As Ideal Home’s expert in all things floorcare, you’d think I’d make smart flooring choices in my own home. But I will hold my hands up and say that I didn’t anticipate (or research) the care requirements of wool carpets when we chose them a few years ago. After all, you can’t clean wool carpets like other types of carpet, and this has caused me a fair few headaches as a result.
While the best carpet cleaners offer an ideal way to refresh and deep-clean non-wool carpets, natural wool fibres are too delicate to be exposed to chemicals, heat, steam, excessive moisture, or even the hefty weight and machinery associated with these appliances. In fact, doing so can lead to shrinkage, pile damage, colour fading, and in worst-case scenarios, the fibres can dissolve completely.
