1. Rug Inspection

Before we clean, we inspect. To assess the your rug’s materials, method of construction and types of soil. This will allow us to chose the best cleaning treatment for your area rug.

2. Dry Soil Removal

Deep embedded soil can’t allways be vacuumed from a rug. We ‘dust’ the rug using harmonic vibrations produced by a specialized dusting machine.

We often remove pounds of dirt from a single rug using our dusting machine.

3. Spot Treatment

Sometimes spots in a rug receive a pre-treatment, so that they can be successfully removed during the cleaning process.

4. Topical Wash

Many rugs can be cleaned using a gentle topical washing and extraction process. Tufted rugs that have an unstable backing are often best suited for this method.

5. Immersion Pool

Deep soluble soil can be flushed out in a shallow immersion pool. Many of our oriental rugs are cleaned in this way. In fact throughout history this was often the method of choice for natural wool and silk based rugs.

6. Moisture Extraction and Drying

Excess moisture is removed using an extraction tool. Then we use large air movers and a specialized drying tower to quickly dry the rug.

7. Post Cleaning Stain Removal

Stubborn stains can be treated after drying using specialized stain removal treatments.

8. Fringe Cleaning

Cotton fringe can be treated and cleaned after the area rug has dried.

9. Final Inspection and Wrapping

The rug is inspected for the last time then wrapped in brown kraft paper for storage and return to the client.