Maintenance and cleaning of the carpet – Tips and recommendations according to the fabric

The rugs bring a splash of well bright color into the living room or in the rooms of the house, but its exposure to contact with all types of surfaces and substances – furniture, liquids spread on its surface, dirty shoes – can steal from elegance and shine.

If you want to find out how to clean certain modern rugs, depending on the fabric from which they are made, you just have to read this article, because in the end, you will know that it includes more useful information, as regards the maintenance and cleaning of the rugs:

The main recommendations on the maintenance of the carpet:

• Keep in mind that one of the most important things to remember, when you want to clean a quality carpet, is related to the instructions you find on its label. Each carpet is provided with a maintenance tag. We recommend that you maintain this label, because it contains more than useful information on that carpet: What is made (wool rug, cotton rug, synthetic fiber rug), the density of the threads in the fabricSpecifications that will be useful to you, so you will want to clean this carpet;
• To remove dust or crumbs, such a carpet with precious fabrics can be carefully brushed, aspirated at low power or rearrangement gently, using a clean and white cloth. But for the removal of old points, we advise you to bring the carpet to a laundry specialized on cleaning and disinfection of these fabrics.

• Strong vacuum cleaner can destroy quality rugs fabrics, through too aggressive absorption; If you find in the container of the «too many» threads collection container in the tissue of the carpet, you will have to set the power of the emptiness on a much smaller step;
• Regardless of the material from which a quality carpet is made, the stains on its surface will never be removed by rubbing, but from their delicate buffering, with the help of a clean white cloth.
• Avoid exposing the carpet – direct and continues – in the sunlight. The carpet is running will be performed inside, in a dry and very well ventilated area; The storage of the carpet will never be performed in plastic bags, it must be allowed to breathe with a cotton coating or paper sheets …

Maintenance and cleaning of natural fiber rugs

• If you have purchased a new wool carpet, you will notice that a period after the purchase leaves a sort of hands (or fluff), because the wool is made up of small fibers that come out after use, and this process is absolutely normal (there is also an English term that describes this phenomenon – rush). He will disappear after a period of time.
• In no case you have to snatch these threads («gems») from its consistency, because it risks breaking the carpet;
• We advise you to cut these wires for relief, up to a size similar to those that have maintained their final position, in the consistency of the wool carpet;

Maintenance and cleaning of long wire rugs

• In the case of long wire rugs (or «squalid», as they are known), their cleaning is a little more difficult;
• To remove the stains or to clean in depth, before the holidays, we advise you to resort to the professional services of a laundry room.

Maintenance and cleaning of rugs with tufts

• The most important advice to be taken into consideration, in the case of a modern carpet with tufts: they must always be aspirated in the direction of the fibers, but the brush’s nozzle must be avoided;
• If there are fresh spots on their surface, they will hold with a clean white cloth; To remove them, you can use cold water, dabbing the respective stain and not rubbing;
• If there are older places, our recommendation is to resort to the services of a specialized cleaning on this type of fabric, not a «homemade» attempt to remove them;

Maintenance and cleaning of synthetic fiber rugs

• In the case of synthetic rugs, it is recommended to read the label carefully, in order to find more information on how it can be clean;
• The drying of a synthetic fiber rug should not be performed on a wire or on a metal railing, because it can change shape;