We professionally clean many Sheep Skin and Lamp Skin rugs in Los Angeles and people who ship them to us from elsewhere. Sheep and Lamb skin rugs have extremely high maintenance. Stuff get stuck in them by the minute due to their high pile. As you get to enjoy their high quality and luxurious look, you also have to take better care of them. They have to be vacuumed anytime from one to two times a week and should be washed from every 6 months to at least once a year.
Sheep skins are also very hard to wash. We have to deep dust them first. Then we have to rinse them, shampoo them, and rinse them again. We have to use special types of enzymes to dissolve food and other particles deposited inside the pile. The water has to be immediately sucked from the sheep skin as improperly dried water will damage the wool. The final step is to then flat dry this under the sun which is the traditional and healthiest way to dry a Sheep Skin. After getting dry, we comb the Sheep Skin to bring back it's softness.
We had to stop cleaning sheep skins years ago, since we couldn't seem to wet wash them without leaving the skin dry and cracked. We still get inquiries from clients a couple times per year, and have to turn them away. If it's ok with you, I'll start referring them to you for cleaning... a drive up from San Diego shouldn't be too difficult for them, and it'd be worth it for them to find a good option for cleaning.
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at K Blatchford's
Thank you David for your kind comment. Once in a while we receive sheepskins/Lambskins from San Diego for cleaning by UPS ground. Yes, please refer those who ask you for this type of cleaning to us.
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Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay)
I don't know how to differentiate one carpet from another. The picture helped. So that's what a sheepskin carpet looks like. Just from the looks of it, it is very hard to clean because of the thickness and the carpet fibers are longer. No wonder only a few take on the cleaning of this type.
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