Rug Cleaning and Maintenance

In recent years we have seen a significant rise in hard floor laying in our homes, particularly wooden floors, which in turn has led to an increase in rug sales, keeping them clean can be a tricky business.

There are a variety of rugs on the market, which need to be inspected and cleaned in their own particular way, most are receptive to wet cleaning (hot water extraction) and respond well providing the technician has adequate training and experience. Rug fringes can suffer the most damage and often need a high degree of care when cleaning, much of the damage mentioned will be caused by roller bars on domestic upright vacuum cleaners.

Many people are tempted to use bleaching agents, this can cause problems too, bleach will weaken cotton fringes and if you are unlucky, can wick into the main coloured fibres of the rug body, causing discolouration.

Many rugs available today are machine made although there are still plenty of outlets that have hand made rugs on sale, this type of rug can be suffer from colour run, the appropriate tests should be followed before cleaning.

Kilim style rugs (thinner) also may pose cleaning problems, when wet they can 'buckle' along the rug edges, in this situation it is advisable to clean when under tension.

With so many companies offering rug cleaning services, it is important to locate carpet cleaning specialists that have true training, some individuals will simply purchase basic carpet cleaning equipment and ad

ertise themselves as carpet cleaning experts, but in reality will be experimenting on your soft furnishings and carpets. Please refer to the National Carpet Cleaners Association website for a list of qualified professionals in your area.

We are based in Eastbourne, East Sussex and travel to Brighton and Hove too, I suspect our mild climate (even in the winter) in this area encourages people to have stripped flooring with a quality rug softening the floor surface.

Valuable information can be found on any of our websites, from Allergy solutions to leather cleaning, Spencer Davies at http://www.sdccleaning.co.uk will be happy to answer any ECO questions relating to the services that we offer.