I bought a beautiful rug in Ethiopia - however, it was obviously never "treated" and smells like a barn (to be polite). It's been aired for months, and lots of ideas applied to it (baking soda, vacuumed, even dry cleaned). The result is still a pretty strong barn-like smell.
Please, has anyone got any suggestions? I suspect the (natural) dyes have not been fixed but I'm getting to the stage where I'm about to use detergent and be damned (!)
Feel free to email me direct if you prefer. Thanks, Lina
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