Protecting your Fine Persian Rugs
For Prolonging The Life of Your Textiles
We pickup, clean and deliver your rugs!
TAKE a
look down there, below your feet. There's your Oriental carpet, finely woven,
perhaps 100 years old. It may be a treasured heirloom, or a valuable purchase
worth ten, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Oriental and Persian rugs are handmade wool carpet
that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile. They are available in a
wide variety of intricate colors and designs, and are considered by many to be
valuable works of art. With their value in mind, it is essential that Oriental
rugs receive excellent care to prolong their life and beauty.
The best way to keep these beautiful floor
coverings clean is to simply prevent them from getting dirty to begin with.
Oriental rugs (particularly small ones) should receive regular, thorough
vacuuming on both sides to eliminate dirt, dust, and debris. Taking off shoes
before walking on Oriental rugs is a good idea too. But seriously, who is going to ask their
guests to remove their shoes before entering!!!
Naturally you walk on
it day in and day out. The children spill juice on it, the dog has accidents on
it and the cats claw it when nobody is around.
Here’s a tip, the faster you attend to mishap, the more likely you'll be
able to fix it.
Regardless
of how meticulous a housekeeper is, however, even the best of Oriental carpets will eventually
require periodic professional deep cleanings just like any other floor
covering. But extreme care must be taken during cleanings to ensure colors
don’t run and the delicate fibers aren’t damaged.
Professional hand washing is the most thorough method
of cleaning antique rugs, contemporary handmade rugs and machine-made Belgium
or Karastan-type rugs. Lanolin in the
wool that is used to weave the rug is a key factor in its look and feel. You can't dry clean a handmade rug because
the solvents dry it out. Because carpets
require lots of water and become quite heavy when wet, and because dyes can
bleed into other colors of the fabric, do-it-yourself rug washing can be a
minefield.
All
the experts agree that proper padding is essential to prevent skidding and
reduce wear. And a good pad protects
your rug. It lets it breathe and lets
the dust fall to the floor.
Oriental
and woven rugs require specific training and treatment to prevent damage during
the cleaning process. In order to
protect your investment, Doctor Clean will carefully inspect your rug to determine
what cleaning method should be used based on the type of material (wool, silk,
cotton, etc.) and level of soiling. We
will pick it up, and after we clean it beautifully deliver it back to you.
Doctor
Clean is your professional oriental rug cleaner. Contact us at
www.drclean.biz for a
FREE inspection and estimate. We will
look forward to hearing from you.
