Pressure Washing A Wool Rug

It was gorgeous but dirty and every reputable rug place quoted me 1000 to clean it.

Pressure washing a wool rug. In a bucket mix your cleaner. Now pull the trigger on the washer to apply the pressure sufficiently on the material. Apply some detergent on the area rug if your washer doesn t have a soap tank. Power washing didn t ruin the rug it actually fluffed up the matted wool and made it soft again.

The pressure washer can blast the color out of your rug. We never completely washed out all the soap. Follow up by blotting. Spot the stains and apply gentle gel stain remover.

Do not over wet the fibers. Decide on the cleaning area and laid out the rug there. You can choose a flat wooden deck or a concrete floor of your patio. But if you watch their processes on youtube it s pretty much the same way people have been cleaning wool rugs for hundreds of years lots of water and gentle scrubbing.

I washed a 10 x 14 vintage wool rug i got cheap off craigslist. My favorite area rug was filthy thank to my new rescue pup who was terrified of the bathtub and wouldn t go near water. Use a common wool cleaning detergent or create one with a teaspoon of natural detergent and a teaspoon of pure white vinegar combined with a quart of warm water. After applying your cleaner with a sponge place a second clean sponge into the bucket of plain water and dab the section to rinse again taking care not to soak the rug.

Rinse out the sponge frequently as the soil is transferred from the rug. Fill one of the buckets with cool water and add one to two tablespoons of the detergent. Work in a grid of about three feet by three feet and sponge on the cleaning solution using gentle pressure. Sprinkle dry rug shampoo onto the surface let it sit for the recommended time and vacuum it up.

For a heavily soiled rug a gentle scrub is needed. Use a detergent that s safe for use on wool. I finally got his bath situation fig. Once you laid out the rug on the cleaning station.

Do not attempt of cleaning rugs indoors as you will use a pressure washer outdoor cleaning is the only option. Hold the wand about 0 3metres from the area rug surface. Make sure you cleaning station is clean or else it defeats the purpose of cleaning your rugs.