Hand-washing in Gowanus for Persian, Turkish and other hand-knotted rugs, picked up from your loft, tower or row house and returned clean.
A hand-knotted rug can be the warmest thing in a Gowanus loft, with all that brick, concrete and steel around it. It may be a family piece, a flea market find or something brought back from a trip.
Rugs like that should never go through a machine. We hand-wash them, and we test the dyes before any water goes on.
We collect the rug from your home, wash it at our facility and bring it back to you.
At pickup we look at the rug with you. We check the back to see how it was made, look for worn areas, moth damage and loose fringe, and give you a clear price.
Dye testing comes first at the facility. Some older and vegetable-dyed rugs can bleed when wet, and testing tells us how to wash safely.
Next comes the dusting. Hand-knotted rugs hold a lot of dry soil deep in the knots, and in a neighborhood with so much construction, that soil is often fine grit that wears the wool down.
Then the rug is washed by hand with gentle products, rinsed and dried flat. Silk and wool are treated differently, and we tell you which your rug is.
If moths have been at the rug, or the fringe is coming loose, we can treat and repair that too. We tell you what we see and what it costs before we do it.
In a loft with tall windows, sun can fade one end of a rug faster than the other. Washing will not bring faded color back, but it removes the dull film that makes the fade look worse.
When the rug comes back, we lay it down with its pad and suggest turning it now and then, so sun and foot traffic wear it evenly.
Pets and hand-knotted rugs are a hard mix, because urine can change wool dyes for good. Tell us about any accidents at pickup, and we treat the area during the wash and tell you honestly what to expect.
Machine-made rugs go through our area rug service. If a matching chair or sofa needs care, ask about upholstery cleaning.
Family-owned, serving the NYC area since 2005.
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Most Gowanus addresses can be scheduled same day.
A careful hand wash for the rug that warms up your loft. Call 1-800-589-4364 or request a free quote online to book oriental rug cleaning in Gowanus, 11215.
Kensington homes can book oriental rug cleaning as well. Everything else is on the Gowanus page.
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