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Recommended Care and Cleaning of all rugs

Nourison recommends only the use of Woolite or other compatible Carpet Cleaner for the cleaning of all rugs. The cleaning process should involve applying the Woolite with a soft bristle brush, rinsing the water, and extracting with a vacuum or extractor. The rug should then be dried by air or low temperature hair dryer. The use of any other cleaning solvent will void the Nourison warranty, and make the cleaning service solely responsible for any damage caused to the rug. Nourison does not guarantee that these methods work and should be used as a guideline only!  If in doubt,  call a reputable cleaner.

Acids Detergent/White vingear
Alcholic Beverages Detergent/White vingear or cleaning fluid
Ammonia or Alkali Detergent/White vingear
Ball-point pen ink Methylated spirits or turpentine
Beer Detergent/White vingear
Bleach Detergent/White vingear
Blood Detergent/White vingear or Starch Paste
Burning cigerette Brush off with a hard edge
Butter Cleaning fluid
Candy Detergent/White vingear or scrape and vacuum
Cellulose paint Acetone
Chewing Gum Detergent/White vingear or cleaning fluid
Chocolate Detergent/White vingear or cleaning fluid
Coffee Glyerine
Cosmetics Detergent/White vingear or cleaning fluid
Crayon Detergent/White vingear or cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum
Egg Detergent/White vingear
Excrement(human) Detergent/White vingear (remove at once-chemicals in excrement attack dyestuffs)
Excrement(pet) Call a reputable cleaner
Fat and Oil Tissue and iron, then cleaning fluid (Do not use iron after solvent)
Fruit and juices Detergent/White vingear
Furniture polish Detergent/White vingear or cleaning fluid*
Glue Alcohol
Grass Methylated spirits
Gravy Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid
Grease Cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum
Household cement Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Ice cream Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Ink Water only
Iodine Alcohol
Jam Lukewarm water
Lipstick Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Medicine Call a reputable cleaner
Metal polish Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Mildew Call a reputable cleaner
Milk Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Mud Detergent/White vinegar
Mustard Detergent/White vinegar
Nail Polish Polish remover*
Oils Cleaning fluid
Paint Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Perfume Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Permanent ink Call a reputable cleaner
Rust Call a reputable cleaner
Salad dressing Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Sauces Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid*
Shoe polish Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum
Soot Vacuum, then cleaning fluid
Stain Cleaning Method
Tar Cleaning fluid
Tea Detergent/White vinegar
Urine (human) Detergent/White vinegar (remove at once-chemicals in urine attack dyestuff)
Urine (pet) Call a reputable cleaner
Vomit Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid
Wax Cleaning fluid or scrape and vacuum
Wine Detergent/White vinegar or cleaning fluid
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Note: Almost all spills are removed by either dry cleaning fluid (follow manufacturer's instructions) or a simple solution of one teaspoon of mild detergent with one teaspoon of white vinegar in a quart of warm water.

*If recommended procedure is not effective call us. Some stains are so complex that they should be treated by someone with a knowledge of textile chemistry. Don't wait for annual cleaning. It may be too late to remove the stain.

Gallery of Oriental Rugs does not guarantee that these methods work and should be used as a guideline only!  If in doubt,  call us.