“Our Rugs don’t LOOK dirty…should we clean them?”

30. December 2011 by Dean of Clean.

Well, it depends! If the rug is only a year or so old, or was cleaned that recently, and isn’t in a high-traffic area like an entry or kitchen, you can probably wait another year…unless of course
someone spills wine, or the dog has an accident.
But if you have an oriental or persian area rug (or three) that haven’t been cleaned for a
few years, the photo below shows the damaging dry sand and soil that we remove
before even beginning the wash process.

This fine, sharp particulate dirt gets deep into your rugs, beyond the reach
of your vacuum. As you walk on the rug, it slowly grinds them away from within, wearing them
out long before their time. (A well-cared for rug can be
passed down to your kids or grandkids, lasting generations.) But as you can see, oriental and persian rugs can
hide POUNDS of soil deep in their pile…and still look clean!

My friend Lisa Wagner at Blatchford’s Rug Cleaning in San Diego likes to say, “Rugs are like people…they need a good bath from time to time!”

Removing this dry soil from your rug is the first (and one of the most
important) steps in cleaning a fine persian or oriental rug properly. We dust the rug with a special machine that creates harmonic vibrations to dislodge this soil, then deep-vacuum it.
After the dry soil is out, we gently hand-wash it in our rug bath and
on our wash floor, paying special attention to spots and fringes. Next
we rinse it, and extract the rinsewater with our centrifuge, leaving it
nearly dry - then finish the drying process flat - not hung on tacks or poles, which can put stress on the rug. Your rugs return to you cloud-soft and fluffy!

Click here Durango Rug Cleaning to see a virtual tour of our cleaning facility in the video on our Buzztown page. If you have any rug cleaning questions, or to schedule pickup or dropoff of your rugs for cleaning give us a call at 970-385-5777 or 505-592-0777. To learn more about rug cleaning, click Oriental and Persian Rug Cleaning Durango for useful information and spot removal tips!

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