Unless you opted for a machine washable area rug, cleaning an area rug can be a serious undertaking – especially if you do not have a carpet cleaner that can do most of the work for you.
Nevertheless, knowing how to clean an area rug properly is vital to its longevity. It may be that your rug is in a bedroom, where it doesn't get a ton of footfall, but might occasionally become victim to an early morning coffee spillage. Or perhaps it's in the kitchen, where it has to cope with all kinds of stains and spills – or out in the backyard, in which case it may even have to cope with BBQ stains, too.
