| This guide is written to help you maintain your wall to | | | | do, we can establish how to better maintain your |
| wall wool carpet. It is not meant for wool Oriental | | | | wool carpet. |
| rugs. These rugs may have loose dye that will bleed | | | | Vacuum as often as you can. This is akin to washing |
| or crock. I recommend that you have these rugs | | | | your hair.How many days a week do you skip |
| taken to a rug plant that specializes in wool rugs. | | | | washing your hair? Only use low PH cleaners. Using |
| Oriental rugs should never be cleaned at your home | | | | over the counter products on wool carpets is like |
| since the dies may bleed. | | | | using Tide on your hair!High PH cleaners will break |
| If you have recently purchased a wool carpet please | | | | down the cuticle or hard scaly surface that holds the |
| go to your pantry which holds all your carpet cleaning | | | | fiber together. Breaking down the cuticle would leave |
| spotters and throw them away. Never use a soap or | | | | us with a fuzzy mess. When using a wool safe |
| carpet cleaning chemical on wool carpet unless it has | | | | product - blot. Scrubbing will also cause the fiber to |
| a PH between 4.5 and 8.5. To be completely safe | | | | fuzz out. I also recommend that you blot up the |
| you could stay below a PH of 7 (neutral and will not | | | | wool safe spotter with an acidic rinse ( 1 part white |
| cause the dyes to bleed) or look for your carpet | | | | vinegar 3 part water). This will remove any residue |
| cleaning product at Be especially careful of using | | | | and leave the wool fiber slightly acidic which will help |
| bleach products near your wool carpet. Bleach will | | | | maintain the wools softness. You also want to speed |
| actually dissolve wool carpet and leave you with a | | | | dry your wool carpet. If the carpet takes too long to |
| giant hole. Bleach is a great way to test your carpet | | | | dry it can turn yellow or brown. Using too high a PH |
| for wool content if your not sure if your carpet has | | | | cleaner on your wool carpet can also turn the fibers |
| wool in it. Now that we have discussed what not to | | | | brown or yellow. We call this PH browning. |