cleaning a shaggy rug?

[Hickory]

Any ideas how/ where to get a shaggy high pile rug cleaned? We shake it out ever so often but it really needs a clean as it's starting to pong!

It's this one http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60191346/

[Knomester]

We usually have ours cleaned when we get the carpets cleaned (once a blue moon), but have just gad it cleaned by Washboard dry cleaners in Nunhead and it looks like new.

[fl0wer]

1. Hoover it on the reverse as well as on the pile.

2. Take it outdoors on a dry day, and cover it in talcum powder (work talc into the pile)

3. Roll it pile inwards and store it for about 48 hrs under cover.

4. Shake it out as hard as you can. Finally hoover it again.

(Technique quite effective esp if wool starts to smell like a wet spaniel!)

Dry cleaning should really be a last resort = chemicals not good from an eco point of view.

Your rug might be washable, if so it will be labelled. After hoovering front and back take it outdoors on a sunny day to shampoo then totally rinse it, using garden hose.

Every hour or so turn it the other way up in the sunshine and it will look great once it's dry.

Being Ikea maybe it is not washable, unless it was fairly expensive to begin with.

[EPB]

From the Ikea link you gave:

Care instructions

Vacuum, shake and rotate the rug regularly.

Dry spots; remove immediately by scraping carefully towards the middle of the spot.

Wet spots; do not rub. Absorb with paper towels, damp with cloth and mild detergent.

Professional carpet cleaning when needed.

Always use the standard floorhead, never the rotating brush, when vaccum cleaning the rug.

Product description

Pile: 100% polypropylene

Backing: Synthetic latex