Your Choice Of Rug Cleaners
Maintaining the beauty of your area rugs is a continuous job. Sweeping, vacuuming, and wiping up spills immediately are the basics of daily rug care. But there will come a time when deep cleaning is necessary. Over time, dirt settles deep between the rug fibers and stains don’t always wipe away. So the question is, do you hire professional rug cleaners? Or do you do the job yourself?
There are a number of rug cleaner types. Powders, foams, bonnets, and shampoos are all commonly sold in the home cleaning section of your supermarket. They each have their pros and cons. Powders are great for small cleanups and deodorizing cleanups. Foams are used both at home and professionally, with varying levels of efficiency. Shampoos and bonnets are less effective cleaning solutions, but work for some rugs for some time.
If you’re looking for a serious, thorough, and safe job, however, rug steam cleaners are really the optimum choice. A rug steam cleaner sprays hot water at the rug to loosen dirt while a simultaneous vacuum wand absorbs it. You can get this cleaning done by a professional, or rent a vacuum to do it yourself.
Hiring a professional rug cleaner is a sensitive issue. A proper job can be fairly expensive. A tempting inexpensive job might not be thorough, at best. At worst, it might actually destroy your rug! For specialty rugs and pieces that you care about a lot, it is definitely worthwhile investing in braided, needlepoint, silk, and custom oriental rug cleaners. These professionals will guarantee thorough, sensitive work. You really don’t want less for your special rugs.
What about when your rug is not that high maintenance? Look into some high quality carpet and rug cleaners that you can use at home without too much cost. Capture rug cleaner, for example, has gotten rave reviews for simple and efficient cleaning. It’s a powder for small area cleaning. It is best to use primarily on high traffic areas or noticeable spills. Capture has put out a multi step kit that seems to work really well. Spray the mist, sprinkle the powder, brush it in, wait for the powder to work its magic, and vacuum it up. The longer you wait, the better the job done.
Hoover rug cleaners have put out an steam cleaner for home use. You can buy the steam vacuum for less than $150 and use it as often as you wish. It’s a great option for thorough, full area cleaning.
There are other products out there, as well. Do some comparative research, and then get to cleaning!
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Good article. We sell Capture in our store, it does work well. As an Oriental rug dealer, I can tell you that a cleaning facility is the best for cleaning your rugs thoroughly.