Artificial fur rugs

Make a sofa the most cozy corner in the home, without falling into a banality is simple enough - it is only to lay it with a plaid of artificial fur. Preserving the complete external illusion of natural fur - fox, sable or zebra, artificial fur rugs differ from their natural counterparts by quite affordable cost and simple leaving. How to choose and take care of such a rug we'll talk today.

How to choose a plaid of artificial fur?

Going to the store for a new coat for your favorite couch, you should pay attention to the following details:

  1. Uniformity of the pile - a quality artificial fur plaid should not have teardrops, bald spots, protruding threads, etc. Check the quality of the pile will help a simple test - the edge of the rug should be simply squeezed in the fist. After that on the palm should not remain villi, and on the canvas - traces of deformation.
  2. Presence of a smell - as well as any other home textiles, a fur plaid at purchase costs to smell. Any sharp smell will serve as evidence of poor quality products, for example, the use of aggressive dyes.
  3. Quality stitches - to make the plaid glad eye and body for more than one year, its lining should be neat and evenly stitched, without distortion and creases.

How to care for a rug of artificial fur?

Like any other products made of synthetic fibers, artificial fur rugs have an unpleasant property to store static electricity. Because of this, they are like a magnet attract dust and any small debris, which means that they often have to be cleaned. Especially it concerns plaids from white faux fur. For cleaning, you can use a conventional vacuum cleaner with a special nozzle. Wash the same artificial fur plaid and you can in a conventional washing machine in a delicate washing mode, eliminating the spinning and drying. In order not to hammer a pile with particles of a powder, for washing it is necessary to use only gel-like means. To dry the rug we should hang on a wide beam or pipe to avoid the appearance of fur on the fur from the rope. If necessary, the fur plaid can be ironed from the wrong side with a warm iron without a steamer. It is better to store such a rug simply on a shelf in a closet or in a cardboard box, but in no case in a plastic bag - in it artificial fur will not "breathe" and can become covered with ugly divorces.