CLEAN EDGE ORIENTAL RUG CLEANING
The best way to keep a rug clean is to keep it from getting dirty in the first place. Removing outdoor shoes when entering the house (as people do in most rug-weaving countries) is a good idea if this accords with your lifestyle. Bare-foot or sock-foot traffic is much gentler to a rug than a hard outdoor-shoe sole (or spike heel), and leaving your outdoor shoes at the entrance to the house tracks in much less dirt.
Have your rug cleaned only when it really needs it. For rugs in some areas this will mean a yearly cleaning. Rugs in other areas can go several years and more without needing professional cleaning.
To judge how dirty a rug is, try one of these methods:
1. Pick up a corner of the rug and while holding it, kick the back of the rug sharply. If a cloud of dirt flies out of the pile, the rug is dirty and needs cleaning. NOTE: some dust and wool fibers are normal!
2. Kneel down on the rug and rub the pile vigorously with your hand in a short arc for 5 to 10 seconds. Look at your fingers and palm: if your hand is dirty, the rug needs cleaning.
3. With the pile facing UP fold part of the rug back upon itself so that the pile opens along a line of knots. Look down into the base of the pile at the foundation of the rug. If the warp and weft look dirty, there is dirt deep in the pile where a home vacuum cleaner cannot reach it. The rug needs cleaning.
Our Procedures
All oriental rug cleaning starts with dry soil removal. For some rugs this is the most important step. The next step is to test for color fastness to prevent bleeding, discoloration, and distortion before the cleaning begins.
Precondition...
Understanding the fiber your working with as well as the chemistry needed to clean the rug is another important step in the process. We use the finest pre-conditioners available and work the solution into the fibers with a Grandi Brush. We then allow the appropriate dwell times to ensure the highest level of clean.
Extraction…
We extract with a portable, truck mount or bonnet method depending on fiber type. Using the proper extraction method not only removes the remaining soil, it also rinses and neutralizes the rug to the proper pH of 5.0 to 8.0 after cleaning.
Grooming and drying…
Grandi Brushing the pile in one direction sets the pile and gives proper appearance. This is especially true for Chinese and Silk rugs. We then facilitate quick drying with a combination of air movers, dehumidification and racks to hang smaller rugs.
Pre-inspection doesn’t show everything
Oriental Rugs bring beauty and elegance to any room, however each has it’s own individual traits when it comes to being cleaned. It is important for the owner to understand some of the potential problems that we could encounter when cleaning your fine oriental rug.
Wear– is normal, it comes with foot traffic, sunlight, accidental spills and other environmental exposures. Other problems consist of animal stains, color loss, color bleeding and crocking of unstable dyes (color transfer). Even problems such as hidden repairs, white knots (part of rug creation process), dry rot, mildew (black dots) and Abrash (dark/light of color dyes) are normal characteristics of some rugs. Many of these conditions are permanent and typically cannot be reversed, some may become more apparent after cleaning.
We pride ourselves on educating our customers, providing honest, reliable answers and to provide exceptional customer service to everyone, everyday! We look forward to caring for your fine textiles and making them brighter, cleaner and healthier for your home!