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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: seamus campbell on December 21, 2011, 04:08:02 pm

Title: 100% acrylic shag pile rug
Post by: seamus campbell on December 21, 2011, 04:08:02 pm
Hello, Can anyone yell me the best way to clean this rug,it has about a 50mm pile lenght and was considering just a good vac . prespray and the going over  with my handtool, and then letting it dry flat. any help much appreciated

Seamus

Title: Re: 100% acrylic shag pile rug
Post by: Jim_77 on December 21, 2011, 08:52:43 pm
Most of the work on it probably needs to be done with the rug face-down.  Hopefully you've got a good machine to back-dust because it'll spit all sorts of stuff out at you, probably bits of Lego in there, maybe a pair of false teeth or even the customer's long lost Aunt who came round last Christmas!

A combination of back-dusting and vigorous shaking whilst face-down will get the majority of the crud out of it, then to vac the face pile I would use a cylinder vac with upholstery tool, alternating between steady slow strokes and vigorous back & forth ones to flick up the rest of the debris.

Then pre-spray, extract , groom and blow it dry as usual :)
Title: Re: 100% acrylic shag pile rug
Post by: steven Banks on December 22, 2011, 12:06:12 am
it'll spit all sorts of stuff out at you, probably bits of Lego in there, maybe a pair of false teeth or even the customer's long lost Aunt who came round last Christmas!


Honestly, some of your posts crack me up!  ;D ;D
Keep the whit flowing...
Title: Re: 100% acrylic shag pile rug
Post by: K.O. Glanville on December 22, 2011, 06:22:27 am
I first vacuum as best as possible, both sides.

Then it's up on my tower, then use the air compressor with a small nozzle to blow the crud out prior to soaking, scrub, rinse and extract, then back up on the tower to dry.

Pull down when dry, groom, roll-up, tie and deliver.

I have a real #^%$$ of a rug, 10 x 8 foot, heavy as when dry, very testing when wet.

I've done it three times now for an elderly, incontinent couple.  :o :'(

NO MORE !!!

Crikey, I'm nearly as old as they are.  ;D