How to Clean Kitchen and Bathroom Rugs
Kitchen and bathroom rugs help keep the two most dirt-prone areas of your home clean - but only by sacrificing themselves. Here's how to treat them right and get them clean.
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Instructions
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Know that most kitchen and bathroom rugs can be machine-washed. Check on the care tag to make sure.
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Pre-treat stains with a laundry pre-treatment or stain remover.
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Separate rugs by color: dark colors in one wash load; light colors in another.
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Wash dark-colored rugs on the delicate setting with a mild detergent at a warm temperature - less than 90 degrees F.
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Wash light-colored rugs on the delicate setting with a mild detergent at a hot temperature - less than 105 degrees F.
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Rinse rugs thoroughly.
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Tumble dry at a low setting. Or, if the fibers of the rugs are especially delicate, you may prefer to hang the rugs to dry rather than tumble dry them.
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Brush the fibers lightly with your hand to fluff.
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Tips & Warnings
Check rugs for special care instructions before washing.
Rugs should be washed separately from clothes.
To brighten the appearance of white rugs, add a small amount of non-chlorine bleach to water when washing.
For rugs with rubber backing, avoid high heat in the washer and avoid the dryer.
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Comments
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SMEDLY
Jan 05, 2009
on 5/01/2009: I have same problem as RipVanWinkle- yellow urine stains on the white rubber backing of my contour rug around the toilet. There are 3 males in the house (with bad aim, obviously!), so the problem will not go away. I don't want to keep replacing the rugs! I don't see a posted solution for RipVanWinkle's comment; was there one and I just don't see it? -
SMEDLY
Jan 05, 2009
on 5/01/2009: I have same problem as RipVanWinkle- yellow urine stains on the white rubber backing of my contour rug around the toilet. There are 3 males in the house (with bad aim, obviously!), so the problem will not go away. I don't want to keep replacing the rugs! I don't see a posted solution for RipVanWinkle's comment; was there one and I just don't see it?
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RipVanWinkle
Jun 26, 2007
Where I appreciate the suggestions above, the rubber backed rug around the toilet has a few "man" made urine stains that have gone thru to the rubber backing. I'm concerned that the "fluffing " technique will only intensify the oder. Is there a special way to launder these little contour rugs?
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RipVanWinkle
Jun 26, 2007
Where I appreciate the suggestions above, the rubber backed rug around the toilet has a few "man" made urine stains that have gone thru to the rubber backing. I'm concerned that the "fluffing " technique will only intensify the oder. Is there a special way to launder these little contour rugs?
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Jan 02, 2006
Many (if not all) rubber-backed rugs will have their backings destroyed by bleach, so always avoid using it with them. This should be mentioned on the rug's care instruction tag; but obviously the tags have sometimes been removed for sake of appearance.
