Q:I would like to give braided rugs as gifts to some elderly people that just can't afford much of anything. I've seen them at garage sales but have never made one. I am hoping some1 here knows or has made some. Thanks yes I do give best answers a comment for all your help.

Are you determined that they must be *braided*? Similar can be crocheted from cloth strips. With braided rugs, the tedium of final stitching can be a roadblock to completion. In either case, the rugs may be rectangular rather than round or oval. The short edges/ends will have a fringe. With braided, the lengths are sewn together with carpet thread, often looping invisibly *between* strands rather than forcing the needle *through* strands. With crocheted, only the fringed ends will need to be stabilized.

Q:does anyone know how to do this? my friend boils fabuloso and dips her mop and scrubs. any other suggestions?

HIRE A CARPET CLEANER... SHE CAN'T POSSIBLY BE GETTING ALL THE RESIDUE OUT OF THE CARPET. WHICH CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT SOIL FASTER.

Q:i need to know where to find vintage rugs.

Vintage rugs are most easily defined as those rugs or carpets produced from the 1920s through the 1970s. They represent the dramatic changes that took place in the arts following the First World War. Vintage rugs often showcase experimentation and innovation. For example, rugs produced in China during this period were influenced by the Art Deco rugs first produced in France.

Q:What are the advantages and disadvantages of carpet laying at home?

The carpet carpet surface for intensive pile structure, has a strong ability to accept dust. This relatively reduces the amount of dust in the air, but on the other hand leads to too much dust on the carpet. At the same time, some carpets due to cleaning and maintenance is not timely, easy to breed bacteria, mites, long-term use will cause children bronchitis and respiratory diseases.Carpet cleaning is difficult to maintain. First of all, easy dust dirty carpet, often need to dust, secondly, because of the porous carpet, easy to shelter evil people and countenance evil practices clean up more difficult.

Q:What is the average price of wall to wall carpeting for a 2,000 quare foot house?

Residential carpet start around $14.00 per sq yard ( carpet are sold per sq yard) this price is include ?” padding and installation, you looking for apex $3300.00, this is an apartment grade, a dissent quality will cost about $18-20 per sq yard include padding and installation. Home depot is the most expensive for home owners. Look for your neighborhood carpet stores, most stores will also have special or what will call it remnant, you can get higher quality carpet for price of apartment grade. When some one giving you a price per sq ft, the just trying to hide the big number in sq feet

Q:After stepping on strong sticky rat board, get on the carpet is how to remove the shoe, viscose carpet without damage to the carpet?

Use the alcohol of the drugstore, cotton cloth dipped in alcohol, wet where there is glue, and after a few seconds, brush gently with your toothbrush, and your face will come off

Q:I spilled a full ashtray on my off white carpet i scrubed it with carpet cleaner i still have a big black spot anyone know how i can get that out? Thanks

You should have not gotten it wet. You should have vacuumed it up right away. There is no real way to get that out of the carpet now. I have tried. I did the same thing. Spilled an ash tray, brushed off as much as i could, then used resolve. I still have the stain. nothing helped. Sorry :(

Q:where can i get a liyyle patch of carpet online. for cheap. 5 by 2 inches preferacly so i can cut it into theright shape.

put it back into the habitrail! now go to the carpet store and go into the back. Look for a large dumpster full of carpet peices and cut off the one thats closest to yours and get some Elmers white glue to hold it in place and put a weight on it till it's dry. no one will ever know! (unless your hampster's a snitch too!)

Q:every time i leave the housemy cat pees the rug even when we are sleeping. we have tried every thing with the viniger and that stufff that cleens the rug and takes away the odor. the rug is by the window cill and there are some stray cats running around outside. every time she does is we flick her nose and put her in our bathroom. plz help i`m tired of scrubbbing my carpet.

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Q:It's a really nice 5'x9' woven American Indian area rug, but the people that owed it never took care of it. It cost over $100. to take it to a professional. Does any one have any idea's how I can clean it myself? In the olden days there had to been away!

Use your steam air purifier with heat water and a effectual rug shampoo/detergent. place the rug on a no longer situation-free floor if mandatory. If the rug is colorations which you think of of would bleed on a similar time as moist, use cool water and intensely do the shampooing on a no longer situation-free floor, no longer a tender colour carpet for useful. an outdoors deck or sparkling storage floor or sparkling cement cdriveway works sturdy too. I even have used my rug steamer on all varieties of rugs and carpets and overall performance decrease than no circumstances had any situation. you ought to ought to flow over the spots a pair of situations.