Re: Oriental Rugs

Hey Alex,

I do a few rugs.

I've never used any absorbent dry compound so I can't offer any advice there.

HOWEVER, we clean up to 5 rugs a week, not heaps, but a small consistant volume, and they are all done in house.

We test each rug for likely problems etc. Some are fragile and won't stand mechanical aggitation, some are bleeders and so on.

When I get a bleeder, the system I tend to use is Releasit EncapClean DS. I tend to faom it up good and scrub lightly, usually by hand and then speed dry.

Not the most advanced method, but has worked 8-10 times for me over the past year since we've been doing rugs.

Being down under in New Zealand, getting training is almost an impossibility. I bought Aaron Grosecloses' book that he co authored from Dusty. Dusty's www'therughub.com website is also an awesome resource.

I intend to explore the dry compound cleaners more, but since I stubled across the results I got from the aboe procedure, I haven't felt the need to go further with dry compound.

I also use the DS and Cimex combo for jute/sisal rugs as well.

95+ % of my rugs are cleaned using DS somewhere in the process.

John

John Middleton
Carpet Pro Ltd
Palmerston North
New Zealand