I bought this rug in August and just washed it for the first time (January). I washed it in the washing machine and hung it to dry. It's been 4 days and the rug is still wet - nowhere near dry at all. Also as it is just starting to dry I can see that the color from the letters (light blue) ran into the rest of the rug. Completely unacceptable and the company will not do anything since I purchased the rug over 30 days ago. I will probably need to throw it out at this point because it will grow mold or mildew before it ever dries.