| A sisal rug is a rug made from the agave, | | | | cactus. Sisal will expand or contract |
| commonly known as a cactus. The plant was | | | | depending on the climatic conditions. Sisal |
| first discovered in the Yucatan and was named | | | | rugs are not to be recommended for areas that |
| for the port where the fiber was first | | | | may receive wet spills or has constant |
| exported. These plants grow in semi-arid | | | | exposure to rain, snow or water in general. |
| environments and produce large fleshy leaves | | | | Your sisal rug is not recommended for |
| from which the sisal fiber is crushed and | | | | bathroom,Jacuzzi or swimming pool areas. |
| scraped so that only the fibers remain. The | | | | There are best used in indoor applications or |
| fibers are then washed before drying in the | | | | in enclosed or screened porches.How do I care |
| sun or alternatively by hot air. It is very | | | | for my sisal rug? Luckily, dirt does not |
| important to dry the fiber correctly as the | | | | cling to the static-free sisal fiber and |
| quality of the sisal depends on its moisture | | | | vacuuming is the best care you can give it, |
| content. The washed and dried sisal produces | | | | in addition to keeping it from exposure to |
| a strong, durable, stretchable material | | | | water. It goes without saying therefore that |
| suitable for rugs as well as rope, | | | | sisal rugs should not be steam cleaned or |
| handicrafts and many other uses. The sisal | | | | cleaned by any other method that uses water. |
| fiber is also suitable for dyeing and makes | | | | Remember it this way, it came from the desert |
| it a prime candidate for the making of sisal | | | | and it wants to stay there! If you do happen |
| rugs. The leading exporters of sisal fiber | | | | to spill something on your sisal rug (and you |
| are Brazil, Mexico, China, Tanzania and | | | | will), blot immediately and dry with a hair |
| Kenya. In sisal rugs, sisal is usually | | | | dryer or fan. There are products on the |
| blended with wool and acrylic for a softer | | | | market that will coat and protect your carpet |
| feel. This is accomplished by a 60% wool and | | | | from absorbing moisture also. Check with your |
| 40% sisal ratio generally. The resulting | | | | local rug dealer for information on this |
| sisal wool rug is durable as well as soft. | | | | solution.Sisal Rugs, Rug care, Antiques. |
| Hence you can actually walk on a cactus!Your | | | | Beautify your home. Antiques. |
| sisal rug does have some unique | | | | |
| characteristics, apart from being made from a | | | | Beautify your home. |