Viscose Rug Cleaning

The top rug is a wool viscose blend.

Viscose rug cleaning.

We highly recommend that you stay away from buying these types of rugs. Be gentle when cleaning your viscose rug. Before a viscose rug is professionally cleaned the cleaners should do. Just avoid going over the fringe on the rug with the carpet sweeper since it could get tangled.

Viscose or art silk has the same soft luxurious look and feel as silk but at a much more affordable price. Rayon fibers that make up a viscose rug do not readily hold dye which can result in irreversible color bleeding and fading. Be sure to avoid using detergents which tend to be too aggressive for viscose dyes. Dry cleaning is an option.

A carpet sweeper is best for 100 percent viscose rugs but if you do use a vacuum set the power to low and disengage the beater bars. We gave them a decontamination bath and a full wash. They were all severely flood damaged. Using large amounts of water is not a way to clean this type of rug.

Viscose is extremely absorbent so remove stains using a damp cloth and a mild cleanser. Viscose rugs are one of the few rugs that look worse with time and with cleaning. Their best look will be on the day it was purchased. You cannot assume the rug was purchased at a low price because the owner may have been unscrupulously sold it as the real deal silk.

Never use electric rug cleaners or scrub vigorously when cleaning a viscose rug viscose fibers are weak and can be easily damaged. To clean a viscose rug start by running your hand along it to determine which direction the rug s fibers run in. If there is a spillage use paper towels or a clean white cloth to gently blot away the spilled stuff and after that a cloth dipped in the acetic or citric solution to carefully dab the spot until the stain is removed. Sure they might look really nice on the outside but they are a nightmare to deal.

Never scrub it too hard or use an electric rug cleaner on it. The bottom two are 100 viscose. Viscose rugs require a lot more care than other rug construction. Use a very very very smallllll amount of solution when spot cleaning a viscose rug viscose is a very absorbent fiber and you want to make sure it gets the least wet as possible 3.

White vinegar or mild dish soap cotton cloth heavy object hair dryer. Then push a carpet sweeper across the rug in that direction to pick up any dirt or debris. Instead sweep over the fringe with a broom.