Category: Rug Maintenance

Cleaning up Spills and Pet Stains

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The beauty and life of your rugs and carpet depend on the care they receive. Normal life comes with some spills and pet stains. Proper cleaning will keep them looking great for their full lifetime, help improve your indoor air quality and will keep your carpet’s warranties intact. 1. Whether it is wine, coffee, kool-aid, […]

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Wet Area Rug…What Do I Do?

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If your rug has become sopping wet from plumbing problems, a leaking roof, as a result of firefighting or anything else, you must do the best you can to manage the wet area rug. Even though the water and the rug are dirty, your priority most likely will be to get the rug dry: 1. […]

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Rug Care Tips: Preventing Mildew and Dry Rot in Rugs

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When rugs stay wet too long, they become mildewed and, eventually, suffer dry rot. The classic example is dry rot caused by a potted plant placed on a rug. The typical result is a horribly rotted circular area in a carpet that is otherwise in good condition. Don’t even think about putting a potted plant […]

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The Importance of Professional Upholstery Cleaning

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Upholstered furniture such as sofas, recliners, dining room chairs, and mattresses may experience a range of dust, dirt, and germ accumulation depending on usage. Even rarely used furniture will accumulate dust over time. In order to keep your upholstered furniture looking, smelling, and feeling fresh, it is important to have regular, professional, upholstery cleaning.Rid Your […]

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A Rug Cleaning Will Make Your Rugs Look Like New Again

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Rugs of all sorts are perfect for living room and dining room areas and several other areas of your home. Heirloom Oriental and Area rugs add warmth, color and heaps of comfort to the floors of your home for you and your family. Therefore, small ones make great entryway décor. Ones for the bathroom provide […]

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Delamination in Tufted Rugs

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Tufted rugs are very affordable rugs that are constructed by punching tufts through a canvas backing. The backing of the rug is covered in latex adhesive to help keep it together. The top loops of the rug are sheared off to create an illusion of a pile woven rug. One of the biggest issues with […]

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Moth Season is Here, Are You Protecting Your Rugs?

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As a professional carpet and rug cleaning company, we’ve found that customers, more often than not, tend to be unaware of moth and carpet beetle issues within their carpet and rugs. Gross, right? We see it all the time, and it can cause some serious damage if it’s detected too late. Why is moth damage […]

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Rug Fading Can Happen. Be Careful!

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Oriental rugs are beautiful but they are not cheap. If you own one of these expensive beauties, it is advisable to put a few measures in place. Measures that will help extend the life of your rug and keep rug fading to a minimum. The first thing to keep in mind is that ultraviolet light […]

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Cleaning Products that are Safe to use on Wool

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As reputable carpet and rug cleaning professionals, we get asked all the time which chemicals are safe and which aren’t when it comes to cleaning wool. There are several factors that need to be considered when choosing a cleaning product for anything made of wool if you want to ensure that it’s safe to use.Here’s […]

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Although We Can Clean Rugs In-Home, Here’s Why We Recommend Cleaning In-Plant

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In-home rug cleaning should be used only if the customer is looking to spruce up their rug with a topical cleaning. Since the rug is in the home, our technicians are unable to thoroughly flush out your rug to achieve maximum cleanliness. In-home rug cleanings are usually done when the rug is still fairly new, […]

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