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This holiday season make sure you are careful in selecting the right service companies for your home needs. Every year, thousands of people are taken advantage of by unscrupulous companies that are only looking to put money in their bank account. Check with your local Better Business Bureau and Chamber of Commerce. Better than that, ask your friends and family who they recommend. Use the internet to do research on companies before hiring them. Here is an link to search certified cleaning firms and technicians in the cleaning industry! MAKE SURE the business you hire is actually educated and certified!

Certified Cleaners

 

Here is a short video we recorded that demonstrates dye correction for area rugs. Often we see oriental rugs that have fugitive dyes caused by a high alkaline cleaning agent, pet urine or simply from a flood. This rug in particular come from a client in Macon, Ga and her pet had repeatedly urinated in this one particular area on her rug. After sanitizing the rug and removing the odor, we were able to began repairing some of the areas where dye bleeding had occurred.

Hi,   It’s been way too long since I have posted anything so I wanted to provide an update.

Our full service rug cleaning plant is fully operational now.  Our heated drying room is absolutely phenomenal!  We have used it mostly for rugs but also for a mattress, sofas, chairs….anytime quick drying is needed.  This drying room makes everything more efficient.  I am not on my office computer today but will try to post some updated pictures for you.

We are now carrying the world’s #1 fabric protector…MicroSeal.  This is a permanent protector that will survive many cleanings.  You can google the term MicroSeal and find more information about it.  We shot a quick video of a thick oriental rug that we had previously protected with MicroSeal.  This is a cool video that gives you an idea of how the protector works.

Click Here:  Cool Rug Video

We were dealing with pet odor on the rug and wanted to take the opportunity to see how tough the protector actually is!  I was impressed.

If you want your precious rugs or furniture protected with this permanent fabric protector just give us a call! – 478-972-9138

 

Here is a quick update for all our customers for carpet cleaning in Macon and Rug cleaning in Macon and Warner Robins, Ga. We have been hard at work on a new rug cleaning studio. Thanks to your patronage and referrals, we have run out of room in our current location. We have recently been blessed to acquire another, much larger, space for oriental rug cleaning. In our current studio, once we get 3 or 4 rugs cleaned and ready for drying….we run out of space on the floor to clean rugs. It is the next day before we can move forward in the rug cleaning process. In this new facility, we will be able to continue working with rugs all day because we will have 400 square feet dedicated as a specialty drying room. We will have an additional 2,000 square feet for rug dusting, washing, detailing and grooming. We are so excited to have this opportunity to better serve our rug cleaning clients.  Here is a picture during the construction process.  The room on the right will be our state of the art rug drying room.  The room on the left will be offices.  We will still maintain our current drop off and pick up locations around middle Ga for your convenience.  And for your FURTHER convenience…..we are still including pick up and delivery to your home in our pricing structure!

One of the big concerns we hear about with oriental rugs are bugs and what to do about them.  There are several steps you can take to keep pests from digesting your oriental rugs.

VACUUM REGULARLY

Moths and carpet beetles prefer quiet and undisturbed places. You will generally find them doing their dirty work under the corner of your sofa, behind a drape, along the cracks in the planks of your wood floor, or on the back side of a rug hanging up still on your wall.

You should give the rug a good once over on the front every few weeks, and flip over the corners to see if there is anything to be wary of.  Moth larvae look like sticky lint and do their damage when they emerge from those cocoons HUNGRY.

Vacuum the back of the rug thoroughly also.  I like to run my vacuum upholstery tool over the back of the corners of my rugs, just to be safe, and once a quarter I completely vacuum the back side of my rugs to make enough chaos to have bugs look for another place to feast.

For rugs hanging on the walls, at least once a quarter take them down to vacuum. If they are delicate you can use the upholstery attachment instead of a beater bar or suction type vacuum. Because of this needed maintenance for hanging textiles, we suggest using velcro to hang it.  This makes it easy to take down and put back up.

WASH REGULARLY

Area rugs under normal to heavy use should be washed annually.

This means sending them out to be washed in a rug cleaning plant, and NOT having them just surface cleaned in your home. (BIG difference, especially if you are trying to avoid bugs.)

If you have moderate traffic on your rugs, and you vacuum at least every other week, then the wash frequency can be extended to every 18-24 months. But, if you wait longer than 2 years, you are asking for trouble. Not only from the abrasive grit that gets lodged into the base of the rug fibers (which is what causes areas to wear down faster), but also in regards to insect activity that can quickly cause visible damage to your rug.

Washing the rug will help dislodge bug activity and physically remove them and their problem-causing ways.

FOR STORAGE – ALWAYS WASH BEFORE WRAPPING UP

Rug cleaners rarely offer “mothproofing” these days because those solutions are pesticides that kill things, and for something you may have your kids or pets rolling around on, that’s just not safe.

Even the odorless insect repellent solutions that professional cleaners have available and are not poisons still have some irritation risks. (Always read the MSDS to evaluate whether you want to use a particular product that requires leaving residue behind.)

But if a textile is going into storage for years, it is best to make sure you are not going to open up the package and find a rug disaster, so using a repellent is wise unless you are putting the piece in a cedar chest, or using other items that tend to discourage moths.

When I put something into storage, I don’t want to worry about it, so I use a repellent.

The most important step though is the wash and making sure you are not wrapping the rug up with any unwanted pest guests.

If your rug does have a visible insect problem right now, while it is out to be professionally washed you will need to bring in a professional cleaner to tackle your wall-to-wall carpet or your hard floors, wherever the problem rugs were, so that you can remove the rest of the problem.

Hot water extraction (“steam cleaning”) can take care of the problem in your carpeting – something the EPA lays out guidelines on for how often you should have this done as posted on the IICRC website.

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.

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!