Show From the HOME AGENT by Joyce Saddler Duchesne County Home Demonstration Agent RUG CLEANING Studies of vacuum cleaning all-wool rugs recently conducted may be helpful to especially at season when considerable soil may be brought in from Most know that some rugs are easier to get clean than In a closely woven pile rug dirt may become to deeply embedded that not all of lt can be removed by Periodic cleaning by professional rug cleaners is Though manufacturers of vacuum cleaners advise emptying the dust containers after every t his is not always done in home Studies show that as Uie bag fills the cleaner declines in This is because all air entering the cleaning nozzle must be exhausted nn tho fills with less air and dirt is drawn keeping the bag free of dirt is more important toi Uie cleaning efficiency of some cleaners With one make of cleaner efficiency dropped only 9 percent as dirt bag filled in contrast to another cleaner which showed a drop of 31 In the tests that were made the cleaners removed more dirt the other The study showed the quantity of dirt was removed during Uie first runs of Uie cleaners the first 12 minutes for a 9 x 12 Of particular interest are the data showing Uie increasing amount of dirt removed as Uie cleaning time |