You can find nothing lovelier to spruce up your home than a beautiful oriental rug. No matter what your color or design scheme, you can find an oriental rug to suit it, since they come in every imaginable color and design.

Oriental rugs will last for years, and even generations, if they are properly cared for. It may seem like a difficult task to properly clean an oriental rug, but taking a few precautions and knowing the right steps will help assure that your rugs will last a long time.

The first and most important step in preserving your oriental rug is vacuuming. Don't believe it when people tell you that vacuuming an oriental rug will damage it. The exact opposite is true, as long as you do it properly. Make sure that the beater on your vacuum is at the highest position so that it does not dig into the fabric of the rug and cut and scrape the fiber. You may even consider taking the beater bar off altogether, since all you really want to do is suck the dust and dirt out of the carpet, not scour it.

If your carpet has reached a point, however, where routine vacuuming is no longer keeping it nice looking, it may be time for a proper cleaning. First of all, if anyone ever spills something on your oriental rug, make sure you remove it as quickly as possible. If a stain is allowed to set, it will be that much more difficult to remove. If you have an accumulation of stains and dirt on your oriental rug, it may be time to bring it to an oriental rug specialist. You should be able to find one locally is you check the yellow pages, but if there are none in your area, talk to a dry cleaner who may be able to refer you to someone who can handle this kind of work.

A specialist in oriental rug cleaning knows all about the construction of the rug and how important it is to protect the fiber. It is very important to have the rug cleaned so that the beautiful vibrant colors can once again be seen, without any damage to the material or the risk that the colors will run together. An expert knows how to do this.

These companies realize that an oriental rug can be well cleaned without any long term damage to the rug. Using a special cleaning solution will allow them to do this, and even though the rug is washed in water, it is washed in a special solution that will protect while cleaning it. Trying to clean a rug like this be yourself may only lead to headaches or worse, permanent damage to your beautiful rug. Don't think you can put the solution in a tub of water and scrub the rug clean. You will ruin the rug you have worked so hard to get clean.

If you want your oriental rug to be a part of your life for a long time, and it certainly can be, you should do your routine care such as vacuuming and quick spill cleanup, and leave the heavy duty care to professionals who will do it right.