Perry Hall Area Rug Care and Cleaning
the Universal Carpet Cleaning® Way®

 Rug Cleaning the Bane-Clene Way®   

   The terms "carpet" and "rug" are frequently erroneously used interchangeably. The term "rug" generally means a textile floor covering that is not fastened down and that does not extend over the entire floor. "Carpet" usually refers to a floor covering that is installed and fastened down from wall to wall.

   The demand for cleaning area rugs and oriental rugs, either on location or in-plant, is growing rapidly. The last two years have shown an increase in the use of area rugs, not only in homes but in offices as well. Large expensive oriental rugs are often found on wall-to-wall carpet in homes and executive suites. Hard surfaced floors nearly always are covered with expensive area rugs. With the rapid growth of wood floors, area rugs are increasingly popular.

   Area rugs can be cleaned on location or in the plant. Plant cleaning has some advantages, especially if a rug is problematic and may require additional treatment after drying.  

Rug Cleaning the Bane-Clene Way®

   The 12' x 18' rug pictured to the left is more than 100 years old and has a declared value of $65,000.00. It was shipped  from Denver for delivery to the exclusive Propylaeum Club in downtown Indianapolis.

   Rug plant has ten steel reinforced poles, twenty feet in length. They are equipped with stainless steel pins to prevent slippage of heavy rugs. The entire operation, which includes an electric winch system, takes up only 600 sq. ft. of floor space including the storage racks for finished rugs.

Oriental Persian Rug

   Strictly speaking, the term “Oriental rug” refers to a hand knotted or hand-woven rug made in one of the traditional weaving areas of the Middle or Far East. Oriental rug quality is judged by the type of knot used, pile depth, number of knots per square inch, yarn fineness, color richness, fastness of the dye, and subtleness of the pattern. Oriental design rugs are machine-made reproductions of hand-knotted Orientals and are often incorrectly called Oriental rugs. Most “Orientals” brought  for cleaning are, in fact, Oriental design rugs, not true Oriental rugs.
    The most common fibers used in weaving Oriental rugs are wool, cotton, silk and rayon. Sometimes, camel hair, goat hair and horse hair are used.
Braided Rug

   Braided rugs are constructed of wool fabric, heavy wool rug yarn, or other materials, including olefin. Individual lengths of braid or a continuous braid may be stitched or laced together into the desired shape. All braids have a core, which is an inner material that gives the braid shape and consistency. During cleaning, this core, if made of paper or dyed waste material, can easily bleed to the surface! Paper, foam, textile byproduct, or waste materials are often used for the core of low quality rugs.

Dhurrie Rug

    Dhurrie rugs are usually cotton or wool, but can be silk and are flat woven stiff un-backed reversible rugs traditionally from India. Although cotton Dhurries are washable, strong colors are likely to run during warm water extraction. Do not wet clean silk dhurries!

Flokati Rug

    Originally from Greece, Flokati rugs have a very fluffy wool pile with very long fibers and look very much like lambs wool. The regular flokati rug has an average pile height of 3" and the long flokati rug has an average pile height of 5" and is 3 times the knot density. Flokati rugs are easily wet cleaned (after pretesting) if Brown Out® is properly applied after cleaning. The main difficulty in cleaning Flokati is that the rug has no stiffness and tends to be pulled up into the cleaning head, so it usually needs to be held down while cleaning.

Sisal / Jute Rug

   True Sisal is a natural fiber derived from the agave sisalana cactus plant. Sisal grows in semi-arid regions in Brazil and Mexico. Sisal is not the same fiber as coir or jute. Sisal is stronger and more durable than other natural fibers and is, therefore, preferred for Sisal Rugs.
   Other natural fibers used in making "Sisal" rugs are coir (coconut fibers), jute, hemp, seagrass from China, and mountain grass from China.
   Sisal rugs are for indoor use only and are often found in enclosed and screened-in porches. They should never be exposed to rainfall or allow to become water saturated.
   It is important during cleaning to control the amount of moisture. It is NOT recommended that Sisal be cleaned with a wet cleaning method. If the Sisal rug is severely soiled, try cleaning with Natural Fiber Cleaner.
   When actually installed as a wall-to-wall carpet, Sisal when cleaned may shrink away from the wall creating a serious problem requiring reinstallation.
Ingrain Rug    Ingrain rugs are made of yarn dyed before weaving, and woven so that the pattern is shown on both sides.
Kilim Rug    Kilims (Kelims) are flat hand-woven reversible rugs with no pile, made in Turkey, Kurdistan, the Caucasus, Iran and western Turkestan. Since they take less time to weave than knotted rugs, they are generally much less expensive. Kilim rugs are characterized by long, narrow slits in the fabric that are arranged in a stair-step pattern to avoid weakening the rug. Kilim rugs usually are reversible. They are made in bold colors and a variety of designs typical of the regions where they were woven. Kilims may be constructed of wool, camel hair, goat hair and/or horsehair. Because the dyes in Kilims typically run easily, you should only wet clean a Kilim after testing EVERY color for fastness. If the dyes run, you need to dry clean the rug. Additionally, you usually have to block the rug out to prevent uneven shrinkage and subsequent curling of the corners as the rug is drying.
Navajo (Navaho) Indian Rug    Authentic Navajo (Navaho) rugs still can be purchased, but numerous imitations are on the market. A true Navajo rug is made of wool in a tapestry weave. Some twill weaves and basket weaves also are common. As with Orientals, Navajo rug patterns are named for the locality or family from which they originated. Authentic Navajo rugs are extremely sensitive even to water. If just water gets on a rug, blot immediately because the dyes will run. Wet clean cautiously—bleeding and shrinkage are a very common problem with Navajo rugs. Authentic Navajo rugs should be dry cleaned with solvent only. Imitation Navajo rugs are normally easily wet cleaned—just be sure to pretest.
Ragg (Rag) Rug    Ragg (or rag) rugs are sturdy, colorful rugs hand woven from cotton scraps or wool. Rag rugs are traditionally woven on large looms from strips of cloth. They can be a solid color or a mix of many colors. Rag rugs consist of irregular stripes in bright cheerful colors.

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