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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cleanability on November 04, 2010, 08:31:23 pm

Title: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: cleanability on November 04, 2010, 08:31:23 pm
Did a job today. It was a Pakistan wool rug. The lady bought it from a big store ( not a rug specialist). The advice she was given was......" because its a handmade rug dont use water on it at all,  not even a wipe up of a spill, and certainly dont have it wet cleaned as it will disintegrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ". Does the shop know something I been missing over the last 11yrs of cleaning rugs ????????????  lol

Chris
Title: Re: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: markpowell on November 04, 2010, 09:35:54 pm
Ever seen this on a suite
"Do not wet clean, do not dry clean call Service master"?
How do they clean? ???
Mark
Title: Re: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: Jim_77 on November 05, 2010, 12:58:46 pm
Mark, we clean with Wizard's spells and fairy dust ;)


Chris, if it's a genuine hand knotted Pakistani rug, it could be a Peshawar, in which case it will be tea-washed.  Cleaning is almost certain to lighten it  to some degree, especially strong spotters in localised areas.

Disintegrate??  Funny :)

Does it look like any of these?

(http://kirklandimports.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/33950022_LRG.208101655.jpg)
Peshawar

(http://www.asiatradingonline.com/images/carpet/Carpet9.jpg)
Pakistan Persian

(http://images.ecarpetgallery.com/images/T_659779.jpg)
Bokhara
Title: Re: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: colin fitch on November 05, 2010, 05:59:30 pm
Chris,

How did you clean it ?   ;D

Bad advise from a big store.

If the same advise would of come from a rug specialist shop[not all of them] there could be some
underlying problems covered up with a tea-wash or painted as Jim stated.

Disintegrate  ;D

Sounds like the shop knows very little.

You should pay them a visit,and educate them with your 11 years experince.

colin
Title: Re: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: Jim_77 on November 05, 2010, 06:05:37 pm
The RUG SQUAD has entered the building! ;D
Title: Re: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: colin fitch on November 05, 2010, 08:00:50 pm
Nice pictures Jim.

Wheres Mr. Straker  in the building when advice is needed  ;)
Title: Re: Disintegrating Rug !!!!
Post by: cleanability on November 05, 2010, 09:26:21 pm
It was about 6 X 4 very dark reds with a short fringe. Wasnt very dirty so probably wont see that much difference. They payed £400 about 6yrs ago.

Chris