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Rug Topics for CFI Members.

I just had the privilege of speaking to a group of CFI members up in the Inland Empire. (That is the Carpet & Fabricare Institute, which is a professional trade association that covers cleaning and restoration professionals throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona.) The topic was… I know you’re shocked… RUGS! =) After several hours of [...]

Silk rugs. What you need to know.

Silk is known as a fabric, and fiber, of luxury. People think you need to baby silk items, but silk is actually a very strong – and beautiful – fiber. (Unlike rayon and viscose, both names for artificial silk rug fibers, which are incredibly weak, yellow, lose color, and break at an alarming rate under [...]

Viscose, rayon, faux silk, art silk rugs = PROBLEMS

I received this comment on my “Viscose Rugs are Garbage” post from a reader who was advised by her interior decorator to have a custom rug designed using “faux silk” (aka viscose or rayon or mercerized cotton): “Unfortunately I had an area rug made that has large off-white parts made of faux silk, and the [...]

A silk tufted rug – now what?

I was sent some photos of a relatively “new” type of product hitting the market – a tufted rug using silk as highlights. Now…tufted rugs are of course not new to retail shops. I’m sure you’ve seen them, rugs with a material backing, like this: Tufted rugs are what I refer to as FAKE rugs, [...]

Rug Topics for CFI Members.

FAKE silk rugs. What you need to know.

Silk rugs. What you need to know.

Viscose, rayon, faux silk, art silk rugs = PROBLEMS

A silk tufted rug – now what?

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