Stripped The Rug of its Color

Stripped The Rug Color:

So this rug came in the other day and I said to Jamie my plant manager, “Is that an Oushak rug?” She said it wasn’t and she explained that the customer who called us to pick up this rug said his rug used to have bright colors. He had a rug cleaner steam cleaned his rug in the house which stripped the rug of its color; therefore, making it look like at first glance an Oushak rug.  I was amazed so I went on my hands and knees to look at the back and also feel for the softness that an Oushak rug usually has.  And wow was I amazed it really wasn’t an Oushak.

Professional Rug Color Correction Services:

What happens to this rug?  This unfortunately is a common scenario with Rugs Color in customer’s homes.  So let’s talk about what actually happened to this customer’s rug that the rug cleaner steamed cleaned in Miami.

When a steam cleaner a rug they usually apply a high PH degreaser as a pre-spray on the rug that loosens up the fibers so when extreme heat hits the rug it makes the rug look new. In cases of wool oriental rugs, it strips the color and also makes the dyes that make up the designs un- stable so then the dyes start to bleed into each other.  In the trade, it is called wet and jet.  Get the check, run to the check-cashing store, and who cares what happens next because money is in hand.  Any reputable rug cleaner would never steam clean a wool oriental rug in a house.  Bleeding a rug just to make a few dollars.

As you can see and read from my website, is that dusting, removal of the dry particles from deep inside the pile, is the most important part of rug cleaning and this must be done in the plant.

I wish we could bring back the color of this rug but it isn’t possible other than re-dying it. Honestly, that option is just too expensive to be done at my shop. We have no problem doing small dye jobs, but this 8 X 10 rug would cost a small fortune and a good business has to no the limitation.

Please do not be fooled by Internet offers of 30% off Oriental rug cleaning.  Always interview your rug cleaning professional by going to their rug shop and make sure they operate a real rug cleaning company.  At our shop, we do not even have a hot water heater nor any hot water here except to make our delicious expressos!  All cleaning is done individually and all stains are treated.  We never use high PH cleaning chemicals. The world of knowledge that we have acquired from years of experience and also by connections we have made with other people operating rug cleaning plants that are members of our industry trade organization ARCS.

Even with the price of gas getting expensive we still offer free pick up and delivery service.  So give us a call and we will give you a free estimate.  Don’t let one of those steam cleaners WET AND JET your rugs!