In-Shop Oriental Rug Cleaning
Oriental rugs need extra care when cleaned. That’s why we recommend a professional oriental rug cleaning at one of our off-site rug cleaning facilities. At our facility, we can be more thorough than with our in-home area rug cleaning service. This leaves you with a clean rug without the risk of damage.
Our off-site oriental rug cleaning allows us to safely remove dirt, pet urine stains, and odors through our state-of-the-art machinery. Wool and silk rugs are very special. The fibers can be extremely durable, lasting for years. With proper maintenance, wool and silk rugs can last for generations and can be passed on through families. That is special!
How do we care for rugs?
One of the most important things we can do to preserve our rugs is to vacuum them often. I sometimes feel like a broken record when I talk about the importance of vacuuming, but it truly is one of the best things we can do to take care of our rugs.
Use a soft-bristled beater bar on the vacuum. Make sure the bristles barely touch the tips of the rug face yarns. The beater bar vibrates the fibers, shaking the dirt off. Then, the vacuum can suck it up. One of the coolest things about wool is that it is a “self-cleaning” fiber. The cuticles literally push dirt up to the surface as they rub against each other.
Wool is an amazing fiber!
Because it is opaque, light doesn’t pass through the fiber. Wool can hold a tremendous amount of dirt before it even looks dirty. Some wool rugs can hold up to a pound of dirt per square foot before you can even see it! Because of that unique property, rugs often are not properly cleaned anywhere near enough.
Rug Cleaning professionals recommend cleaning your rugs every 1-3 years, depending on traffic and soiling. For your investment-grade rugs, antiques, and really all wool products, it is best to have the rugs professionally washed. This is a much deeper clean than a topical clean that we can perform in your home.
Our washing process involves a complete inspection of the rug and testing the dyes for stability, and tagging it for easy identification. We often have several rugs at one time. The next step is to “dust” the rug. This is the “beating” of the rug that used to happen. We airbrush the rug and use our dusting equipment to remove all the dry soil from the rug before cleaning it.
Then, we soak the rug in a bath of our patented Powered Water, which loosens any remaining soil. We gently scrub the rug and then rinse it completely. The rug is allowed to dry and groomed by hand. We inspect the rug again and touch up the fringes. After the washing, we bind, wrap, and deliver the rug back to you, good as new!
