How to Clean a Handmade Wool Carpet at Home: Two Camel Carpets 

Me and my father brought lot of carpets from Iran , we just use vinegar spray directly and then rinse it off directly with mild pressure hose , they are more than 25 years old still look brand new

A suggestion, I use a high quality wool wash on my wooden rug. I dilute it well. I then use a bunched up towel to ‘roll’ the mixture into the pile. I NEVER use a brush as that can pull knots out or stretch fibres as seen here where she needs to trim some. I rinse with a gentle hose, turning the rug over about two times. I gently roll the rug up to squeeze a lot of the water out before applying a dilute mixture of fabric softener, then roll it again to squeeze out a lot of the water so I can lift it easily. Then I drape it over an outdoor table to dry in the shade. This works for me.

The reason this can be done in Morocco is that it's hot. Really hot. Same as river washing in Iran and Afghanistan. The sun dries the rugs really quickly - DO NOT do this if it's below 30/35 degrees Celsius you will not be able to get your rug dry and it will get mould spores and possibly rot!

Thanks Kira. I enjoyed your video.

Fantastic music!!

Thanks for this video...can you do this to a looped pile wool rug if you brush gently in the direction of the loops?

Great video. Thanks

Very helpful video.

Thank you!

Awesome! Thank you!

Readers; This is a good basic video, let me add to it. I have raised wool, worn wool, woven wool &tc. for longer than Kira is old, so a word from a 'wooly antique'. Whatever soap you use, Do NOT use a petroleum based product, it 'takes the life out of wool,' Kira's soap is good, but there are wool only cleaning products, NOT WOOLITE! they have changed the formula. Next, do not dilute the vinegar, it is already diluted and very weak, 10%. Use as is, or buy, if you can find it, full strength vinegar. A wash with Borax, if the rug is badly off also helps, I have a wool/cotton woven rug from the former Burma, which I have had for more than 20 years, cleaned every year this way, and I have pets, I even had our horse walk on it more than a few times, not planned, however

Great tips...unless you live in an apartment. Renters buy rugs too. Would love for one of these RU-vidrs to realize it.

Great video! :-) And.. im sorry for poor scraped knees. : (

yes i from Morocco we are cleaning like this rugs

It is very an original technic to wash handmade rugs i wanna present you one of wonderful Web site where you can find wonderful moroccan rugs at cheaper price

I don't think should be used on hooked rugs, they warn not get the burlap soaking wet. Or is this not true?

U should rinse it more with water from that pipe u only use few cups to rinse it

hello were is the other videos I think you got it just continue vloging and making videos 🥰🥰👍🏻👍🏻

I just recently purchased a decent sized area rug from IKEA that has a knitted pattern, like the trendy chunky knitted blankets... I have no idea how to vacuum and or wash it. Any suggestions?

Hi Kira. Thanks for the video. We just bought a Berber Moroccan carpet, similar to the one Adam MacKenzie posted below, and when we got it home we also discovered that is smells like a wet camel. We are also worried about the dyes running if we are to wash it using the method you showed in the video. Would you recommend the same technique?

Hi Kira, thanks for the video! My wool kilim rug is woven so tightly that I can't tell which way the fabric is going. What would I do in that case? The rug is from west elm. Thank you!!

honestly i bet its still full of germs

tachalhit 🥰😍

If you let carpet dry for more than day it starts to smell. I would first squeeze ass much water ass possible and then try more by putting towels around it while squeezing. Then let it out in sunny and non-humid day with some fans and hot air fans if possible. Keep them several feet away depending how powerful those heated fans are.

I would use a watering can to wet it down.

U need to flood it with bukets of water snd use scrappers for 100% cleaning.

Hi

Why dont u just use the water on the carpet directly from the hose??

Lol I lost mz shit 1:23 when that music played

Firstly, it is never a good idea to let laundry detergent come into contact with your skin so when I do this I use waterproof sandals to keep my feet dry and I pour the detergent mixture straight out from a watering can. Secondly, I can suggest using a soft broom brush with a broom handle. Then you don't have to get down on your knees on the wet carpet and your back will thank you.

What about washer and dryer🙈🙈

You sound so cute ;)

Need some help please? My wife has a 100 % wool rug and our daughter spilt her slim on it!! OMG! Anything please?

She didn't even bloody rinse it. Doesn't look clean to me at all. Next

and we have white vinegar… can someone show me the part where she actually uses it?

Man! The two camel carpet title was misleading! Totally not was I expected! Didn’t see two camel carpets! It was a great video for what it was meant to be though.

Wouw. Pure madness. Girl use some more water, or but high pressure water tools.

Never vacuumed and never cleaned the back side, hmmmm

If you're gonna add audio in between segments, make sure the volume is the same. Annoying.

What’s with the music girl.... no mam

Get a carpet scraper

Look good on video reality if you having a dog or cat's urine odor you will never remove it I guarantee it in writing

Doesn't work

She did a great video! She also happens to be very attractive, Imagine dat...

Remember anytime that you apply soap you have to rain said completely by leaving the soap in the rug the soap will blend with the pee pee and you will end with the pee pee soap is this is what you're looking for don't clean Oriental rug or area rug at home

Thank you for the tutorial but jeez what an appropriative video

Crap and cheap