Area and Oriental rugs
Rug cleaning in Brooklyn, with free pickup and delivery
Oriental, Persian, silk, viscose, wool, Berber and sheepskin rugs leave the apartment, get washed flat and come home dry.
Chapter 01
Why a rug is not carpet
A rug is built differently from wall-to-wall carpet. Its foundation is a woven grid of warp and weft, the pile is knotted or tufted into that grid, and the fringe at each end is the warp itself, not something sewn on. Clean it like carpet and you can loosen knots, stretch the foundation or shrink the wool.
Fibre and dye change the method every time. We handle Oriental and Persian rugs, Tabriz, silk, viscose, wool, Berber and sheepskin, and each one reacts differently to water, heat and cleaner. Viscose browns when it stays wet. Silk bleeds if it is rushed. Wool forgives a lot, but only if the rinse is thorough.
A rug that has gone dull usually has grit packed down at the foundation, where a vacuum never reaches. Cleaning it in place just moves that grit around, which is one more reason the rug comes to us.
Red and navy Persian rug laid flat on a wet concrete wash floor, half rinsed, with a squeegee
Free pickup and delivery
A 9x12 rug is heavy and awkward, and a Brooklyn walk-up stair is narrow. So we take the rug. Pickup and delivery are free, which means nobody wrestles a rolled-up rug down three flights or leaves it in the hall.
Off-site, the rug is dusted first so the loose grit comes out dry, then washed flat and dried flat. It is never hung by its fringe and never left wet in a pile. When it comes back, it is dry and ready to go straight under the sofa.
Call (888) 919-2393 with the size, the type of rug and where it sits in the house. The estimate is free, and we cover Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx, Long Island and Westchester.
Chapter 03
Keeping a rug clean once it is home
Rotate the rug end for end every few months so foot traffic and window sun wear it evenly. Put a pad underneath: it keeps the rug from creeping, cushions the pile and keeps the backing off the floor finish.
Vacuum with the direction of the nap and keep the beater bar away from the fringe. Blot a spill straight away instead of rubbing it, because rubbing pushes the stain deeper and spreads the dye.
If a spill has already soaked through, call before it wicks down to the backing and dries there. Free maintenance tips come with every job, and a rug that is looked after needs washing less often.
Rug types and how each is washed
Oriental and Persian
Hand-knotted wool. Dyes are tested before water goes near the pile, then the rug is washed flat.
Tabriz
Fine knots and a detailed pattern, so the wash is gentle and the rinse is thorough.
Silk
Bleeds and loses its sheen if rushed. Cool water, slow work, dried flat.
Viscose
Browns when it stays wet and weakens, so it gets low moisture and fast drying.
Wool
The most forgiving fibre. Rinsed until no cleaner residue is left to attract soil.
Berber
A looped pile that snags, so no hard brushing and no beater bar afterwards.
Sheepskin
Washed gently, dried flat and brushed back out so the fleece stays soft.
When the rug needs more than a wash
A frayed end or a moth-grazed corner is a job for rug repair, done on the bench and delivered with the clean rug. The floor underneath can go on the same visit as wall-to-wall carpet cleaning, and the details of any rug can go through the contact page.