Carpet Cleaning

Danger Area!


Chinese carpets and rugs clean up beautifully with the hot water extraction method …using the hand upholstery tool rather than the floor wand.

Chinese carpets cannot shrink, and colourfast issues are close to non-existent – but prudence might suggest testing a small area first.

The thickness and backing rigidity of Indian carpets likewise disposes of shrinkage fears, and colour running is rarely if ever an issue.


Carpet Cleaning Tip

But as with Chinese rugs and carpets, test a small area at first.

RED ALERT!!!!

In contrast to Indian and Chinese carpets, Persian carpets should be approached with extreme caution. In many cases the dyes used in the manufacture of these extremely expensive works are vegetable derivatives and as such are very susceptible to colour bleeding and colour runs.

Turkish and other unusual varieties, including Italian, should also be treated with extreme caution.

And those precious and exquisite SILK rugs… very rare – must NEVER be wet cleaned. The pile will be permanently stiffened and the rug completely ruined.

Definitely a No No!