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London Rug Cleaning.

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:24:38 +0000

Things to do and things not to do with Oriental Rugs
At London Rug Cleaning we believe that oriental rugs are quite valuable and need huge investment and are absolutely beautiful and original. The expensive rugs often become priceless over time. But to protect these possessions, you would need professional care as well as maintenance, to make them last for a really long time. Oriental Rug Cleaning London service must be taken from best people who use gentle and professional methods for cleaning rugs. You must be sure that you are giving the rugs in safe hands and go for trained professionals as you are dealing with magnificent and very costly rugs. Treating them with absolute care is mandatory so that there is no damage done while cleaning it.
Experts in the field, who have been specially trained, begin the process by first of all identifying the fibres as well as dyestuff in order to apply the best cleaning method. Whatever kind of rug you own, you need not worry at all and rest assured that Oriental rug cleaning London technicians would take proper and transform your rug to immaculate and spotless condition.
Horse rug cleaning is also available for various rugs and company must be confident in getting maximum customer satisfaction. Cleaning of rug includes Stain removal, Moth proofing, Deodorizing and disinfecting Pet odour, restore water damage and pickup as well as delivery is provided free of cost.
It is very important to preserve your rug and here are listed some absolute No-No methods that people use to clean handmade rugs. Readers may find it amusing, but there are practical cases available to support the fact that people have destroyed and damaged their precious rugs by trying such unfortunate actions.
Washing machines have been designed to clean clothe not any irreplaceable possession. Detergent and water at particular temperature along with vibrations would make the wool cement like, lustre lost, colour bleeding and complete rug may end up only in shreds.
Dry-Cleaning is limited to machine-made rugs only and that too if dry-cleaner claims to be a rug cleaning expert. Hand-knotted masterpieces cannot be handled by Dry-cleaners and you may ruin wool damaging warp as well as weft. This damage is not reparable by any rug weaver/ restorer.
Water soaking or completely immersing the rug in water is also not a recommended thing. It may cause colour to bleed in the modern rugs. You are also soaking warp, weft threads unnecessarily that do not require any kind of cleaning as these are not exposed to any dirt. These are totally encased in knots made from single fibres, and soaking can also cause damage if it is not completely dried.
Powered rotary brush cleaners are available on rent. These machines have specifically been invented to clean the machine made rugs and carpets and cannot be used on handmade rugs and carpets. Heavy and circular brushes with coarse bristles can twist/break fibres of pile of Oriental rug when moved in circular motion.
Hire professional Oriental rug cleaning London services for your precious possessions.

Caucasian Rug Repair

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:23:19 +0000

Starting repairs on this Caucasian rug on our repairs center in Turkey. Customer requested that we keep the rug in almost as worn state but damages repaired. So we are just going to repair the holes but leave where its worn just as it is, perhaps a little outlines just to bring the pattern little forward. I will post photos as we get them sent over.

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Rug Cleaning – The Basics About Rug Cleaning

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:46:00 +0000

There are different challenges encountered when cleaning different kinds of surfaces and it is no different with rug cleaning either. These too have quite a lot of challenges associated with them that you ought to be aware of prior to cleaning. The worst part is that once you have committed a blunder, it is quite tough to get your rug back to original condition, which might make the entire experience quite a costly one. Hence, taking some precautionary measures and learning about the cleaning steps can be of use for you.

Determining Cleaning Area

The first thing that you should know about rug cleaning is how much of the area you are going to be cleaning. You don’t want to end up cleaning a whole lot without being prepared for it. Hence, get the adequate amount of supplies required for cleaning the rug. In most cases, people usually clean the small rug on their own and don’t go into cleaning the big ones. Since the amount of effort required is quite a lot, the big rugs are best left for the professionals to handle on their own. However, if you have a small rug, then you can stand to do some cleaning of your own and have it look spotless in no time.

Getting the right supplies

The next thing to do would be to get the right kind of supplies in order to get the cleaning done. There are ton of cleaning supplies to choose from to clean your rug. However, regardless of the brand that you buy, always ensure that your rug is compatible with it by conducting a small running color test along with that particular brand of cleaning supply. Unless you are sure that the rug will not get damaged with that brand of cleaning supply, you shouldn’t use it throughout the rug.

Specific Cleaning

If you are opting for rug cleaning mainly because of some specific spill, then you will need to know the right procedures for getting that spot to look clean, and probably like nothing ever happened there. With things like urine spills and other such liquid spills, you would want to take care of the spill right away before it can cause large scale damage to the rug. A good first step would be to blot the surface as much as possible with paper towels and then use the hose to run it down with water. One shouldn’t be overly enthusiastic when cleaning the rug with water, as this can become a problem too and the rug might take really long to dry out completely.

Eventually, you should be able to get a grasp of cleaning your rugs and making it last for a really long period of time. Don’t be hesitant to ring in the carpet cleaning Melbourne professionals if you have to, because it is advisable to be safe than regret your decisions later on. This is all the more important when you are thinking about rug cleaning for expensive rugs purchased in foreign countries. If you want the rug to look good for long, you should take the effort to do so.

To learn some more tips and tricks about rug cleaning, as well as to call in a carpet cleaning Melbourne professional, head to steamys.com.au/rug-cleaning.html and these guys are good at their job and can really help you out

Rug cleaning with Free Moth Treatment

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:31:10 +0000

As mentioned in the previous post, I have now started to advertise for free moth treatment of every carpet or rug we will be cleaning in March and April 2009. The only requirement is to mention this offer while booking or collection. Direct link for Rug cleaning with free moth treatment is here.

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:36:26 +0000

This Turkish Kayseri rug had its corner chewed by my clients new puppy. Damage and the end result is shown below.

We are offering a free moth treatment during march and april 2009. Please email info@kilimshop.co.uk to enquire or goto our main rug repair and cleaning page.

Bashir rug cleaning and repairs

admin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:58:07 +0000

Finally managed to finish and deliver this lovely but neglected Bashir Rug. Had a terrible moth damage, general wear and tear and number of holes and cuts. Re knotted a large section that had a moth damage to the pile and some areas were completely eaten away.

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Persian Nain Carpet Repairs

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:05:05 +0000

This Persian Nain Carpet was a victim of a stray spark from a wood burning fire. We have removed the damaged foundations and wool and reweave the pattern back in to the carpet.