Vacuuming the back of your oriental rug every two or three weeks can help out any dirt that s sunk down to the base of the rug.
Vacuuming oriental rugs.
We also recommend vacuuming your rugs often.
When vacuuming your oriental rug move the vacuum from side to side across the rug rather than running up and down with the length of the rug.
A vacuum cleaner that uses suction only to pick up dirt is the best kind to use on a persian or oriental rug.
Vacuum your oriental rug side to side always use a side to side movement when running a vacuum over your oriental rug.
A professional rug cleaner has access to specialized tools that can bring out all the dirt in the rug without damaging the design and natural structure of the rug.
Get a professional cleaning every year or so.
When vacuuming the oriental rug.
Fine oriental rugs should be vacuumed weekly and every 1 2 months be sure to vacuum the backside of your rug as well in order to loosen dirt and debri from the underside.
This allows you to vacuum across the grain of the fabric loosening and sucking up dust that would not otherwise come loose.
This movement stirs up the pile just enough to loosen any dirt or dust that has penetrated the surface of the pile without causing the design of the rug to become blurry.