Rug Master: January 2015

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Rug Fringe Repair at Los Angeles Rug Cleaning

Dr. Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay)
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.LosAngelesRugCleaning.com
www.RugIdea.com
Tel. 310-770-9085

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Rug Cleaning or Carpet Cleaning: What Is The Difference?

Carpet cleaning mostly refers to cleaning installed wall-wall carpets. This is dry, or steam cleaning and is surface cleaning. This is done in-house. Rug cleaning deals with movable rugs that can be taken to a cleaning plant or facility and a professional rug cleaners does not do dry, steam, or surface cleaning. Instead, he or she starts the process with dusting to make sure all the dust, dirt, and dry soil is removed and separated from the rug. Dust and dirt act like sandpaper and damage the fiber of the rug. Wet washing and using appropriate rug shampoo is what a professional rug cleaner such as Ellen Amirkhan of Dallas, Texas, Lisa Wagner of San Diego in southern California or Thea Sand of Seattle, Washington use. These ladies are few of the best rug cleaners in the country.

Extracting water and drying the rug properly is very important and if a rug is not completely dry before delivery or pick up, it would smell. Drying is something that cannot be done in-house if a carpet cleaner cleans your rug at your home.

Carpet cleaning type of job for your rug might be cheaper, but frankly you're better off if you do not do that at all. It is waste of money and time and not only it does not clean your rug, it may actually damage your rug.

If you have a dirty rug, hire the best rug cleaner in your area and pay for it. With online searches, and a few phone calls, and comparing apples with apples, it is not difficult to find who is who. Quality and not the price should be your first concern.

Few pictures of our recent hand washing and deep cleaning jobs.

Dr. Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay)
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.LosAngelesRugCleaning.com
www.RugIdea.com
Tel. 310-770-9085

Saturday, January 3, 2015

First Working Day of 2015 Was A Busy Day With Rug Cleaning

Today was Friday, Jan. 2nd, 2015 and our store was officially closed. I was at Costco doing some shopping and a gentleman called and said he had three sisal rugs for cleaning. He mentioned that he had the rugs in his car and wanted to drop them off today. I said I could go to the store and wait for him if he could drop them off between 12:00 to 2:00 pm. He said he would.

I went to the store and opened the doors and started to do some paper work. A return and old time client and his wife came in and dropped off nine Navajo kilms/flat weaves for cleaning and repair. We chatted for a few minutes and they left. A client called in and said she has eleven Navajo kilims for cleaning and appraisal. I scheduled this for pick up next week.

Meanwhile the client who had called for the cleaning of three sisal rugs came in and dropped them off. I sold him rug pads for the three rugs. He mentioned he just moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. He is a designer and contractor and has a lot of clients who will need our services. He appreciated me coming to work to accommodate him.

A client called and said he needs to buy a rug and wanted to come in. Since our employees and workers were off and I had no one to help me show rugs to her, I said we were closed and asked her to come in tomorrow Saturday between 12:00 to 5:00 pm.

Another client called and said we cleaned a rug for her and she wants to trade that rug in with another rug. I told her to come in when we're open this coming Saturday or next week.

A client called and said she had a 7'x10' Turkish kilim for cleaning. She got the address and brought the kilim in after an hour and I offered protectant for her kilim and she liked it and paid for cleaning and the protectant.

Another client called for pick up of her five rugs for cleaning. I scheduled it for Saturday between 12:00 to 2:00 pm.

It was a busy first day of the work in 2015 and I had to stay at work until 5:00 pm.