I was using one of those metal lint brushes on a low pile synthetic rug in my living room, mostly for the lols. I use it on the couch and I thought I’d give it a go.
It horrified me how much dust it kicked up in addition the to fibers it removed. We use a robot vacuum almost daily, and vacuum the rug separately with a “real” vacuum as well. I don’t expect the vacuum to get all the hair that gets tangled I guess, but the dust was just 🤮
Do people still have to take their rugs out and beat them? Haven’t we progressed from that?
I have a small steam cleaner for spot cleaning large fabric things that can’t get washed. Maybe that is something I should be using on the whole rug, on occasion?
I don’t have any carpet flooring in my house because I hate the idea of it being a massive burden to change a fabric floor cover, but I realize I could probably do better on keeping the rugs clean. I don’t think it warrants tossing just because it’s dusty.
Can someone share some wisdom with me? Replies sharing how little cleaning you do are not helpful, but go off I guess. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to not want dust accumulating in my rugs.
Edited to highlight that I am specifically asking about rugs, I don’t have carpets.
I mean, most my family has done with our rugs are vacuum them because we ain’t great at upkeeping them.
Though, quite a few people at our apartment complex just taken there’s outside onto some place and thoroughly brush them down with soap and water and then take them to dry by hanging over their balcony railing. Either the railing, or I’ve seen some people just put them on top of their vehicle to dry.