I have a smallish (3ft by 5ft) area rug that needs to be cleaned. It's not worth enough to pay a cleaner and I have hardwood floors so I'm not trying to rent a steam cleaner. I was thinking about using a clothes line between two trees and hosing it down real well with a pressurized garden hose... I have tried vacuuming and quot;beatingquot; the rug with a stick, but there is a dingy coloration that I think needs water/washing to get it looking nice. I wasn't going to use any detergents, just water and a scrub brush then let it air dry for a day or so. Does this seem like at least a semi-good idea? I'll sooner throw the rug out and spend money on a new one than spend money cleaning this one. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
The clothesline and garden hose method is what I do with small area rugs. If you have any way of soaking it with a carpet cleaning solution first, that helps a lot. There are garden sprayers which can do that quite well. Don't use a detergent, or any cleaner that makes suds. It's too hard to get all of it out and any remants will tend to attract dirt when they are dry. Even windex would be better than nothing. Try to do it on a day when it'll be warm and dry for long enough to get the rug at least mostly dry before you bring it indoors.
Most rugs can be washed in the washing machine... ld water, liquid laundry detergent, no fabric softener. Then hang the rug to air dry. Machine drying can destroy a rug. If your rug is plush and appears matted after it dries, toss it in the dryer on No Heat or Fluff and run the dryer for about 20 minutes. This will fluff the rug back up without destroying the rug with heat.
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