We’ve recently had several orders with some serious bug problems. Some were rugs that were improperly stored by their owners for years and made a meal for bugs that, unbeknownst to the owners, had hitched a ride to the storage unit. Others were rugs that have been down on the floor for years without being [...]
Rug Shop Set-up. (The mother of all equipment posts.)
The most common question I get from professional carpet cleaners (besides “oh God, can you help me save this rug!”) is this => “What rug cleaning equipment should I buy?” And my answer is always the same. It depends. Are you doing rug cleaning as an occasional add-on service, or as your primary service? Are [...]
Why rugs are not cleaned in the home.
The recommended cleaning method for wool oriental and specialty rugs, is washing them. For as long as rugs have been woven, they have also been washed. Though in the past with a bit more “low tech” methods than are available today. But before the washing even begins – the beating does! Rugs – ESPECIALLY wool [...]
Good equipment + bad training = RUG DISASTER
A really BIG franchise carpet cleaning company brought us a rug to “fix” for them. They are “certified” – they hired the southern contingent rug training duo to teach them the IICRC course – so they were able to memorize the facts to pass the test… and they bought the products the instructors were selling… [...]
The care and feeding of Karastan rugs.
Karastan has always been known as a provider of high-quality machine woven wool rugs that replicate many classic Persian oriental rug designs. Woven in America, made of high quality materials and construction. I’ve seen Karastans from the 1930′s still in very good condition. In fact, we had an older one come through our shop a [...]