a water-soaked rug ten minutes like this and it will be lots easier to get out of the house.

Wouldn't try getting a rug dry this way though.

 

[rhyde]

We don't dry rugs like this we let them drain for an hour or two then we hang 'em.

 

[Ron K]

We did try to modernize the way we remove water a couple of years ago but as you know Tom we could not revolutionize our process.