Cleaning Wool Viscose Rugs

For wool rugs with pile on them be gentle with the scrubbing to maintain the wool s polished look.

Cleaning wool viscose rugs.

Mix carpet cleaning chemicals with water to create a cleaning solution. 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. Purchase cleaning chemicals that are made specifically for viscose and read the instructions on the back. An inexpensive product that dyes easily and is non static in nature viscose is often referred to as rayon faux silk.

You can find anionic detergents or other cleaners made specifically for viscose rugs online or at rug stores. Acid based detergents seem to give us the best results with very exhaustive drying attempts and variations. Viscose is extremely absorbent so remove stains using a damp cloth and a mild cleanser. Never scrub it too hard or use an electric rug cleaner on it.

Dry cleaning is an option. 1 yellowing cellulose fibers turn yellow when wet so any liquid that spills on viscose has the potential to turn the rug yellow. Viscose is a man made fiber created from wood pulp. 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.

Try to clean the yellow and you will just make it worse.