For example if they become stained.
How to store a navajo rug.
There are some rugs that aren t woven as floor coverings but that s pretty obvious.
Be sure to find a dry cleaner who has had experience cleaning navajo textiles.
Measure length of the rug you are hanging and go slightly shorter by about 1 8th inch for the length of the wood.
Storage of small navajo rugs is obviously a bit more straightforward than large navajo rug storage.
The answer basically is one word.
You can simply store smaller textiles between layers of acid free tissue in drawers trays or shelves.
Using a navajo textile on the floor is pretty simple.
Use an appropriate pad and enjoy.
Snapping breaks the threads and shortens the life of the rug.
To hang your navajo rug use a 2 wide velcro just need the one sided grabby side and a strip of thin wood molding to adhere the velcro to.
When placing navajo rugs in or around your home try to avoid direct raw sunlight spots of light shining in through windows or broken illumination.
Direct light will quickly fade the color of the rug and structurally damage the rug fibers.
Do not snap the rug to shake dirt loose.
Give your rugs a gentle shake to loosen amounts of sand or dirt too large for the vacuum to.
Many navajo dyes are water soluble and will run or bleed when wet.
Also rotate your rug regularly to keep colors and fabrics balanced.
It s preferable to not layer rugs on top of one another but if you must make sure that lighter ones are on top and that brightly colored.
Most questions that i get about display involve how to hang a rug.
Water also causes the fibers to stretch altering the look and texture of the rug.
Rugs should only be dry cleaned in an emergency.