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Will my rug shed forever?
I bought a runner from World Market a couple of months ago, and while I love it, it's still shedding like crazy. The rug is 100% wool, cut pile, made in India. Any idea if it will continue to shed forever, or if it will taper off? And if it will stop, is there anything I can do to speed up the process?
I bought a runner from World Market a couple of months ago, and while I love it, it's still shedding like crazy. The rug is 100% wool, cut pile, made in India. Any idea if it will continue to shed forever, or if it will taper off? And if it will stop, is there anything I can do to speed up the process?
Best answer: Cut pile wool rugs will shed for 6 to 12 months, even with regular vacuuming, though that helps the process along considerably. They will eventually shed far less (and somehow not be noticeably thinner).
Great housekeeping moment: when a visitor noticed the major dust bunnies in my living room. He thought it was from my dogs shedding; I knew it was from the rugs which were still quite new. All I could say was, I brush the dogs more often than I vacuum the rugs. Oh well.
posted by vers at 1:08 PM on October 16, 2011
Great housekeeping moment: when a visitor noticed the major dust bunnies in my living room. He thought it was from my dogs shedding; I knew it was from the rugs which were still quite new. All I could say was, I brush the dogs more often than I vacuum the rugs. Oh well.
posted by vers at 1:08 PM on October 16, 2011
Response by poster: Awesome, thanks. That gives me hope...and motivation to vacuum more often.
posted by TallulahBankhead at 4:09 PM on October 16, 2011
posted by TallulahBankhead at 4:09 PM on October 16, 2011
The rug may never really stop shedding. We had to get rid of one of our wool rugs because, after two years of non-stop shedding, we couldn't take it anymore. It never really diminished, either. And we vacuumed very frequently.
All of that said, I think traffic over the rug makes a massive difference in shedding volume, so you may be able to rescue the rug if you move it somewhere less busy in your living space.
posted by yellowcandy at 6:37 PM on October 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
All of that said, I think traffic over the rug makes a massive difference in shedding volume, so you may be able to rescue the rug if you move it somewhere less busy in your living space.
posted by yellowcandy at 6:37 PM on October 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
The rug may never really stop shedding. We had to get rid of one of our wool rugs because, after two years of non-stop shedding, we couldn't take it anymore.
Me too. It was an Ikea rug and I loved it (not to be cliched, but it really tied the room together) and my husband finally could not deal with the red fluff it shedded all over our apartment. We had it for two and a half years. Nothing helped.
posted by troublesome at 7:04 PM on October 16, 2011
Me too. It was an Ikea rug and I loved it (not to be cliched, but it really tied the room together) and my husband finally could not deal with the red fluff it shedded all over our apartment. We had it for two and a half years. Nothing helped.
posted by troublesome at 7:04 PM on October 16, 2011
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