maintaining authentic vintage wool shag carpeting.

[kirbyvertibles]

Hey guys and gals,
I have a real white wool shag carpet that was basically new old stock from 1972 that I had laid in my den/mini meet room. I want to keep it as new as possible and I wanted to hear your opinions on how to do this. I have a rake on my Kirby, I have a shag tool for Hoover and Bison for use on the hose. I also have Electrolux Floor Pro with nap lifters. I vacuum it every time I go into the room and yes I use brush rolls on it. My favorite so far are my Classic III, Regina Brush N Beat, and Hoover Concept.

I wanted to know if it would benefit me to get like a pile lifter? Is the lux to harsh? ECT...
I'll look for a picture of carpet and post it.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Best picture I have of the carpet. It's thicker than it looks. There are several vacuums I can't even use on it because the brush roll just can't turn on it.

 

[kenkart]

I always liked the Kirby

Shag rake, the Kirby does well on shag, I would love to have old fashioned shag wall to wall!

 

[suckolux]

Looks very much like my landladys whole house carpet, very thick and heavy. Kirby works well on it as does the concept.

 

[ultralux88]

I’d love to run a Eureka shag attachment on a vintage central vac over that carpet!

 

[gj3476]

That bison vacuum you have looks very beautiful especially on that shag carpet!