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<p>[QUOTE="artsfarm, post: 210233, member: 3418"]I had a Victorian 'Household Hints' book which suggested cleaning these rugs, and also woven Oriental rugs with salt on a damp rag. Rub gently in a circular motion, then back again in the opposite direction, then brush-sweep it off. I tried it on one of my wool Asian rugs and it worked really well. </p><p>FYI, it also said to use stale bread to clean wallpaper, and that worked as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="artsfarm, post: 210233, member: 3418"]I had a Victorian 'Household Hints' book which suggested cleaning these rugs, and also woven Oriental rugs with salt on a damp rag. Rub gently in a circular motion, then back again in the opposite direction, then brush-sweep it off. I tried it on one of my wool Asian rugs and it worked really well. FYI, it also said to use stale bread to clean wallpaper, and that worked as well :-)[/QUOTE]
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