Wool Carpets and the Care They Require

Please note: these are not instructions for taking care of a wool rug, or an oriental rug.
Before you try any product on your wool carpet, test for color fastness by taking a white cotton towel that has been dipped with a small amount of wool safe cleaner, and then patting the towel on each color separately.

Regular Maintenance of your wool carpets
If you have wool carpets, throw away all your store bought carpet cleaning spotters. Many of these products not only leave behind dirt attracting residue, they also have a high pH that is too aggressive to use on wool and can ruin your carpets.

Use a product that indicates on the packaging that it is wool safe. Using too high a PH cleaner on your wool carpet can turn the fibers brown or yellow.

High PH cleaners will also break down the cuticle or hard scaly surface that holds the fiber together.
Breaking down the cuticle leaves behind a fuzzy spot that you can't really do anything with.

When using a wool safe product, do not scrub the spot – blot. Scrubbing will also cause the fiber to fuzz out.
Do not get bleach on your wool carpet. Bleach will dissolve wool carpet and leave a hole behind.
As with all carpet, vacuum as often as possible, at least once a week.

Your wool carpets need to dry quickly once they are cleaned. If the carpet takes too long to dry it can yellow or brown. Your Sarasota carpet cleaning professional will run an air moving fan to help dry the carpet faster while he is there. He will also give you instructions so you can assist your carpets to dry more quickly.

A lot of effort, training, and specialty products go into cleaning wool carpets correctly. That’s why selecting the right professionals like those at Overturf’s Cleaning makes this job a successful one with no headaches down the road. You also want to be sure the carpet cleaner you use is IICRC Certified. That means he has undergone formal training and has received at least some classroom education in carpet cleaning. It's much safer than choosing someone without this training. Visit our website at www.CleaningManatee.com to download a free guide to choosing a professional cleaning service.

At Overturf's Cleaning, we help you avoid uneducated, uninformed, and even downright unscrupulous carpet cleaners by providing the most outstanding service experience ever, guaranteed.