Beautiful Dartmoor

It was a lovely bright sunny day on Thursday 1st December, and I was on my way across Dartmoor to a small village. I was on my way to visit a lady who had a small collection of rugs that she wanted me to have a look.
She pre-told Sandra in the office that they had had the rugs for a number of years and that recently they have had some water damage due to a small flood.

So on the way out I knew I had to be aware of dye bleed and maybe some odour worries.

I arrived at the property and was greeted by nine very beautiful rugs drying over some scaffolding. The scaffolding was surrounding a beautiful farm building that was in early stages of renovation. The farm is set in an idyllic area of Dartmoor, surrounded by rolling hills and plenty of wildlife.

There were mostly Persians a couple Kilims and an Indian rug. All very fine pieces of art. and all in a good need of a wash. After being shown the rug that had bleed due to the water damage. I advised my client that I can clean them and although there is a risk of any rug bleeding, I would clean them all without causing any dye migration.

After taking some measurements and giving my client the price I began to load my van up with the rugs.
Once I got back to my rug cleaning facilities I laid all the rugs out on the floor and dried them as quick as possible.

After spending a long time inspecting each rug for dye migration, worn and damaged areas and for odours, I gave all the rugs a though wash.

My RugBadger machine took out an amazing amount of dry soil before cleaning, approximately four sandwich bags full, I then knew that all the soil, pollen, dander and allergens had been gently extracted from the rugs. This is a very important process before cleaning.

On returning the rugs my clients were over the moon with the results. And after showing them the bags of soil, which they were amazed by, I assured them that all the grim and muck had come out. As my clients were planning on storing the rugs until their property is completed. I let them know that the rugs are to be taken out of the protective plastic that I delivered them back in. If rugs are left in the plastic for a long period of time they are likely to sweat and get damp, as the rug will not be able to breathe in the plastic. Then you will start to have mold problems and odor concerns.
I left my clients at their farm, very happy with beautifully clean and restored rugs, ready to be put down on the floor in their newly renovated farm.

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