Vacuuming Your Wool Carpet

June 13, 2022

Choosing the right vacuum for your wool carpet is extremely important. We welcome and encourage all Nature’s Carpet retailers and consumers alike, to save a copy of our Care & Maintenance Guide for best practices.

Once you’ve selected and installed a beautiful wool carpet for your home, regular cleaning and maintenance are needed to keep your carpet looking great year after year. A regular vacuuming maintenance program will achieve four key things:

1. Remove soil and dirt from the surface of the carpet for both appearance and hygiene reasons;
2. Preserve the original texture of the carpet;
3. Help prevent infestation from insects and moths; and,
4. Increase the lifespan of the carpet.

We recommend that homeowners dry vacuum approximately once a week. This will prevent soil from becoming embedded in the pile, causing accelerated wear. Over-vacuuming can cause fuzzing, while under-vacuuming can cause matting. It is important to find a balance in-between.

Many people believe that a suction-only vacuum is the best option for wool carpet, however, we believe this to be outdated advice. A “beater-bar” type vacuum (with a rotating brush) is effective for lifting the pile, pulling away dirt particles and removing shedding fibers. It is important to adjust the height setting of the beater-bar/rotating brush for positive results according to the pile height of your particular carpet.

It is also extremely important to note that many models of vacuums on the market have overly stiff roller-brushes that are abrasive and can cause fuzzing, as well as too-powerful suction that can shred wool and other soft fiber carpets, which will void the warranty on your carpet.

We have done our research the past few years and have found that Soniclean Soft Carpet Series vacuums are specially designed to be safe and very effective on wool and other soft-fiber carpets. For more information on vacuuming and/or general care and maintenance, contact your local Nature’s Carpet retailer and/or our local representative for your region.