Having Beautiful Fringes on your rugs
By Cory | June 12, 2010
We took some rug cleaning pictures today during the fringe cleaning process of an oriental rug. In the pictures you can see me (Cory) working with the fringe to prepare it for final drying. Some of you may have fringes on your rugs that have browned out after a cleaning. There are some secrets on how to prevent this or correct this that I cannot tell you. But…..I can show you a few things that will clue you in on how we give you beautiful fringes during our oriental rug cleaning process. First, take a look at this close up:
Oriental Rug Fringe
Here, you can see the raw seeds that are in the cotton fibers. Also, you can see some staining that has not been treated yet. For the most part, you can only see these seeds once the fringe is wet. If allowed to stay wet too long under the wrong conditions, then these cellulose fibers will release lignin and cause the white cotton to turn brown.
Here are a few more pics of this same rug as it undergoes one of our oriental rug fringe cleaning processes:
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- Oriental rug
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- Rug cleaning fringes
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- Oriental Rug Fringe
In the end, this rug looked wonderful in the eyes of it’s happy owner. Fringes were clean and back to their original color. If you would like to have your rug restored so you can enjoy its once beheld beauty and luster, then just give us a call at 478-972-6583. Remember, our pricing includes pick up and delivery!
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How to Remove Urine Odor from Area Rugs
By Cory | May 26, 2010
Macon rug cleaning clients tell us that it often doesn’t seem to matter what you do, if the dog is going to pee on the floor then he is going to choose a favorite area rug. Why? I don’t know. I once heard it explained by an instructor in this regard: Wool rugs are made from sheep hair so the dog walks by the rug and says “Hey, what’s that sheep doing in my house?” and proceeds to mark his territory!
There are other possibilities too. Maybe the pet is getting old and can’t hold it or even control it as much. Maybe the pet is overactive or gets too excited and you get what I call “Happy Tinkle.” Maybe he’s being territorial with other animals (or sheep) in the home. Or maybe he or she is just mad because you brought someone or something else into “their” home without consulting them.
Regardless of why it happens, you need to know what to do to remedy the situation before it ruins your rug. We have published numerous brochures and articles and blog posts to help you with spot cleaning. Today, I want to show you the ultimate way to get the urine odor out of your rug.
Simply bring it in to the Middle Ga Rug Spa and let us take care of it for you! We have the expertise and experience to handle your rug appropriately without causing more harm to your precious area rug. This picture above is a rug bathing in our urine decontamination pit. You can see the urine deposits being loosened from the fibers for removal. We can’t tell you all our secrets but if you want to enjoy a clean, fresh smelling area rug once again, then we have the right treatment for you! Call us at 478-972-6583 to have your rug picked. Or you can save 20% by bringing it to us. We are located in Forsyth, GA about 15 minutes above Macon, GA.
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The Most Important Step To Having A Clean Rug
By Cory | March 18, 2010
A 9 x 12 Oriental Rug can hold up to 87 pounds of soil without looking dirty! This was demonstrated by a study done by the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company. Wool rugs are built in a way that hides dry soil. Over time, this particulate soiling damages the fibers and hinders the rugs original lustrous appearance since light doesn’t reflect well off of dirt. There is not a vacuum cleaner in this world that can remove ALL of the dirt in your area rug. Here is a picture of us dusting rugs during the Forsythia festival. We are using our Rugbadger.
Rug Cleaning during Forsythia festival
This rug dusting machine sends thousands of harmonic vibrations through the rug from its backing causing all the dirt to fall through the grates and onto the ground. Our Electrolux Sanitaire Commercial vacuum cleaner was strong enough to vacuum up the dirt that fell a inch or so through grates without removing the grates! Now that’s a strong vacuum cleaner. But we vacuumed several rugs with it before running our Rugbadger over them and was still able to pull out lots of dirt with the Rugbadger that the vacuum cleaner could not remove. Simply put, the Rugbadger is the most important step to getting your rug cleaned and we are the only rug cleaning company around Macon that has invested in one.
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It’s Time for Rug and Carpet Cleaning Macon, GA
By Cory | March 9, 2010
The weather is nice and spring is in the air. This is the best time to have carpet cleaning in Macon GA. Get your carpet cleaning and rug cleaning done now while the humidity is low. Your carpet and rugs will dry much quicker than normal. After your carpet cleaning and rug cleaning is done, it is also the best time to restore the fabrics protection. Rugs cleaned in our studio qualify for a 6 month “Spot, Spill and Stain” warranty when you have us restore the protective finish. This way, you’ll never have to worry about that rug again. If it gets spotted spilled or dirty, just bring it in to us and we’ll clean it for free. If you would like to see our new Rugbadger, just come to Forsyth this weekend and we’ll be outside our shop dusting area rugs with it. You’ll see how it gets far more dry soil out than any other rug dusting method. This makes our rug cleaning process much more effective and ensures that you get the most thorough rug cleaning possible. Come check us out. We will be out there late Saturday morning and into the afternoon.
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What is a Rug Spa?
By Cory | January 22, 2010
Ok, Ok, If you are wondering what a rug spa is, we took a picture while we were working the other day so you can see kinda how we got the name.
Rug Cleaning Bubble Bath
These rugs are being delicately cleaned in our rug baths. This is by far the most thorough cleaning available for area rugs. The bottom bathing area contains a rug that had come into to contact with pet urine several times and the owner wanted us to remove the odor. The top rug is a Persian hand woven rug. Before this rug cleaning picture was taken, both rugs had been thoroughly dusted using our Rugbadger (I’ll post some pics of that machine soon as many of you have expressed an interested in learning more about it).
After the rugs were dusted, we vacuumed them front and back. Then they were each appropriately pretreated according to their fabric type and soiling condition. Afterwards, they were submersed for their “bubble bath.” After appropriate dwelling time, the water will be circulated and then removed. The rugs will undergo a gentle flushing with a specially made rug flushing wand. This is to make sure that all the dirt, urine, cleaning solutions, etc is thoroughly flushed out of the rug. This will be done on the front and back of these rugs. Following that, we will extract, groom, and dry the rug.
Yes, it takes a long time to do all this but good things come to those who wait. And Good things came to the owners of these two rugs!
-Cory
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Our Rug Cleaning just got even better!
By Cory | December 12, 2009
We just got a new Rugbadger into our rug cleaning studio. This is an industrial rug dusting machine that allows us to get even more dirt out of your area rugs. Before the Rugbadger, we would dust a rug over and over (forever it seemed), trying to make sure that we were removing as much dry soil as possible before beginning our rug cleaning procedures. Now, with our new Rugbadger, we as professional rug cleaners can obtain a much more thorough dusting in a shorter amount of time. This will help us to get your clean rug back to you in a shorter period of time.
Why is thorough rug dusting so important? Because dirt acts like little saw blades cutting and abrading your rugs delicate fibers each time you walk on it and vacuum it. Synthetic rugs are basically plastic filaments and once they’re scratched they can’t reflect light like they did when they were new. Natural rugs, such as wool, cotton and silk, are broken down over time by accumulated abrasive soils. This soil buildup causes the fibers to loose resilience and wear down. Since it is impossible to reverse wear on a rug, it is imperative that we remove as much dry soil as possible with our rug cleaning procedures. With this machine, we can pull several pounds of dirt from even the smallest rugs.
How does it work? This machine is used to thoroughly dust your rug prior to cleaning procedures. Rest assured, we still hand clean all our area rugs. Your rug is thoroughly vacuumed from the topside. Then, we place it face down onto the dusting grids. We then “badger” the rug from the backside to loosen and remove dry particulate soils- aka: DIRT! The Rugbadger works by simply vibrating the rug with rotating flexible rubber straps to loosen embedded soils. Some rugs are too thin or too delicate to qualify for this dusting procedure but for most rugs we can utilize this new state of the art rug duster.
So take the absolute best care of your area rugs and keep them looking their best by having them dusted and cleaned today. You can get a free estimate by filling out the estimate form on the home page of this web-site or call us at 478-972-6583. Bring your rugs to us and save 20%
Merry Christmas
Cory
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Best Rug and Carpet Cleaning Macon has to Offer!
By Cory | December 3, 2009
What’s the number 1 reason people have carpet cleaning done? Because they have company coming. The Holidays are here and this means we all have family and friends coming to visit. Fresh, clean carpet always brightens up the room for a more beautiful atmosphere. So, if you want a good impression with the in-laws, be sure to have your carpets professionally cleaned for the holidays.
This year, we have a new rug duster that get’s more out of rugs than ever before. I’ll post more on this incredible tool later! Also, look for more posts on our carpet protector that comes with a year warranty. This way, you can enjoy clean carpets before and after the Holidays!
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New Sofa Cushion Stained with Ink
By Cory | September 7, 2009
Last week, a well known furniture store brought us a brand new microfiber sofa cushion cover that was stained with ink. Apparently, a customer shopping for furniture had sat on the sofa with an ink pen in pocket. The ink pen busted and leaked ink all over this brand new sofa cushion. They tried to remove it but it seemed ruined forever.
They brought it over to us to see if we could remove the ink stain and save the cushion cover. We video taped this incredible process that permanently removed this ink stain and eliminated its chance of reappearing later. Watch
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrGhtA
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Carpet Cleaning Clients Getting a Gift for Rug Cleaning
By Cory | September 2, 2009
For the month of September, The Middle GA Rug Spa is giving Carpet Cure $25 gift cards to give to their Macon carpet cleaning customers getting their carpet or tile cleaned this month. The gift cards can be used toward any rug cleaning purchase this month. You must ask for the gift card when you make your appointment. call 478-405-9138
Cory McCook
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Guaranteed Odor Removal For Your Rug
By Cory | August 21, 2009
Most of the time, whenever odor removal is needed on an area rug, it’s due to pet accidents. I could write all day on the complexity of urine/rug relationships – but I won’t. Instead, I’ll show you pictures and share with you how our odor removal processes go way beyond what most folks realize. But beforehand, please note that each rug is different in its construction and stability. Urine removal is affected by the pet’s diet, previous attempts at removal and the length of time the urine has been deposited in the rug. We must first thoroughly inspect the rugs condition, understand its construction and test the rug dye stability before moving forward with any cleaning and odor removal processes. Note: Some rugs can’t be cleaned the way this one was.
This rug was cleaned in our rug shop and the client’s primary concern was odor from where her pet had “accidents.” I’m going to show you step by step what was done to successfully remove the urine deposits and thoroughly deodorize the rug.
After our pre-inspection and testing, the rug was dusted and then fully submersed in an acid bath to neutralize the urine deposits. You can see this reaction at the back of the wash pit in the picture above.
Once the rug is neutralized, we begin rinsing and draining the rug and “bathtub.” A squeegee is used to assist in moving the dirty water off the rug.
For severe odor problems, we use a subsurface extraction tool to further flush the rug. We apply deodorizing agents appropriate for the rug being cleaned, and then use this tool to pull the agents through the rug backing. This is done to further ensure that we have reached all contaminated layers of the rug. In the picture above, you can see how we are spraying fresh water around the subsurface extraction tool. The vacuum hose on that tool is attached to a powerful vacuum that is pulling the fresh water from around the tool’s perimeter, down through the rug and back up the middle of the tool to the suction hose. The surface of the tool is clear glass so that we can tell when we have flushed out all the urine, dirt, and cleaning agents.
Now, we can focus more on cleaning that dirt in the rug fibers. This planetary machine is safe and gentle on all our rugs and allows us to thoroughly clean all sides of the rug fiber. We use it to brush in our cleaning solution and further lubricate the soil for extraction.
Next, the rug is rinsed again and extracted from the front and the back. At this point we would also apply fabric softener if needed and fabric protector if purchased.
Once the water is extracted from the rug, we use a grooming tool to lay the pile and prepare the rug for drying. In the picture above-right, we are using a carding brush in addition to the grooming tool. This is needed on some finer fabrics that may have experienced pile reversal within the field of the rug.
Once we have finished the rug, it is set up for drying. Some rugs are hung on a drying rack and some are floated on the floor. This one is being dried on the floor. Notice you can see air escaping from the middle of the fringe at the bottom of the rug. Once the rug is dry, we will inspect it closely to ensure that it is thoroughly clean. We will either crawl the rug or hang it up so we can smell the rug and make sure it is odor free. If we detect odor, we will post treat it with friendly enzymes or place it back in the pit to be washed again.
Although this is the most thorough method to clean rugs, some rugs can’t be cleaned this way. Other certified cleaning techniques that we use are dry cleaning, encapsulation and bonnet cleaning. However, if your rug has odor problems, bathing the rug in our wash pit is the only way to guarantee removal of the odor.
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