I just wanted to touch upon the importance of cleaning a wool rug in a proper manner. Generally
speaking, rugs that fall under the category of Persian, Indian, and Oriental are made primarily of wool.
Silk is another material that is used or sometimes mixed in, but I will touch upon silk
in a separate blog due to its complicated nature.
Wool rugs can last a lifetime, actually many lifetimes if cared for properly. The workmanship
involved in weaving these beautiful rugs is incredible, the last thing you ever
want to do is destroy these valuable works of art by letting an unskilled
individual cleaning them in an improper way. By using a poor method, an
unqualified cleaner can take the natural “live wool” and turn it to dead wool.
This will guarantee to cut the lifespan into a fraction of what it could have
been.
The most common mistake is the drying method, or in most
cases lack thereof. Wool holds a tremendous amount of moisture, and without the water being removed and dried,
it will cause the rug to shrink, and curl and deform itself. Also you run the risk of mold and mildew
setting in.
With Enviropure this will never happen, the rugs in our care will be hand washed and hung to dry in a
type of cauldron dryer. This ensures the rugs are dried in hours, not days or longer.
Another major issue is that wool rugs have to be cleaned using the proper PH factor. If this is
not done, it is very likely that a high Alkaline will cause the rugs to suffer
color loss, or bleeding. This,once again, ruining your carpet.
Cleaning a synthetic carpet is fine to do on the spot in
your home, but if you ever have a company say they can clean your expensive
wool carpet with their wand, send them packing ASAP. They do not know what they
are doing, and it is you the consumer that will pay the price. Often you won’t know, until a year later when
your carpet starts to fall apart. It will be far too late to do anything at
that point.
Leave the job to the experts who have the knowledge to clean
your carpets and area rugs, safely and professionally. Leave it to Enviropure,
and rest assured you will be happy with the results.
Call us today @ 613-513-7873 and visit us to learn more http://www.enviropurehome.com/
about the services we provide.
