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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: chrisjohn on March 05, 2011, 12:10:45 pm

Title: Old turkish rug
Post by: chrisjohn on March 05, 2011, 12:10:45 pm: Went to quote for some carpets yesterday.Got the job,as I was packing up customer asked if I could clean Turkish rug she had.She bought it from an antique shop and told me its about 100 year old.

Told her I would get back to her regarding rug cleaning.It was in good condition,just a bit grubby.

What is the best way to clean one of these rugs.

Cheers Chris
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: wynne jones on March 05, 2011, 01:11:35 pm: Please don't take advice based on your post, you have told us nothing. You don't even know if it's really Turkish and unless it has the age on the rug you certainly can't be sure about that either.

If it's a reasonable size I would ask how much it was insured for and quote a price accordingly. Then take it to a dry cleaners who send rugs to be cleaned and if there is profit in it let them do it. You may get another cleaner to do it but make sure they are taking full responsibility for it.
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on March 05, 2011, 01:18:23 pm: As Mike says take it somewhere else and let them have the troubles, I take mine to another company and add a %.

Shaun
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Len Gribble on March 05, 2011, 07:57:56 pm: Last week on a job the security guy was Turkish I ask him how they cleaned there rugs he mentioned the Sea of Marmara with fresh water rinse and lay in the sun to dry ::) :o ;D ;D

Shaun

Is wynne mike or mike wynne ???
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: ryan mca on March 05, 2011, 08:46:54 pm: Tin helmet time whats the problem with cleaning turkish rugs?
cleaned one last week used nemissis custy delighted me 50 quid in pocket
please enlighten a newbie to problems.

Ryan
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Steve Rothwell on March 05, 2011, 08:51:57 pm: I was on a Nile cruise, in Egypt a few years back, and to clean their rugs, they get a scrubbing brush (very hard bristles) hot as they can get it water with soap, and scrub like billy o for a while then boiling water is thrown over the soapy mess, and it is then left in the sun to dry as well.

So how can we do any more damage than that????
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Len Gribble on March 05, 2011, 09:29:46 pm: Think the home market is of a cheaper quality and more robust but when exported = exploited and yes and there are exceptions this ;)
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Peter Sweeney on March 06, 2011, 08:33:31 am: Quote from: Len Gribble on March 05, 2011, 07:57:56 pm
Last week on a job the security guy was Turkish I ask him how they cleaned there rugs he mentioned the Sea of Marmara with fresh water rinse and lay in the sun to dry ::) :o ;D ;D

Shaun

Is wynne mike or mike wynne ???

Depends whos logged in Len ;)
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Mike Halliday on March 06, 2011, 11:44:28 am: you could try this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z85qUuL1v-s
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Len Gribble on March 06, 2011, 05:59:11 pm: Mike the way to go but a bit unorthodox by ncca doctrine! drying is the problem this time of year not a lot of sun! However you could drip dry or stick it on the roof of my van ;D ;)
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Derek_Walker on March 06, 2011, 06:37:03 pm: This is more unorthadox ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WvQuyQHJQs
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: Len Gribble on March 06, 2011, 06:57:28 pm: Oh S H IT someone video me ;D
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: John Kelly on March 06, 2011, 08:27:48 pm: What a crap rug.
Title: Re: Old turkish rug
Post by: garybristow on March 07, 2011, 02:34:02 pm: Ive used the pressure spray method for years obviously not suitable for every rug,the only difference is i use my tm to extract .give it a go with a real manky rug ,its surprisingly good
gary bristowclean