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You can easily clean your outdoor rug, I show you how I do it with a useful garden tool.
The nature of being alfresco make things get dirty . Then you have kids , dogs and other humans trail shit all over . Thankfully outdoor rugs are made to take it and they are easy to clean !
Do you have an outdoor seating area are on a patio , deck or porch ? If you have a rug to make it cozier then it gets dirty . I am going to show you how to easy strip your outdoor rug to keep it await good all season long .
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Where to get this rug
I will get this out of the way directly off the chiropteran . I bought this carpet here .
It is a 6 x 9 rectangular outside rug .
I have used it for 6 summers now and it is still in mythic Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe . I have brought it in and used it under our dining room tabular array when the atmospheric condition outside gets wintry . It works majuscule indoors and out , so I should call it an indoor outside carpeting .
It also comes in other colors so you may discover one that correspond your decor .
How not to clean Indoor Outdoor Rugs
The one rule I wish to underscore the most is DON’T use soap . No dish soap , laundry soap , carpet cleaners etc . They leave residueno matter how much you think you have wash them out . ( I mystify that information from a professional carpet cleaner friend )
I acknowledge many others say to use some variety of soap but it really is n’t the best idea . Residue attracts shite and makes your rug dirty again quicker . We do n’t need that .
First you should get all loose dirt and colly off and out of the carpeting by shake out ( mine is the 6 x 9 and I can swipe if and give it a good tremble ) or hoover it well .
That alone goes a farsighted style in making the rug look clean . But as you could see this outside rug needs a good cleaning .
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I did say not to use soap but we did spray on my multi - purpose cleanup spray that has a teaspoon of dish soap to the gallon of urine . It is cut enough that it wo n’t leave residue . The other ingredients fetch their own cleanup abilities with them . Press here to find the recipe for the cleansing spray .
We sprayed the dry cleaner on in small patches as we major power washed the rug . I had essay just using the water hose with a nebulizer honker but that just did not get the rug clean so we whip out the index washer .
My favorite outdoor cleaning tool
This small simple machine is the best investment I have made for cleaning my out-of-door space . I will portion out some exposure of other thing I make clean with it at the end of this post .
I simply rob it to a hose , plug it in and tear the initiation . It is that easy . The picture establish the rug cleanup technique .
Basically launch the business leader spray back and forth at a temperate velocity . let the power of the sprayer lift forth the dirt and soil .
First up and down , then across . The we let the sun and warmth of the day dry it .
We did one-half and let it dry so I could show you the comparison .
Can you see the divergence ? The right is cleaner and brighter and the left hand is
Here is another slant …
It took perhaps an hour to dry the rug on an 80 point sidereal day in the full sun .
Once it is dry I ready up my Bistro Set under the umbrella and savor !
Not only do I clean this carpeting during the summer but also in Fall the right way before bringing it into my home to use during bad weather . It depend great under my dining room table .
I have always preferred my alcohol mixed bag for make clean over acetum andhere is a great clause on it create by a chemist .
We also use this might washer to clean house the deck .
And clean up pliant furniture ( enjoyment with caution as some plastic article of furniture will peel and I had scrubbed this by bridge player with no success before repair to the power washing machine )
And the porch railing . We will use it to remove as much of the onetime rouge before repaint too . But until we get to that I am content to get them cleaner .
Can you see why I love my piffling big businessman automatic washer ? It get the job done on so many things and it is portable . It insert into the garage when not in use and does not take up a wad of space . A everlasting tool to use around the abode and garden !
Happy Cleaning !
Hi, I’m Pamela
