Tips on Cleaning: Carpets and Rugs

This clever trick is very helpful during these snowy times and this chilly winter.

Take advantage of the local blizzards to give your rugs and carpets a thorough deep cleaning using nothing more than snow.

You can easily clean a wool rug using freezing temperatures and powdery snow. Check the labels on your man-made acrylic fibre rugs, just in case they shrink when wet!

First, take the rug outside and leave it there, draped over something clean, to acclimatise it to the cold temperatures. Leave it for half an hour to be sure.

1. Throw it down on the fresh clean snow,
2. Beat it with a broom for 10 minutes or so,
3. Turn it over and beat it again for 10 minutes or so, and then
4. Sweep off all the excess snow before bringing it back inside.

The freezing temperatures and the rubbing of the snow against the rug helps loosen dirt, kill carpet-loving bugs and bacteria.