While our company specializes in full immersion and submersion washing and treatment techniques for natural fiber and synthetic area rugs, we also have a division that handles in home cleaning services. This includes carpet cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, upholstery cleaning and even non natural fiber area rug cleaning. As long as the material is synthetic and not pure white, our technicians can perform a heavy duty, highly effective cleaning service in your home. Our company has been performing in home hot water extraction cleanings for our customers in the Central Florida area for many years. The owner of our company spent well over a decade working in the industry before deciding to go out on his own and start Like New Carpet Care as a small, sole proprietorship company. He started by finding his own customers and performing all cleaning services himself. As his customer base continued to grow, he then decided to begin morphing the smaller sole proprietorship company into a fully functional company, employing technicians and office staff. The foundation of our company began as and will continue to be based on customer satisfaction. Seeing that the industry was mostly based on performing services as quickly as possible in an effort to turn a quick dollar, he decided that he wanted to conduct his business in a different way. It is our company motto to do right by the customer! We have never and will never take part in any form of bait and switch tactics whatsoever. Our technicians will never quickly rush through your cleaning either. Our technicians are trained to be effective, but not to rush. These highly skilled technicians will never leave a service until they are absolutely sure they have achieved the best results possible. We charge a fair rate and focus on providing the best service possible, this combination separates us from the competition in a great way!

All of our in home cleaning services are Hot Water Extraction cleaning services, using Truck Mounted Units. This process is commonly referred to as a Steam Cleaning. While the steam is simply a byproduct of the highly heated, highly pressurized water, it is a visual staple of this particular type of cleaning process and that’s where the nickname comes from. This particular cleaning process is widely regarded across the industry as the most effective carpet cleaning service out there. It is also as safe as it is an effective method of carpet cleaning. While most companies (our own included) will typically apply a pre-spray solution to the carpet prior to beginning the actual cleaning process, it is still known as the safest and most effective carpet cleaning method. We use an enzyme based pre spray with a deodorizer mixed in. This pre spray is applied to the carpet and left to dwell for around 15 minutes or so before the cleaning process begins. It will help to kill any germs or bacteria living in the carpet, while also loosening the fibers which allows them to open more easily, helping the cleaning to be as thorough as possible. Once the actual cleaning process begins, the truck mounted unit takes over.

There are two different main types of machines used for any hot water extraction cleaning services that are performed. Those units are truck mounted units and portable units. The names of these two units are quite descriptive as to what they actually are. The truck mounted units are larger machines that are permanently mounted into service vehicles. These large machines are the industry standard when it comes to performing the most effective, thorough cleaning service. They are quite expensive, require regular maintenance and also have many tool attachments that can perform a variety of particular cleaning services. A truck mounted unit takes the water it is fed and heats it up to near boiling temperatures. It then pumps this highly heated water out through a specially designed cleaning hose at very high pressures. Believe it or not, the highly heated, highly pressurized water does most of the work. That is one of the reasons this service is much more preferred than other cleaning services. It does not actually require harsh chemicals to be dumped onto your carpet.

This hot water extraction method is used along with our truck mounted units to perform all of our in home cleaning services. Our most commonly know in home service would be our carpet cleaning service. Most in home carpet is standard synthetic carpet that is typically made of nylon, polypropylene or polyester. These synthetic materials are used to help make the carpet durable enough to last you many years. Most carpet, if well maintained, can give you a good 10 years or so of comfortable and attractive flooring. Part of making your synthetic carpet last its full life, would be regular maintenance. The first, simplest and seemingly obvious form of maintenance would be regular vacuuming routines. Depending on usage, you would want to vacuum your in home synthetic carpeting anywhere from once a week, to every other day. This will help to remove any newly added surface contaminants such as dirt, dust, hair or sand. If left alone for extended periods of time, these loose and seemingly insignificant pieces of debris can actually begin to compound deep into the base of the fibers of your carpet. This creates staining, matting and hard flat spots across your carpet. A simple, regular vacuuming can remove most of this floor debris and help to prevent permanent damage that can reduce the life of your carpet. On top of your standard weekly maintenance, it is also recommended to have a professional carpet cleaning service performed at least annually. Certain guidelines put forth by the EPA can have you set in a recommended schedule of every six months, or even every quarter of the year. We typically recommend annual professional cleanings, as the more frequent cleanings are recommended for more extreme circumstances. Highly trafficked offices, homes with many in door pets or homes with many members who create a lot of traffic or messes would all fit into categories of more frequent cleanings. Most standard single family homes are good to go with weekly vacuumings and annual professional cleanings. Our hot water extraction method is a highly effective and safe treatment for your carpet. We do use a synthetic carpet specific prespray that contains a deodorizer, as well as bacteria killing enzymes.

When a technician performs this in home carpet cleaning service, the first step of the cleaning process is to liberally apply that specific and safe carpet prespray across the surface of the carpet. It only needs to dwell long enough to let gravity pull it down the the very base of the synthetic carpet fibers. The prespray will help to condition the carpet fibers which will cause them to open up a bit more, making it easier to remove as much deep seeded debris as possible. The enzymes and mixed in deodorizer help to kill any germs or odor causing bacteria. Once the carpet prespray has sat in long enough and did its job, it is time to begin the actual hot water extraction cleaning process. This is carried out by hooking a special carpet cleaning tool which is called a wand, directly up to the truck mounted unit that is mounted in our service vehicles. These truck mounted units will provide water that is heated to near boiling temperatures, pressurized at high rates, straight out to small, special jets at the base of the carpet wand. This highly heated and highly pressurized water is incredibly effective at blasting deep down to the base of the carpet, loosening any stuck debris and bringing it to the surface where it can be safely removed by the attached vacuum pump. This highly heated water is an extra step in our aim to remove germs and bacteria. The dirty, contaminated water is sucked up just as quickly as it is sprayed out. This is thanks to a high powered vacuum pump that is part of the truck mounted unit located in each of our service vehicles. The strong vacuum sucks all the dirty water out of your carpet and stores it in a dirty tank that is also mounted within each service vehicle. This dirty water can later be properly disposed of.

On top of carpet cleaning, our in home service technicians can perform other services such as tile and grout cleaning, upholstery cleaning and synthetic area rug cleaning. All of these services are carried out in a very similar manner. Based on the individual circumstance, what we are cleaning and what the materials are, the technician will use a specific prespray for the precleaning application. We have individually specific presprays for tile and grout, for upholstery and for synthetic area rugs. There are also separate, special tools that are attached to the truck mounted unit that are used for the variety of in home cleaning services. Cleaning tile and grout requires the same high heat and high pressure that your synthetic carpet uses. This helps to provide a deep cleaning down into the grout, as well as across the surface of the tile. For upholstery, the heat is typically the same, but the pressures are dialed down a bit. This is to help avoid over saturation. Most upholstery has layers of padding that if they become too wet, can take a long time to dry or can even have reappearing water spots. For in home synthetic area rugs, it is almost identical to the carpet cleaning process. This is only typically recommended for smaller, often used synthetic carpets. This cannot be done on natural fiber rugs or rugs with urine. Our in facility area rug cleaning is the safest and most effective route to take when cleaning any area rugs, no matter the make.

Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have!

While we are all pet owners and pet lovers here at the Oriental Rug Cleaning Plant, we do know the headaches that a beloved pet can cause involving your in home area rugs. We have yet to be able to speak to our pets, or read their minds, so typically have to make educated guesses as to who they do what they do. There are a few theories out there as to why our dearly beloved pets find it necessary to urinate on our beautiful in home area rugs. The most commonly accepted reason also makes the most sense. The thought is that the pet is simply marking its territory. This is something that all living beings have been doing (in their own way) for as far back as history can trace. Pets can feel the need to mark their territory for a number of reasons. If the pet is moved into a new living space, it will typically take it upon itself to mark certain areas with urine to show that it is now that pets space, this can include any new area rugs, or any area rugs moved with you. If the space where the pet is located has any traces of other pets or past urine spots, the pet will feel inclined to urinate or spray on top of those areas to replace the present odor with their own. Old urine spots may not always be clearly noticeable to the average human, but the increased capacity for a pet’s odor identification leads them right to the affected area. This is more common on area rugs that are purchased in conditions that are not brand new. Another thought on why pets urinate on your in home area rugs is that they mistake it for a patch of grass. This idea seems to be quite plausible. It is understandable that the fibers on an area rug can be mistaken by a pet to be grass, especially if the area rug is laid out on a hard surfaced floor.

When a pet does urinate on your in home area rug, for whatever reason, it can be difficult to remove without the proper treatment. The reason it can be difficult to remove entirely is mostly due to what the pet urine consists of. When a pet urinates on your in home area rug, the urine itself contains Bacteria, Ammonia, Uric Acid and Various Hormones. This combination can make urine much more of a tough task to fully neutralize and remove than other types of spills that might occur on your in home area rug. During the process in which the urine breaks down as it settles into your in home area rug, the ammonia that resides within the urine begins to increase in concentration. As the increase in concentration grows, there are then organic chemical substances, which contain sulfur, that begin to produce themselves. These high in sulfur organic chemical substances are called Mercaptans. Mercaptans are what is to blame for the terrible odor that is left behind when a pet urinates on your in home area rug. Even if the mercaptans are thin and low in concentrate, they still produce a very strong odor that cannot be missed. The mercaptans found in your pet’s urine are the same natural chemicals that produce a very powerful odor that skunks emit when they feel threatened. I’m sure at one point in time we have all seen a skunk in action on television, or have at least heard stories of the terrible, immobilizing spray that a skunk can and will emit. Mercaptans are also a key part in the ever so terrible odor of some rotting vegetables. Due to the naturally occuring substances that come out along with the urine, there are particular solutions and methods required to neutralize and remove the odor and stain causing substances within the pet urine.

If and when your beloved pet urinates on your in home area rug, you do want to treat it as soon as possible. The quicker you are able to treat and remove the urine, the better chance you have at preventing a heavy odor and possible permanent staining. Permanent staining occurs when serious damage is done to the fibers in the rug. Whether natural or synthetic and even with a protective coating, the right kind of spill that is left unattended to for too long can absolutely cause permanent damage to any and all fibers that compose your in home area rug. While urine is not the most detrimental bodily fluid that your pet can emit onto your in home area rug, it can still be difficult to remove and can cause permanent damage. As soon as your pet urinates on your in home area rug, you will want to take a rag, towel or paper towels and begin to blot or dab the liquid urine up as much as possible. Make sure you are blotting and dabbing the urine up, as rubbing it will only pull some of the urine up, while forcing the rest deeper into the fibers of your in home area rug. It may sound a bit extreme, but if you have a shop vac, or a wet dry vac, you can use this to remove the maximum amount of urine from your area rug, which could help to make the professional cleaning of the area rug more effective during urine treatment portion of the washing process. Once you have removed most of the liquid pet urine off of the area rug’s surface fibers, you can then begin to treat the area rug a bit more deeply. But, you must proceed with caution, as you do not want to be the reason that permanent damage is caused. The safest way to treat your in home area rug a bit more deeply prior to having your professional washing completed, is to mix warm water, dish soap and white vinegar into a bowl and use this mixture to try and clean up some of the urine that is sinking into the area rug a bit more deeply. After you have cleaned as much of the liquid urine up, off of the in home area rug and you have made your evenly mixed cleaning solution, you will want to slowly pour a little bit of the solution right on top of the urine affected portion of your area rug. Do not over saturate the area, pour what seems to be just enough to dilute out through the remaining urine. This mixture helps to neutralize some of the odor, while helping to kill some of the bacteria as well. This helps more so in preventing permanent staining of your in home area rug. After you apply the solution mixture to the urine affected area, you will want to blot or dab it off, just like you did during the initial step during this in home area rug treatment. Repeating this step 2 or 3 times may help to remove as much of the urine and what the urine leaves behind as possible. After you complete your in home urine treatment, you want to make sure that the treated area is properly dried completely. Believe it or not, proper drying of an area rug is one of the most important steps in the cleaning process. If an in home area rug is not dried properly, serious damage at the base of the area rug can occur. Whether the area rug is natural or synthetic, tufted or un tufted, wetness at the base of the rug for an extended period of time can cause mold, mildew or rot which can destroy your rug. The dark, damp atmosphere is perfect for small bugs as well. Bugs that will reproduce and or eat away at the base fibers as well as the pile fibers of your area rug will work their way into the wet areas and begin to cause their damage before you can even notice.

You do want to have a professional urine extraction and washing service done as soon as possible once the pet has urinated on your in home area rug. That’s where we come in! We will pick your nice, in home area rug up and bring it back to our full washing service rug facility for full and proper treatment. Once your area rug is in our facility, our professional rug technicians will perform a deep and thorough inspection. If there are any concerns at all during the inspection, a member of our friendly staff will call you to discuss and advise. Once we begin the washing process your rug will be thoroughly dusted prior to beginning the pre cleaning urine extraction. The urine extraction process is a full submersion process that involves flushing the area rug thoroughly, prior to submerging it in a special extraction bath. The bath is a custom tub that is full of a proper mixture of urine neutralizing solution and water, that work along with a flushing system that ensures the entire rug is completely and thoroughly flushed throughout. This is where the urine is neutralized, broken down and pulled completely from the rug. After the urine extraction is complete, the rug is then moved to the wash floor to complete the remainder of the immersion area rug washing process. The professional, in facility urine extraction method combined with our full immersion washing process is a highly effective area rug treatment that cannot be replicated in home. When the time comes, reach out to the pros and we will be happy to help!

Frequently Asked Oriental Rug Questions

 Here are some of the questions we receive regularly about wool and silk oriental rugs. If your question isn’t in the list, give us a call and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. We want it to be a helpful resource for everyone, so please let us know. Check out some of our other pages for proper rug cleaning techniques and maintenance.

Interior Design Questions

• If a room is rectangular – what shape should we use?
• What size and shape should go under a round table?

Oriental Rug Definition Questions

• What does 40 pile high rug mean?
• What is a polypropylene rug?
• How do I determine the quality of hand woven rug?
• Why does some wool rugs feel like silk rugs?
• What are the average costs of oriental rugs?

Rug Care Questions

• How do I wash my wool rug?
• Will high temperatures hurt my wool rug?
• Is it harmful for babies to play on an olefin rug?
• Should you air out an area rug?
• How can I remove musty smell from Oriental rugs?

Interior Design Questions

If a room is rectangular – what shape rugs should I use?

This answer depends on the type of furniture you are putting in the room. Typically, dining rooms are the most frequent rectangular room we decorate. And a good rule to follow with dining room tables is this:

“The area rug tends to look at its best if it’s the same shape as the table – round with round, rectangular with rectangular.”

What shape rug should go under a round table?

The rug will look best if you put whatever shape the table is and match that to the rug. Rectangle rugs will look great under a square table.

Oriental Rug Definition Questions

What does 40 pile high rug mean?

First, that word pile can be confusing. Pile is the fibers that are on top of the rug if you will. A shag carpet will have long, thick pile.

An easy way to remember this is just like you can have a pile of papers, on rugs you have a pile of fibers.

Typically, in the description of a rug you will read the pile height. The longer the fibers, the larger the pile height number. A .40 pile height rug is 4 tenths of an inch tall fibers, so it has short fibers. Shag carpets tend to range from .4-.75 pile height.

What is polypropylene rug?

This is a synthetic fiber or fake. Unlike your “real” oriental rugs, which are made of wool or silk. Polypropylene is a man-made material, which consists of plastics and other chemicals. We recommend having only natural fiber rugs in your home.
How do I determine the quality of hand woven rug?

Oriental rugs that are hand knotted or hand woven are very pricy as it takes many months and even years to create. If you have a hand woven rug and are looking for a cost evaluation, call a professional that can help you determine origin and age, this will help give you determine what kind of quality your rug is.

Why does some wool rugs feel like a silk rug?

This is because they usually will have a blend of both wool and silk. Many times, some of the designs in the rug will be silk and the majority of the pile will be wool. Wool is one of the most common materials available for rugs. Silk, however, is rarer and usually costlier. This is why the price points for silk rugs are so much higher.

What are the average costs of oriental rugs?

This question will have many answers depending on the size, materials, and origin of the rug.  If you buy a rug produced with synthetic materials, it will cost much less than an organic wool rug.

If a rug is more common or machine made then it will be substantially cheaper than a rug that is hand woven and from a country that only produces quality rugs. Make sure you understand what kind of rug you are dealing with, as many times sellers will try and say a rug is of certain origin or creation type and be a cheap Chinese rug from the internet.

Rug Care Questions

How do I wash my wool rug?

The most reliable way to care for your wool rug is to have it professionally cleaned. Do not put your rug in the washer or use under the counter cleaners on it, this will destroy your valuable wool or silk rugs.

Will high temperatures hurt my wool rug?

The short answer is yes.  Just like heat can damage your hair, which is a natural occurring fiber if you will, heat can cause damage to the wool fibers in your rug.  This is why we do not recommend steam cleaning your wool rugs. Make sure you choose a professional that uses a submersion style washing, this replicates a river washing and this is the go to cleaning method for proper cleaning.

Is it harmful for babies to play on an olefin rug?

Rugs containing olefin which is also known as polypropylene are made from the same kind of things as plastic. It is possible that over time they can release VOCs. In the long term, we would suggest only natural fiber wool or silk rugs for your home.

Are Rugs Ok To Be Put Outside?

Yes, there are so many benefits to airing out your wool area rug. The sun’s UV rays are one of the most effective methods of removing odors from your rug. Though with that being said, there are many circumstances which you would not want to leave your rug outside in the hot sun for to long as this can possibly fade the colors on your wool rug. Good rule of thumb is about an hour or so outside.

How can I remove musty smell from Oriental rugs?

The best way to handle a musty smell is to get your oriental rug professional cleaned by a local rug cleaner. Many odors need special kind of cleaning solutions to rectify unwanted smells in the rug.

If you are looking for a wool rug cleaning specialists give us a call and we can help guide you for your rugs specific needs!

When we receive an inquiry about our rug cleaning service, there is a variety of information we will need to determine the service needed and cost for that service. We may ask for the size of the rug, if there is any damage to the rug, or if it has been cleaned before. The first and most important question we will ask is if your rug is made of natural fibers (oriental), or synthetic fibers(fake). The difference between oriental rugs vs synthetic rugs makes all the difference when it comes to the cleaning process. The easiest way to determine the materials your rug is made of is to check the tag. Most rugs have a tag on the back that will tell you the size, the materials used to make the rug, as well as where it was made. There are occasions in which the tag will be incredibly worn or may not even be present. In this case, there are other methods used in which the rug materials can be tested and determined. As usual, we would like to share some information pertaining to the difference between natural fiber rugs and synthetic rugs.

While we do clean both natural fiber rugs and synthetic rugs, each one of these types of rugs has an entirely different process. Natural fiber rugs need to be cleaned properly in a facility using a safe, effective, immersion washing process. Natural fiber rugs are typically referred to as oriental rugs. These natural rugs are mostly made of wool or silk and usually contain a cotton foundation. If you happen to have some knowledge of any of these fibers, it should seem understandable that a less aggressive cleaning would be necessary. If a rug made of any of these natural fibers is washed improperly there are a variety of issues that can arise. An improper washing of a natural fiber rug would usually be done by way of hot water extraction cleaning, also known as steam cleaning. The hot water extraction cleaning method can cause shrinking, color bleeding (dye transfer), or visible damage to a natural fiber rug. There is also a secret rug killer that can develop from hot water extraction cleaning a natural fiber rug, and this issue can go entirely unnoticed until it’s too late. The base of a natural fiber rug is typically woven incredibly tightly, which makes it quite dense. The density of the base of the rug makes it difficult to fully dry in an appropriate amount of time. This prolonged drying results in the base of the rug trapping water within the fibers and staying damp. This dampness is a perfect home for mold and mildew, which over time can destroy the base of individual fibers causing them to simply fall off the rug. Bugs like moths are attracted to the damp, dark environment as well. Bugs can wreak as much if not more havoc on your rug as mold or mildew.

Natural fiber rugs, whether they contain wool, silk or cotton, require what is called an immersion washing. This type of service is a delicate, thorough washing process that is safe for most rugs. It is actually a style that is meant to replicate a river washing technique that has been used to wash rugs for millennia. When our company washes a rug, there is a fully detailed process we follow to ensure the best results are achieved, as safely as possible. The first step in this process is to identify the material of the rug. We like to complete what is called a burn test. This entails taking an individual fiber from the rug and simply burning one end. If the fiber is natural, it will burn away, smell like hair and leave some ash behind. Once a natural fiber rug is verified, it is then put through the proper washing process. The Immersion Washing process include a full dusting, a cold water flush on the wash floor, agitation of the fibers to help work the cleaning solution into the individual fibers, a flash extraction, then finally a cold air fast dry. When this method is performed properly, you should end up with some safe, fantastic results.

Due to the delicate nature of natural fibers, there is much more included in the cleaning process than there is for a synthetic rug. Synthetic rugs are quite common due to their lower prices and heavy durability. These types of rugs are typically made of polypropylene, polyester or nylon. When performing a burn test, a synthetic material will melt and ball up, as well as smell like plastic. This burn test method works very well and is quite easy to execute. Since synthetic materials are made to be much more durable than natural fibers, the options for cleaning synthetic rugs open up a bit. An Immersion Washing is acceptable for a synthetic rug, but is not entirely necessary. Most synthetic rugs are cleaned in customer homes using the hot water extraction method. Synthetic rugs are very similar to the carpet you would find in your home, so the durability allows a more invasive, heavy duty cleaning process.

Regardless of the type of material your rug is made of you want to make sure you take care of it properly, to get the most out of your investment. Taking steps like placing your rug in a safe area of your home, where it is least likely to be walked on or soiled, keeping out of direct sunlight, or away from moisture can help keep your rug in good shape for the duration of it’s life. If properly maintenance your rug can last a lifetime and beyond. Also, don’t forget to vacuum! A step as simple as regularly vacuuming at least once a week will greatly help to reduce a compounded buildup of various contaminants deep down into the fibers. Be sure to follow the maintenance and care directions for each one of your individual rugs and you will help them to have a long and successful existence!

Our main facility is located in the city of Orlando, but that is not where our customers are limited to. On top of servicing customers in the Orlando area, we also service many customers from surrounding cities. One of the cities in which we have many wonderful customers is Oviedo. We have seen great growth with our rug cleaning in Oviedo customers. We have always taken pride in making a quality customer experience the foundation of our company. Our friends in Oviedo have seemed to enjoy their experience enough that they continue to reuse our services, as well as recommend us to their friends. As the city continues to grow, our great customer base grows along with it.

We like to show our thanks for the cities that provide our rug washing company with such a variety of great customers, by way of verbal tribute. We think that Oviedians and citizens from surrounding areas alike would enjoy a little bit of information about this 92 year old city. Naturally, we would like to provide some of that information! The city of Oviedo was officially founded in 1925 and is located in Seminole County, Florida. Oviedo gained its name thanks to an original citizen by the name of Andrew Aulin. Aulin filed paperwork for a post office and upon deciding on a name for the town the post office would reside in, he chose Oviedo. He chose this name based on a city in northern Spain, in order to go with the Spanish name of the state. Per the 2010 Census, the population was 33,342 residents. We will have to wait for the 2020 Census for an accurate update, but the current population is estimated to be just under 40 thousand residents. Oviedo has been growing wildly and the population has been growing along with it. A new staple in the city is the Oviedo On The Park area. This newer, still growing town center is full of new shops, apartments, condos and recreational facilities. This wonderful gathering park hosts live outdoor concerts in its ampitheatre, movie nights under the stars as well as other local events. Oviedo is home to the Twin Rivers Golf Club, a skate park and a nice community pool, which are all wonderful amenities for the local residents.

While we are confident in our ability to provide a quality customer experience as well as a fantastic rug washing service, we know that it is our customers who make us what we are. Being that the city of Oviedo is within our standard service area (which includes free pickup and delivery for rugs) we have been happy and grateful to watch our customer base in the city grow along with the city itself. We are proud to have the opportunity to service this beautiful city and hope to be seen more and more around town. You can miss our bright blue wrapped service vehicles making pickups and deliveries in the area. If you see a technician making a pickup or delivery and you have some questions, don’t hesitate to stop and ask them a few questions. Like we mentioned before and our customers can attest, we are all about providing a great customer experience and our technicians are a large part of that. Give us a shout, we hope to see you around Oviedo sometime!

Being that we are professional wool rug cleaners, we have become very knowledgeable on the subject of wool. One of our favorite things to center our blog posts around is information. We always enjoy sharing any of our expert level information of certain topics pertaining to our services, with our customers. Wool is the most commonly used fiber to craft high end rugs. These natural fiber rugs can be hand woven or machine made. Hand woven wool rugs are typically more coveted, as they usually have a fine feel and unique look to them. Machine made rugs can most definitely look very similar to hand woven rugs, but they will usually look like a more mass produced type of rug. A hand woven rug is essentially a unique piece of crafted art. Either type of manufacturing process can produce very nice, high quality rugs.

You probably already have a pretty good idea of what wool is and where it comes from. Wool is the hair that comes from a sheep or goat. The wool used to craft natural fiber rugs typically comes from tended sheep. This type of hair is soft and curly or wavy. Sheep are usually left to let their coat grow until it begins to get long and fluffy. One the wool has grown to a satisfactory length, it is then sheared off. Wool that is freshly removed from the animal is known as “Greasy Wool”. This freshly sheared wool contains dead skin, sweat residue, high levels of lanolin and will typically contain traces of vegetable matter and pesticides that come from the animal’s environment. The wool must obviously be cleaned to remove all of these contaminants prior to it being used as a textile. The cleaning process used for wool is called “Scouring”. This process involves a pretty standard, basic washing in warm water with a detergent specific to the removal of these byproducts found in freshly sheared wool. This scouring process is usually done in large batches to help with efficient production.

Between the shearing and scouring processes, the freshly sheared wool is separated into four main categories. Separating the wool will help to determine the quality of the fibers, which helps to maximize returns for the owners of the sheep. These four categories are known as Bellies, Broken, Locks and Fleece. The term “Fleece” might sound a bit familiar to you, as it makes us the vast majority of sheared wool. The other three categories are quite self explanatory. Hair that is broken, locked or urine/mud stained is much more difficult to use for textile crafting. Once the fleece has been categorized, it is then classed by a professional in the industry. The common factors used in classing the fleece portion of the wool are length, strength, color, micron measurements and yield (which includes the pre scouring contaminates). The best fibers are woven together to create the wool yarn that is most commonly used strains in high end, natural fiber rugs.

Wool has a few factors that make is the most favorable and preferred material for in home rugs. The natural crimp and scale of wool fibers make it easy to spin into larger strands of yarn. This fabric has a greater bulk than other tiles, thanks to it’s crimp. The fibers can actually hold air, which makes the fabric retain heat well. Due to a high specific heat coefficient, heat transfer is generally impeded. Wearing coverings made of this fiber helps to keep heat from transferring to the person wearing it, which has been incredibly beneficial for people living in desert regions for thousands of years. Wool also ignites at a higher temperature than most synthetic fibers, as well as another commonly used natural fiber, cotton. These factors are just some of the reasons wool is a great fabric used for crafting rugs.

When we obtain a wool rug that is to be washed, we are always off to a great start thanks to our understanding of the fiber used to craft the rug. We have established a thorough, delicate process for washing our natural fiber rugs. Our rug cleaning process is meant to replicate the “River Wash” method that has been used since the dawn of the wool rug. Using cold water flushing and cold air drying helps to protect the integrity of your rug, while still achieving fantastic cleaning results. We are dedicated to completing thorough inspections throughout each step of the cleaning process. Upon arrival to the shop, dusting, flushing, agitating, drying, each step in our process includes an inspection. Feel free to browse through our oriental rug site for some more information on our washing process. We are also here to take your calls and answer your questions!

This post will contain some information on the different styles used to craft the types of rugs that you may purchase or have cleaned one day. If you are looking for professional rug cleaning near me, then this information will be perfect for you if you are in the Orlando and surrounding areas. We enjoy the opportunity to share our knowledge and know how with anyone, anytime. Each employee of our company is trained on a variety of rug related topics. Whether the employee works in the office, or washes rugs in our facility, they are all knowledgeable when referencing rugs. Not to much surprise, rugs can be crafted a variety of ways. This is something our staff educates itself on to help better understand all aspects of a rug that we may be servicing.

The most popular way to craft a rug is to weave the materials to be used into a rug. These types of rugs would be called Woven Rugs. Woven Rugs are very easily the most common type of rug that we clean. A woven rug is made by passing one strand of loose material horizontally through a tightened configuration of vertical strands of another material. The loose material is woven over and under each strand of the tightly strung material. This loose material is known as the Wefts. The tighter strands of material that are held in place are known as the Warps. Woven rugs can be handmade or machine made. Handmade, woven rugs are typically high end rugs that can date back generations.

Another form of rug crafting is called Prodding. This method typically uses a tough, durable material as the “pile” of the rug. The pile material is prodded into a tough backing. Burlap or Linen are often used as the backing, although a variety of materials can be used to form the pile. These rugs are usually used near an entry or exit way as the long, prodded fibers can conceal dirt well. That makes them perfect for brushing shoes off. There is another method used to craft a rug which is somewhat similar to the prodding technique. This is called Rug Hooking. This is similar to prodding in the sense that these rugs will typically also use Burlap or Linen as a backing and the pile material is poked or prodded through using a crochet type hook with a handle. A big difference between these two methods of rug production is that Rug Hooking is often used to make decorative rugs. If you have ever seen a detailed, intricate rug mounted on a wall, you may well be looking at a rug that was created by rug hooking. Another type of rug that will not often be found at your rug cleaning facility.

There are, of course, other methods used for crafting all sorts of rugs. Hand made, machine woven, tufted, shag, short pile, no matter the type of rug, there is an interesting story behind the manner in which it was fashioned!