by Hoffman Carpet Cleaning | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog
Tea-washed rugs are very common in today’s marketplace. Tea-washing a rug gives it an antique effect that many people look for when shopping for a beautiful area rug. Tea-washed rugs are over dyed with a brown or golden dye or treated with a chemical to make...
by Hoffman Carpet Cleaning | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
Did you know that many of today’s rugs that are labeled as being silk are actually artificial silk made of viscose fibers? Rugs made of viscose or rayon-viscose present several unique problems to the cleaners tasked with cleaning them. Also, if you find...
by Hoffman Carpet Cleaning | Oct 2, 2017 | Blog
Abrash is the natural variation in color and texture caused by differences in material texture and dyes used. Abrash is the striped appearance that you can sometimes see within the same color area of your rug. This is not a flaw nor damage that has been done to your...
by Hoffman Carpet Cleaning | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog
Are you seeing a few white knots in your area rug and wonder what these are? Well, many owners and more than a few cleaners are unaware that even though a rug is marked 100% wool, the foundation is made of cotton. You see, when a rug is being woven the weaver often...
by Hoffman Carpet Cleaning | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog
Tufted rugs are different in construction from a woven rug. Each knot on a woven rug is hand tied where on a tufted rug each loop is created using a tufting gun. The backing is then coated with a latex glue to hold the carpet material in place and then usually a...
by Hoffman Carpet Cleaning | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog
We all know that Fido and Fluffy can have accidents in the house no matter how old they get. But do you know what to do and how to avoid damage to your area rugs when this happens? In this video we will outline the 4 ways that pet urine can damage your rugs and how...
