I have rugs on hard wood floors. How can I clean them without messy water etc?

Question

These are oriental rugs and the drive way is out of the question. Im looking for maybee a solution I could scrub them with. DRYCLEANING or something.

Tese are large rugs.. no moving around.

Answer 1

I use the Resolve or ChemDry granular formula both of which Lowes and Home Depot carries. It is a moist product that has the consistency of sawdust. You sprinkle it on, agitate with a brush in soiled or dingy areas, leaving it on until it dries and then you vacuum it up. It works really well, you can leave the area rug in place, and no water is necessary. Also, from time to time, I sprinkle borax on the rugs leaving it overnight and vacuum it up in the morning to freshen up my rugs and absorb odors.

Answer 2

It depends on the rug. If you have an oriental rug, you can actually put it in your (swept) driveway, and clean it with a commercial carpet cleaner. If it is a good hot day, it should dry quickly, before it can fade. Take this opportunity to clean your hardwood floor with Murphy's Oil Soap before you return your rug to its spot.
If you have a rag rug or throw rug, just shake them out and throw them in the washing machine.

Answer 3

I have found it very difficult to find a business who knows the proper way to clean an oriental rug. Mine were bought in Turkey and Afghanistan.
For years, we simply hung them over the fence, sprayed them down with a hose and swept them with a broom. (We used a sturdy janitor type with a horizontal stiff bristle type head) It was one of the chores I made my kids do. We would flip them over constantly while drying.
I have finally just picked them up and folded them away in the garage. I'll get them out again this winter but for the summer, I was sick of the dust.
I've been told vacuuming isn't really very good for them. On one occasion, we did have one bleed red dye through the rug onto the wood floor beneath.
I took one, very stained one, to a Oriental Rug dealer who assured me they knew what they were doing. You guessed it - they didn't. I got back basically the same rug I took in, just "cleaned".

Answer 4

Depends on the size of the rug but I clean mine in the bathroom. I soak it in luke warm water (depends on colorfastness of rug) and Woolite in the tub then hang from a shower curtain rod.

Answer 5

Try one of those steam vacuums. These send steams into the rug and then vacuum it back up along with the dirt.

Answer 6

are you crazy? why have you put ugy rugs on a hardwood floor!? Tear the damn things off and expose thoes lovely hardwood floors.

Answer 7

Try the "Resolve Dry formula"