How To Care For Your Oriental, Wool Or Silk Area Rug In SW Florida
When you walk on something every day, it’s easy to stop thinking about it and forget it’s there. An area rug is a prime example of this. Cleaning underfoot décor is something people often forget about doing, aside from running the vacuum over it now and then. While regularly vacuuming your wool or silk area rug is a critical step in maintenance (just remember: never use a beater bar on the vacuum, use caution around the edges, and DO NOT vacuum the fringe), there are some very good reasons to have your Oriental area rug professionally cleaned every couple of years.
To Keep the Color
If you have an area rug that’s of particularly high value or one which you have a deep personal connection with, it behooves you to keep it clean and as close to the original condition as possible.
Not only does a professional area rug cleaning by Oriental Rug Salon help keep your area rugs healthy and clean, it also helps to extend your rugs life, keeps the body of the rug looking fresh and bright and helps improve indoor air quality.
If your area rug is made of high-quality materials such as wool or silk a professional cleaning can make the once vibrant colors that made you fall in love with it in the first place just as beautiful as they were when the rug was purchased. When you received a professional cleaning from Oriental Rug Salon, your rug takes on new life, showing many of the colors and pattern lines you may have forgotten were there.
Hand-knotted rugs especially will benefit from professional cleaning. It is very difficult to get the tightly knotted threads clean with a vacuum cleaner alone. Given the intrinsic value of a hand-knotted rug, it’s very important to have a professional cleaning performed every two to three years on rugs that see regular foot traffic. Rugs that are walked on less won’t need to be cleaned as often.
In addition to keeping your rugs clean and bright, professional rug cleaning has other benefits, as well. Having rugs cleaned doesn’t just benefit the rugs. It can also be a benefit to your health.
For Your Own Health
Area rugs, aside from looking beautiful, benefit their owners because they are more sanitary than wall-to-wall carpeting. Unlike full carpeting, area rugs can be completely cleaned by full submersion thereby rinsing away pollens, dirt, oils, and pet issues. At Oriental Rug Salon, we have a specialized six step area rug cleaning process designed to make sure you’re beautiful Oriental, wool and silk area rugs receive the best care possible while ensuring continued good looks and health for decades to come.
Our professional area rug cleaning is designed to eliminate bacteria, dust mites, pollen and other contaminants while improving indoor air quality.
Carpet Cleaners vs. Professional Area Rug Cleaners
Most carpet cleaning companies offer “area rug cleaning” even though they may not have received the specialized training to safely and thoroughly “wash” your area rug. Untrained and inexperienced carpet cleaners have a long history of ruining Oriental, wool and silk area rugs because to be quite honest, they have no idea what they’re doing.
First off, you should NEVER ALLOW A CARPET CLEANING COMPANY THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN YOUR ORIENTAL, WOOL OR SILK AREA RUG IN YOUR HOME!
To properly clean hand knotted or machine-made wool or silk area rugs they must be dusted, submerged in a bath of appropriate cleaning solutions and washed by hand.
Never allow some “kid on commission” or pushy carpet cleaning technician the opportunity to use their truck mounted machines to surface clean your valued area rug. Inappropriate cleaning methods can cause area rugs to shrink, bleed and even fall apart.
Oriental Rug Salon is a full service professional Oriental, Wool and Silk area rug cleaning company serving all of SW Florida. We maintain our area rug cleaning plant in beautiful Cape Coral and offer free pick-up and delivery services throughout Lee, Collier and Charlotte County.
For more information on our area rug cleaning processes please visit us online at www.OrientalRugSalon.com or call us anytime at 239-424-8171.
Oriental Rug Salon is the parent company of Tru-Clean Carpet & Tile Care.
Oriental Rug Salon services the cities of: Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Estero, Sanibel, Bonita Springs, Naples, Marco Island, Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers Beach.
