Cleaned four wool area rugs Monday. HWE while spread out on my shop floor. Then I hung three of the rugs on the wall with nylon clamps that started out fabrication as tarp clamps and an S hook. Anyway the clamps are nylon and similar to the ratchety type interlink used to sell to keep a towel handy. Probably an inch wide. Well I put a clap about every foot on the 9' (short) side of the rug and hung it by these clips with S-Hooks to a piece of 1/2" pipe I had installed just for this purpose. The rug hung there drying almost two days before I took it down to roll it up. Now to my surprise when I took these beautiful new plastic clamps off I found the wool fibers held the impression of the clamp. I have 13 impressions about 1" x 3/4" that are not readily fluffing back out. Customer was expecting rugs to be delivered today. So I delivered them. She didn't seem to notice the impressions, but I told her about it and explained I would have taken them out except I noticed it too late. And I wouldn't have been able to bring her rugs back today. I said if they didn't fluff up with the normal vacuuming in a couple of days I would come back and take care of them for her.
Here is the question? what will take the carpet fiber and make it look like it hadn't been clamped? Steam?, Ice? Velvet card? Magic beans?
I would probably try a little steam and some type of comb.
Also suggest the right way to hang a rug for drying.
Here is the question? what will take the carpet fiber and make it look like it hadn't been clamped? Steam?, Ice? Velvet card? Magic beans?
I would probably try a little steam and some type of comb.
Also suggest the right way to hang a rug for drying.