How To Care For A Flokati Rug

Keep shaking until it looks like all the dirt crumbs debris and other treasures have fallen out.

How to care for a flokati rug.

Roll up your flokati rug and take it outside. Do not tumble dry. Some wool will be caught in the brush this is absolutely normal and is not harmful to your flokati. You can even brush out the wool fibers with a metal brush or a dog brush.

Hang the rug over a line or a fence and rinse it thoroughly with a hose until the water runs clean. After brushing shake the rug by each corner. Air dry your rug out of direct sunlight. Take a bucket and spray bottle and fill each with cold water but add some mild cleaning detergent to the bucket of water.

Shake your flokati take your flokati rug outdoors and shake it to eliminate much of the dirt that collects inside the wool hairs of the flokati rug. The cleaning process for your flokati rug is amazingly simple. This will help make your flokati full and plush again. 100 wool flokati rugs are the most work the first few weeks after purchase and they are expected to shed up to two weeks until the fibers settle.

Washing a flokati rug manually if your rug is not machine washable or is too big to fit into a washing machine then you ll unfortunately have to clean it manually. Hold the rug firmly by the corners and give the rug a powerful shake. A cleanser that we carry in stock and recommend is called eucalan wool wash. If you have a large flokati rug you can ask for a few extra hands to do the shaking.

Wash your flokati in cold water with a very mild wool soap. Brush from the centre out. You may wash the rug with the mildest of wool soaps. Cleaning a flokati rug can be done in the washing machine if it is small enough flat on the ground or in the bath tub using oxiclean as the main cleaning ag.

Air your flokati make sure to let your flokati rug breathe. Wash small flokatis alone in the washing machine in cold water unless the tag states otherwise. To make your flokati fluffier after shaking it outdoors sprinkle it lightly with water a plant mister is perfect and brush it gently with a soft brush from the centre of the rug to the edges. Vacuum the rug thoroughly and hang it up outside.

Drip dry avoiding direct sunlight. All flokati rugs shed a little especially during cleaning. The flokati needs to be absolutely dry before you can use it again. They are a natural product and you may need to wash them directly after purchase.

To wash put your flokati in your washer use the delicate cycle on cold and add a small amount of mild detergent.