What is the best vacuum cleaner to use on an antique Persian carpet that is 100+ old?
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Never vacuum an antique rug. Use a brush. A vacuum pulls up the dirt from below the rug and pulls at the threads, thus tearing off some of them. Antique rugs need special care. One of the reasons they have survived is that they were probably never vacuumed!!
Kirby
Use any vacuum that you can turn off the brush. All you should use is suction and only use it sparingly. Try using a rug sweeper as you weekly cleaning tool and only use the vacuum when absolutely pessary as vacuuming will damage the delicate fibers and on a rug that is 100 years old it could also cause a tear any week spots.
bama has the best answer, i was going to say something similar, hand clean it, CAREFULY
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