Never scrub it.
Viscose rug cleaning solution.
Viscose is prone to shrinking when water soaked and has a tendency to bleed dye.
I bought this one it comes in powder form and you mix it with cool water to create the solution.
Water will cause a yellow stain and create another problem for you to solve.
Since the viscose fibres are very absorbent abstain from using too much solution in order to avoid oversaturating your rug.
This rug is only 12 months old and it s had a hard life.
Purchase cleaning chemicals that are made specifically for viscose and read the instructions on the back.
Didn t get aggressive with it and was mindful of pile damage.
We re seeing a trend of area rugs being made of viscose.
You can find anionic detergents or other cleaners made specifically for viscose rugs online or at rug stores.
Their best look will be on the day it was purchased.
Be gentle when cleaning your viscose rug.
How to clean a stain on viscose rug or carpet.
Specialised in rugs cleaning since 1980 i completely agree with you those viscose rugs are nightmares and very expensive i try to find a solution to avoid yellow spots but till now it doesn t work the way i want.
Mix carpet cleaning chemicals with water to create a cleaning solution.
Instead use an acetic or citric solution.
Never clean a viscose rug with water instead use a citric or acetic acid solution.
Viscose rugs are one of the few rugs that look worse with time and with cleaning.
You cannot assume the rug was purchased at a low price because the owner may have been unscrupulously sold it as the real deal silk.
The first thing to do is avoid reaching for any water.
The acidity not only prevents the viscose rug fibers from turning yellow but if you use it 2 3 times to clean a spot that has turned yellow from coming into contact with water it will often reverse the.
I ve heard about h2o2 which whitten naturel fibers.
Don t use too much cleaning solution.
Couple of stubborn spots but blotted with a little more solution bonneted over.
It also does well in bright colours.
The viscose fibres are normally dyed after production and so are not solution dyed.
We talk about what they are and why they are difficult to clean.
Bearing in mind viscose likes to fall apart at the slightest invitation it was a case of gently does it.
This will clean up the stain as well as possibly the yellow water stains.
Cleaning of viscose rugs.
Brushed the pile in one direction to finish.
Using large amounts of water is not a way to clean this type of rug.
One good thing about having a viscose rug is that it does not burn unlike rayon it s close cousin rayon which burns.