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Andover Rug Cleaning and Repair | Rug Cleaners in Andover

Our full immersion rug cleaning process in 10 steps 

• Assessment & testing

Our rug cleaning process begins with a thorough assessment to determine the type of rug (hand-knotted or machine-made), fibre type (natural like wool, cotton, silk, jute viscose etc or man-made like nylon, polypropylene, etc), known stains or problem areas. We also test for dye stability to assess the risk of colour run. Based on all this information, we decide on the most appropriate rug cleaning method 

• Moth treatment

Moths are one of the most fierce Oriental and Persian rug enemies, as the moths' larvae feed on the wool and silk rug yarn permanently damaging the rugs. If our assessment determines there is an active moth infestation in a rug, we'd chemically treat the rug to kill any moth larvae and eggs to prevent any further damage and, of course, to prevent the infestation from spreading into our workshop.

• Rug dusting

Often overlooked, dusting is a vital step in the rug cleaning process. Natural rug fibres are great at hiding dirt, grit and dust particles. We remove them before starting the wet cleaning process by placing the rugs face down onto dusting grids and gently beating the back with a dedicated mechanical machine. This thorough dusting procedure removes all foreign particles from deep down the rug pile.  

• Rug washing

The dust-free rugs are taken to the wash floor where they are immersed in a rug cleaning solution and cleaned with a gentle brush on a rotary rug cleaning machine and then thoroughly flushed and rinsed.

• Fringe cleaning

Often made of cotton, oriental rug fringes are in fact an integral part of the rug, a continuation of the rug warps.

The rug cleaning process wouldn't be complete without giving the fringes the much-needed attention. Often fragile, we clean them by hand with an individually tailored cleaning solution for the best results. 

• Water removal

The first step in getting a rug dry quickly is to extract as much water as possible. We use a centrifuge, the most advanced dedicated piece of equipment for rug cleaning. Powerful enough to spin even the heaviest Chinese 90 line rug, the centrifuge works on 3 phase electricity and can extract up to 98% of the water from deep down the rug in just a few minutes!

• Rug drying

All Persian and Oriental rugs are made of natural fibres like wool, cotton, or silk and very often a combination of them. Like for example wool pile on cotton warps, silk on silk, etc.

Because of their nature, these fibres are very absorbent, so professional equipment and special conditions are needed to dry the rugs in optimal time. Leaving a rug too wet for too long could lead to problems like cellulosic browning of the cotton warps and fringes, colour run or dye bleed, and so on.

As described on the previous step, we extract up to 98% of the water with the help of the centrifuge before hanging the rugs in our dedicated drying room.

The rug drying room is climate controlled and equipped with industrial dehumidifiers and fans to continuously circulate warm dry air around the rugs to complete the drying process in just a few hours.

• Advanced stain removal

While the wash floor provides the most comprehensive rug cleaning, some stains may require advanced stain removal techniques to maximize the likelihood of complete stain elimination.

• Air dusting and grooming

By this stage, the rugs are clean and dry, but because we like to do things properly we put the rugs through an additional light air dusting process to remove any potential dust particles from the rugs and do a final pile grooming before packing them ready for delivery

• Rug packing and delivering

All rugs are inspected, rolled up and wrapped in a breathable rug sleeve, ready for transportation.

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Carpet Dyeing, Colour restoration, Sisal Carpets and Bleach Spot Repair: Throughout England, London and the home counties

Rug Cleaning, Advanced Stain Removal, Rug Repair and Rug Restoration: Hampshire, Winchester, Andover, Southampton, Wiltshire, Salisbury, Berkshire, Newbury

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