The wool and antique rugs in Lakes Region homes are often worth more than the carpet under them — and they can't be cleaned the same way. We match the method to the fiber so the colors, the foundation, and the fringe all come through it.
A hand-knotted wool or oriental rug is built and dyed nothing like wall-to-wall carpet. The dyes can bleed, the cotton or jute foundation can rot if it's over-wet, and years of grit sit deep in the pile grinding the fibers every time someone walks across. Cleaning it the way you'd clean a synthetic carpet is how rugs get ruined.
We start by dusting the dry grit out of the rug — the step most people skip and the one that matters most — then test the dyes for colorfastness and match the wash to the fiber. Low-pile synthetics often clean beautifully in your home; valuable wool, silk, and heavily soiled rugs come out far better with a controlled immersion wash at our facility, fringe detailed and drying managed so nothing browns or bleeds.
In-home area-rug cleaning runs $2–$5 per square foot depending on fiber and soil; hand-washed oriental and wool rugs taken to our facility are quoted per rug after inspection. You get the number before anything gets wet.
Yes — that's exactly the rug that needs the right method. We test the dyes for colorfastness, dust out the embedded grit that grinds wool fibers, and use a controlled wash that won't bleed the colors or rot the foundation.
Both. Many synthetic and low-pile rugs clean well in place. Valuable wool, silk, and heavily soiled rugs come out better with a full immersion wash at our facility — we'll tell you which yours needs.
Not when it's done right. We colorfast-test before any water touches the rug, control the moisture, and hand-detail the fringe. Matching the method to the fiber is the whole reason rugs are treated differently from carpet.
Flat prices, confirmed before we start. Residential and commercial.
Tell us where the property is and what needs cleaning. We'll get right back to you with a straight, flat price.
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