Thread: silk and wool oriental rug cleaning help

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Well, I have a good friend that wants me to clean their carpets in their house, and they also would like to know if I can do anything with their silk/wool oriental rug...........well I am confident as far as the carpet cleaning goes, but I would like some advice on the rug. It does look like it has some coffee stains, and they want me to clean it if I can, I would like to clean it, but I do not want to mess it up, so I would like some advice on what I should do. This is a favor and no charge, well I do get to hunt on their land, so it is a barter, lol. Any advice would be appreciated, would like to stand up to the challenge and get it looking better.

are you certain its silk and wool?? if so dont touch it. show a pic of the area and check out robs post about the same thing. with wool only. try rubbing alcohol then extract first. it should clean it up like crazy and wont ruin the natural fibers. dont use water on it for sure. shrinkage and color bleeding. and you better cap a buck for me or send me some venison or buffalo jerky. And yes I have used the process before on rugs that are worth more than an average 2 story 6 bedroom. We have alot of colonial bed and brakfasts and musium grade carpets and tapestries No body else will let anyone else touch but me.

One of the orintal rugs are 37 foot by 62? all hand tufted incredibly gorgeous omg. its only appraised at 1.3 mill.. and over 130 years old. I would kill to be allowed to take a pic of it. azure blues, deep emarald greens, onyx blacks, I could go on..

it says silk and wool on the back

this one is tufted, cant see design on back. Well, I guess I should stay away?

I was told it did take a few years. and all the dyes are organic made. I am not much on knowledge with old rugs to be honest. I just know I have to carry ALOT!!! of coverage before I am permitted to clean it. The extra coverage is so expensive I just get a binder for the entire day. and just for the one day is about $200.
They did have an issue with a past cc.er used a peroxide to get out a gold "stain" turned out to be part of the design. They Had a Professional hired from Karastan to fix it using organic dyes. The area has an unusual fell to it. almost spongy? the best to describe it.

We'll do Lisa, how do u attach a picture to a reply here?