How do we clean our area rug that is on a laminate floor?

I do mine on either my garage floor or the concrete apron of the driveway on a nice sunny day and it dries real quick. I have also done clients on decks, or even kitchen floors - whereever it won't damage the floor.

If your going to use the dry stuff, Resolve does the best job with their soft carpet brush.

you have to take it outside or in a room where is a floor that the steamer will not harm.

We put down a large blue tarp (plastic} and rolled the rug back out on it. Used our home carpet cleaner and within a few hours it was completely dry and looked great. Yours might take a little longer because it looks a little thicker. Spot clean with Resolve (it is a foam in a can) ahead of using the carpet cleaner.

A tarp! Great idea that we hadn’t even thought of....also the heads-up about pretreating w/ Resolve. Huge THANK YOU!

I use Woolite High Traffic Spray. I rub the foam into the carpet fibers using a moist sponge mop. When dry, it gets a good vacuuming.

use Beekman's carpet and rug cleaner. You can find it on HSN or EVINE.COM.

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Thank you for sharing. It is really helpful. You can also try the SNB carpet cleaning services .

Take mat to a place that doesn't have that type of flooring or place heavy duty polythene under it so steam doesn't go through!

Using a gentle rug brush, gently agitate the fibers of the rug by sweeping it across laminate floors. In doing so, you can help the shampoo work its way into the cloth and loosen any trapped dirt or filth. Avoid using excessive force when cleaning delicate textiles to avoid damaging them.

I clean my area rugs on my driveway on a nice warm day using my Hoover floor cleaner. Apply the water with carpet cleaning solution in about 4 x 4' sections of the rug and then vacuum up the moisture and repeat until the entire rug has been cleaned. Sometimes I go over the entire rug again just using hot water and a cup of vinegar in the tank and vacuum up the moisture again to get the rug cleaner removed as much as possible so the cleaner doesn't attract dirt so readily. Amazing how dirty carpeting can get even though it is vacuumed regularly. That's one of the reasons I chose not to have wall to wall carpet in my home!

Hi Lynn, hope this helps you. Honestly I would pull the rug and clean it on a concrete floor in the garage or on driveway, that way you don't need to worry about damaging the laminate. Otherwise this video may help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALpQnEf5ZTo

Most area rugs are washable. I washed mine on a clothes line with a hose and scrub brush and let it dry outside.

hands & Knees and use Soap suds only and sponge..