At Oriental Rug Salon, every Oriental, Persian, Turkish, wool and silk area rug is treated as an individual piece of art and cared for by the love, experience, and hands of a certified textile cleaning professional. We do not use impersonal “rug cleaning machines” and each area rug trusted to us is cared for one at a time. Handwoven wool and silk area rugs have a story to tell, and they have special cleaning needs to preserve their life, luster, and beauty. At the beginning of a rugs life, wool is sheared, cleaned, twisted and dyed. A series of warps and wefts are strung on a loom, and dedicated artisans meticulously spend hundreds or thousands of hours to create the masterpiece you enjoy. Many hand-woven rugs are dyed in small [...]
Oriental Rug Salon provides safe and secure rug storage for all types of rugs, from Persian and Oriental carpets and family heirlooms to wool and silk area rugs and tapestries. Our storage facility is climate controlled, pest free, alarmed with a state of the art security system including motion and heat detectors as well as video monitored twenty-four hours a day. We are located approximately one block from the police department and are fully insured. We offer Oriental rug storage services by the month or annually. All rugs stored in our facility must be washed and treated at our rug cleaning plant before storage, so there is no cross-contamination with other rugs. Once the area rug has been cleaned, we will treat with a solution designed to repel a wide [...]
A Gabbeh is a hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and a playfulness with geometry. This type of rug is popular among the populations of the Zagros Mountains of Iran, including Kurdish, Luri and Qashqai people and is usually crafted by women. The word Gabbeh loosely translates to raw, uncut or unfinished, which was true decades ago. Today’s modern Gabbeh rugs are filled with bright colors and bold designs with weavers giving free rein to their creativity. The only thing that has remained unchanged is the unmistakable uniqueness of each rug. Weavers of Gabbeh rugs do not follow any patterns. Instead, they draw inspiration from their surroundings and from everyday life, which contributes to the exclusive designing. Every [...]
If you have a beautiful Persian or Oriental rug in your home or office in need of a thoroughly exhaustive cleaning, Oriental Rug Salon has the expertise and certification to make your area rug look it's very best. Unlike wall-to-wall nylon carpeting, the wool or silk fibers used to create your beautiful area rug are delicate and require specialized cleaning solutions, expertise, dusting and wash services. While nylon carpeting can be forgiving if the wrong detergents are used, wool and silk fibers can be ruined at the hands of “kids on commission” or inexperienced technicians. Deep Cleaning of all Oriental and Persian Rugs Oriental and Persian rug cleaning isn't just about getting rid of the dirt, soil and debris on the surface of the rug pile, it’s about deep cleaning [...]
Beautiful hand-knotted area rugs are woven with love, and in many instances, take months or years to create. They are designed to last many generations with proper cleaning and should NEVER be “cleaned” in the home. Why not? There are two main reasons. The first is that you cannot thoroughly clean a woven textile in the home. Second, in most cases, you are causing long-term damage to the area rug. In-plant rug cleaning is recommended for Oriental, Persian, wool and silk area rugs. They should never be cleaned in your home like wall-to-wall carpet. Hand-knotted area rugs require dusting, a specialized cool bath, and wool or silk specific cleaning solutions to ensure a thoroughly exhaustive cleaning. Tru-Clean Carpet & Tile Care’s sister company, Oriental Rug Salon, cares for the finest [...]
Before and After In-Plant Cleaning Results An Oriental or Persian area rug can make a room look spectacular. These rugs bring a home to life with color, history, and texture and can separate living spaces, add character and become the design element of any room. Every day, depending on where placed, wool or silk textiles can endure much wear. They’re walked on, children or pets play on them, babies may throw up on them or worse. To extend your area rugs life, value, and looks, it’s imperative you know how to care for them. Steam Cleaning, Heat and Carpet Chemicals Carpet cleaning companies do a good job cleaning nylon carpeting. They are not natural textile, such as wool or silk, cleaning specialists. Never allow a “carpet cleaning” company the opportunity [...]
Before you begin weaving your own Oriental rug, consider this. Rug weaving is an art. A skilled weaver can tie about 6,000 knots per day. Thus, the time for one person to knot a 9′ x 12′ rug in several common qualities works out like this: Knots Per Square Knots in a 9'X12' Time Required To Weave Inch Area Rug 9'X12' Aree Rug 60 933,120 151 Days (5 Months) 91 [...]
Approximately 33% of all Oriental, Persian, Turkish and other wool and silk area rugs Oriental Rug Salon is asked to clean contains pet urine. Pets can wreak havoc on nice rugs, especially when they have accidents. Pet urine, feces and “hairballs” can leave permanent stains and cause dye migration if not addressed quickly. Pet urine can also cause permanent damage to your wool and silk area rugs and create an unhealthy indoor environment. When urine is first deposited, it has a pH of about 5 or 6, which is on the acid side of the pH Scale. It is easier to remove right then when it is fresh. Once it dries, it turns “alkaline” or to a high pH between 10 to12 on the scale and becomes more difficult to [...]
Rug Badger Removing Dirt From Rug That Was Previously Vacummed Hand-knotted area rugs hide substantially more dry soil, sand, allergens, dust mites and other contaminants than wall-to-wall carpeting due to the construction of its foundation (woven versus glued). Because hand-knotted area rugs hide abrasive contaminates so well, if not professionally cleaned and “dusted” on a regular basis, they will develop “traffic lanes,” suffer color loss and host a variety of allergens out of reach of even the most powerful vacuum cleaners. Studies performed by the Eureka Company found that a 9 x 12 rug can hold as much as 87 pounds of particulate soil. The foundation of a hand-knotted area rug is created by a series of warps and wefts. Basically, in most cases, a woven area rug has a [...]
Wool Recently Dyed In The Curing Stages The following article was written by Lisa Wagner, a second-generation rug care expert, NIRC Certified Rug Specialist and an owner of K. Blatchford”s San Diego Rug Cleaning Company. She was recognized as the 2006 Cleanfax magazine Person of the Year for her industry contributions. Rugs should be regularly cleaned. But not cleaned in the home. “Why not? There are two main reasons. The first is that you are not getting the rug thoroughly cleaned, and the second is that — in most cases — you are causing long-term damage to those woven textiles. I receive, on a weekly basis, technical help requests from cleaners or insurance case help requests from adjusters regarding damaged rugs. The rugs involved range in value from $100 to [...]
