Washing and Gravity Extracting Water Out of a Big Rug

BST1

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Brian Terpstra
I used to have an Iranian guy who worked in the rug plant for me and he had talked about how they would clean a rug and then roll it up wet and stand it on end to dry when he was still in Iran. I find it incredible that something so large and layered would dry. What is that machine they are rolling over it in the first two pictures Tom?
 

rhyde

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I call it the poor man's centrifuge!

It works well for some things ..obviously not bleeders works great for tufted rugs!
 

The Great Oz

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Give a water-soaked rug ten minutes like this and it will be lots easier to get out of the house.

Wouldn't try getting a rug dry this way though.
 

Ron K

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We did try to modernize the way we remove water a couple of years ago but as you know Tom we could not revolutionize our process.
 

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