Your Karastan Rug: Love And Care

Karastan rugs are known for their beauty and durability. While maintenance of their premium worsted wool woven rugs is not difficult, it is certainly important to understand everything possible about Karastan rug cleaning in order to provide yourself with the longest living Karastan possible. If you’ve ever seen poorly treated area rugs, you know how distressed they can look. Avoiding unnecessary wear is entirely up to you.

The first and primary recommendation is to buy Karastan rug pads. Beneath every one of your beautiful and well paid for Karastan area rugs, you want a pad that will prevent the rug from slipping and sliding around. It is not just a safety precaution (which is also important). It is a basic in rug care. That slipping and sliding slowly wears down at the rug weave and can significantly shorten its life.

Secondly, take the few moments necessary to rotate your rug every six months. Repeated, set foot traffic and set sunlight patterns will slowly cause uneven wear and color fading. Occasional rotation will go far to slow that wear. Imagine one of those exquisite Karastan oriental rugs with an intricate and delicate design fading on the side next to the glass patio doors, and vibrantly alive on the other. A sad and unnecessary fate.

Thirdly, you must make sure that dust and dirt do not accumulate, working their way into the weave and tearing down at the beautiful textile. In the first year, vacuum your Karastan wool rug every two to three days. There will be a normal “fuzzing” on the surface that vacuuming will remove. After the first year, you might want to vacuum high traffic areas even more often than that.

Authorized Karastan rug dealers should be able to give you further care and maintenance instructions. When to call a professional rug cleaner and recommendations on whom to call may even be offered. Take their advice seriously, and act accordingly. Especially with reference to how to treat immediate spills and spotting. For example, never rub a spill. Use a spoon or blunt knife to pick up spills. Blot with paper napkins or paper towels until the spill is nearly dry. Use lukewarm water with your carpet shampoo. Only use recommended solvents and always follow the manufacturer’s directions. The Karastan rug company understands their wool and weave best. The instructions they provide are most important.

Taking the time to learn how to lengthen the life of your rug will ultimately lengthen your enjoyment of it. Make your Karastan carpet worth every penny.