Q:Whats all this nonsense i hear about shampooing carpets and such? can you really do that? and like, how? hah sorry apparently my friends mom was doing it to her carpet yesterday and i am bored and thinking about doing it to my carpet but i need to know how first :D

Rent a carpet cleaner. It takes some work, so make sure you know what your doing.

Q:Hi,Well my sister just got a rug that was given to her. It is dark colored, Smells like mothballs and its knotted. She's afraid to dry clean it because it is a pretty big rug and she doesnt wanna spend that much on it. So how would she clean a wool sheep fur rug? thanks again! a bunch!

with vinegar and water.

Q:Our family just moved into an apartment with 4 year old carpet (the manager verified the installation date). We plan on moving in 4 years when my husband is done with medical school. Therefore, the carpet would be 8 years old. We would like to pay to replace the carpeting, but the manager is claiming that the carpeting we are looking at isn't quot;commercial gradequot; and that it won't last after we move. The manager also claims that the carpeting that is currently installed could potentially last another 4-8 years. The current rule here is that if you damage the carpet and it must be replaced within the first 7 years, you must pay x/7 of the value. My question is: If we trash our carpet and move out in 4 years, they won't be able to charge us. Why can't I just replace it now with carpeting that I like? Does this sound right? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I agree - don't replace carpet in a place you are renting. Get a steam cleaner and get it thoroughly cleaned or something. That will help you too. But hold off on replacing carpet until you buy a house and need to do that. Why waste your money on something that you don't even own?

Q:we were sittimg looking at carpet wondering what it is made of.

most carpets are petroleum based (they burn really well). The higher end ones may be wool, etc

Q:sooo... i just caught my husband cheating on me with the maid down tthe street so i ran out of them room and grabbed my samuri sword and ran back and chopped that b*tch in half. but i accidentally went all the way through her and chopped off my husbands penis too. so this b*tch was bleeding all over my carpet and i was getting pissed cause she was screaming so i chopped her head off. and that killed her. but then my husband wouldnt stop screaming cause his penis was just lying there... and he was really annoying me so i chopped his head off too, so then i stuffed their bodies in my hefty garbage bags and they're sitting in my freezer in the garage, but now theres blood all over my fuc*ing persian rug and i'm really agitated.

find a family with a nicer rug, kill them all , that will not only help you deal with your agitation, it will make stealing their rug much easier, I wish all lives problems could be solved so easily.

Q:where can I find free pattern to weave a rug on a rigid weaving loom?

Are you working on a rug now? As you know, a rigid heddle loom has limitations. You can only do plain weave, and for a rug, this is just fine. If you are using rag strips, that is even better. The patterning will come from the colour of the horizontal stripes you are weaving. You can change them at will, or according to a set pattern. The patterns are only limited to your imagination! I would make a small drawing on paper and then just use coloured pencils or crayons to make horizontal stripes. If you have patterned material to work with, you may not need to make much of a design because the wefts (the cross threads) will make a design of their own. How wide is your rigid heddle? Most are fairly narrow -- perhaps up to 22 wide. Your rug is going to be quite narrow. You may want to piece two of them together side by side, and that offers further possibilities for creating a pattern. Just go wild!! You can do anything you want.

Q:I have several cats, but only recently she decided to do her job on my area rug, yet she'll tinkle in the litter box...Any answers as to how I can get her back into doing both in the litter box...

well, maybe you should move the rug, unless its a big one, into a different room, because it may be the rug, i had a cat that had a littlerbox, and but she would only do #2 in it, and my dad has this really really really nice room where no one can go in it except him [lol] and the cat would always pee on it, and the day before we had to take her to the pound, my dad picked it up and found 20 pee stains on it! no joke! but you could probably put the litterbox in the same place that she does #2. =] or change the litter, see if that helps!! best wishes and good luck!!

Q:Is professionally cleaning a FILTHY carpet enough or should it just be replaced?I am moving into a house with a FILTHY carpet. Truly disgusting, just nasty. The house stinks bad because of it. The landlord says he will get it professionally cleaned. I would rather have all the carpet taken out and replaced...or some other flooring put in. Is professionally cleaning a carpet that great of an idea? Does it only get the top surface clean..or does it clean deep down?

Professional cleaning can accomplish a lot. I've seen a really grubby carpet that was 5 shades lighter after it was cleaned. Why don't you wait and see how the carpet looks after cleaning?

Q:Is it true that you are better off buying a thinner carpet (not as dense or tall) with an 8 lb. carpet padding (the best) as opposed to a thicker carpet (dense and tall) with a cheaper 6 lb. padding? The price difference in the padding is dramatic...3.50/sq. yd. vs. 6.50/sq. yd.!

Depends on your budget/what you can afford now and how long you want it to last/where the carpet is located. For a bedroom carpet, you want to denser, as you are walking around bear foot. For the entrance hall, perhaps something cheaper, with a rug or runner. What you should remember is the carpet, no matter what grade, gets covered in all the germs, dirt etc you walk in, you drop etc etc. So you should really swap it every so often anyway for hygiene/allergy reasons, regardless of the quality that goes down. A quick vacuum never gets the germs out, just the dust!

Q:New carpeting was just laid in the place I just moved into, and it smells like there's mold either in the carpeting or padding, I'm not sure which. I'm guessing it's the carpeting.Does anyone know if a solution of white non-sudsing ammonia would kill the mold?If not is there anything I can do about it without having to call in a professional?

Ok okorder . ALSO, when you sprinkle the baking soda on, LEAVE IT for awhile, walk on, forget about it, vacuum it up later, it won't hurt a thing.