Pet Urine and Oriental Wool and Silk Area Rugs

We love our pets, but we don’t love the damage they can sometimes do to our beautiful woven treasures. Pet urine can be a major problem for wool rugs, reasons being the construction type and ability to absorb moisture. Urine travels to the foundation of rugs and undergoes a chemical change from an acid to alkali (high on the pH scale). Alkali damages wool and other natural fibers and has a detrimental affect by weakening dyes in the rug. The uric acid breaks down into ammonia and forms into salt crystals.

These salt crystals attract moisture creating an environment for bacteria to flourish and creating that obnoxious ammonia based odor. Pet urine left unattended can cause permanent color loss and stain your rug. Unfortunately color loss cannot be corrected by cleaning.

To preserve your rugs be certain to address pet accidents immediately. Prevent as much urine as possible from sinking to the back of the rug by gently blotting the urine contaminated area with an absorbent white cotton towel. To prevent damage to your rug pet urine must be removed completely. Depending on the situation, the best bet when it comes to urine decontamination is to call a professional rug cleaning company such as Oriental Rug Salon to save your rug.

Oriental Rug Salon’s urine decontamination process removes pet urine from the foundation by thoroughly flushing and sanitizing to prevent permanent damage while eliminating that yucky pet urine odor.  Our experienced textile professionals can safely eliminate pet urine and the associated odor from a wide variety textiles including wool, silk, cotton, blends and artificial fibers.

Oriental Rug Salon is proud to be the cleaner of choice to many of SW Florida’s leading interior designers, floor covering specialists, contractors, insurance companies and collectors of fine wool and silk area rugs.  We are an A+ rated company with the Better Business Bureau and Angie’s List and our company is an IICRC Rated Firm.

For more information on Oriental Rug Salon please visit us online at www.OrientalRugSalon.com or call us any time at 239-206-1935.

Oriental Rug Salon services all of Lee, Charlotte and Collier County and we offer free pick-up and delivery.