Long Pile Rug Cleaning

To begin with when the carpet is first laid vacuum it lightly every day for the first week.

Long pile rug cleaning.

The constant motion of rug doctor machines will treat your carpets with the utmost care without a tangle in sight. Work or brush the granules into the rug with the vacuum s cleaning head bristles without turning on the appliance. Long pile carpets also have special cleaning requirements. Essentially you want to suck the dirt out of the rug but you should not use your vacuum s power brush head on a shag rug or even a medium high pile.

Our team set out to find the best vacuum for long pile shag carpets with all the bells and whistles turned on. Sprinkle the rug with absorbent carpet shampoo granules for an occasional freshening. This tends to yield a brighter cleaner result. Allow the shampoo to sit for the length of time instructed on the label which may be about one hour.

Vacuum the granules out thoroughly. After this vacuum at least once a week the areas where not too many people tread the carpet and vacuum at least twice a week the areas where the frequency of people walking on the carpet is high. If the item may be prone to shrinkage wet cleaning should be avoided so go to a company with lots of experience in rug cleaning and care. And if you have a true shag rug the best way is to not use the vacuum at all but rather clean it the old fashioned way.

Wet cleaning long pile rugs a more thorough method of cleaning if the item can be wet cleaned is to actually wash it in a large commercial washing unit. A rug doctor carpet cleaner uses our innovative vibrating cleaning brushes.