Answers, not opinions.
Practical guides written from a factory floor: how to size a rug, how to care for one, how to judge quality — and a glossary that translates rug-industry vocabulary into plain English.
Rug size guide
- Living, dining, bedroom
Which size fits which room, with the numbers behind the recommendations.
Rug care
- By construction & fibre
Vacuuming, spills, professional cleaning — what to do and what to skip.
Rug stain removal
- Substance × fibre matrix
- Water marks viscose
Eleven substances, four fibres, in a plain-HTML matrix — what to use, what never to use, and what goes wrong if you get it wrong.
Rug shedding
- Timeline by construction
- Normal vs not-normal
Why hand-tufted sheds and hand-knotted barely does. The real timeline per construction — and the sentence to say if it is still shedding at six months.
Moth protection for wool rugs
- Protein fibre only
- Storage & inspection
Moths eat wool, silk and cashmere; jute and cotton are not at risk. The real storage protocols, inspection intervals, and what works versus what is sold.
Rug quality guide
- Knot count & GSM
How to judge a rug the way a buyer does: knot count, GSM, pile, backing.
Rug glossary
- 154 terms defined
Every rug word that matters, in plain English — from abrash to yarn count.
Further reading on pihue.com
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