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Carpet ang Rug Restoration and Cleaning
When you have a fire or a water loss, one thing is inevitable. Cleaning and restoring your carpets will be neccessary. Oriental rugs are normally the most expensive and therefore require special attention. Proper rug handling methods from the beginning should save you problems in the end.
The first task you will want to do is extract the water from the rug/carpet immediately! Dyes will migrate as a rug lays in water, so the longer it lies the worse it will get. Older rugs/carpet can be difficult if not impossible to color correct. To reduce this risk, extract water immediately.
When extracting the water, move your wand WITH the grain. This will do two things. One, It is physically easier to do and puts less stress on your body and Two, It will prevent and minimize fiber distortion which on some rugs is nearly impossible to fix.
Do not stack your rugs when moving from one area to another! The dyes could run from one carpet to the other. You could end up with just a pile of ruined carpets. To alleviate this problem do one of two things. One, Roll the rugs up and place in plastic bags (Only if you are transporting and removing quickly from the plastic, long term storage will not allow the rugs to fully dry and may cause mold growth). Two (Best Option), Put a towel or sheet on top of the rugs and roll them up separately.
A popular and probably most damaging way to dry thick carpet/rugs is to lay them out in the sun. Even a short trip in front of the sun’s rays could fade your rug. I would recommend that you not place your rug in your home in place where the sun hits it for a long time and not outside in the sun. This will surely damage your wet carpet. Better idea is to extract the water and put some fans near it to get air moving and dry it out faster. If laying them in the sun is necessary, put the top side down and lay on a flat surface.
Finally, do not drip dry your rugs. Dyes migrate into your wool fibers if this is done, or run into the other dyes of your rug. It may end up looking more tie-dye than intricately designed in the end. You should not even drip dry rugs with no dye. The thickness of the carpet/rug will prevent it from fully drying at the lower end where the water is dripping off.
In summary, remember these carpet restoration tips:
1.Extract the Water Immediately
2.Extract water WITH the grain
3.Do not stack your wet rugs
4.Never dry in direct sunlight
5.Do not drip dry
For more detailed information about fire and water damage restoration visit our site at http://www.fgswpa.com/ FGSWPA or for emergency services 24 hours 7 days a week call First General Services of Western PA at 1-800-553-8426.
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