The Dangers of Cleaning Area Rugs In A “Rug Tank”
You would never willingly do it and neither would I.
Yet did you know there is something in your home right now that may have done exactly that – bathed in water contaminated with all kinds of urine, feces, and revolting who-knows-what else?
I’m talking about your area rugs.
Yes, those very same area rugs in your home you’ve stood on with bare feet.
Rugs your pets, children or grandchildren have played and pressed their faces on.
It’s A Nasty, Cheap & Unsanitary Way To “Wash” Your Area Rugs
They call it a rug bath, or a rug tank or even a rug tub.
Whatever they call it, its where your rugs are placed into a tub filled with 1200 gallons of churning water that supposedly cleans the fibers right down to the core.
On paper the idea sounds like a day at the spa for your rugs, but the reality is a bit more shocking.
1) Your precious rugs are put in the tub with other people’s dirty rugs.
If you know anything about area rugs then you know that many of them are filled with lots of pet accidents and other filth.
Putting your rugs in a tub with other people’s rugs is like you taking a bath with people who’ve been mud wrestling in a disgusting barnyard pigsty.
Not only that, the churning water in a rug tank can twist many rugs out of shape preventing them from laying flat on your floor anymore.
2) The water is NOT changed after each load.
Instead of emptying the rug tank after every wash like your washing machine does, companies who wash rugs in tanks reuse the dirty water over and over again.
It’s cheaper for them to cut corners and use Dichlor (aka pool shock) to “sanitize” the water instead of losing time and money waiting 1.5 hours to drain and refill a 1200 gallon tub each time.
If you’ve ever cleaned a bathtub ring in your home after just one person had a bath, you can imagine how much filth must be in a tub after dozens of dirty rugs were soaking in the same water.
3) Dichlor is not WoolSafe® approved.
If extreme care is not used with Dichlor, it can cause wool rugs to yellow, lose color and even breakdown their fibers.
Because people make mistakes, get distracted or become careless, it’s easy for concentrations of chemicals put in the water to be high enough to damage your rugs.
It’s for this reason WoolSafe®, an international organisation that promotes the best procedures & products for wool maintenance, does NOT formally approve the use of chlorine based bleaches like Dichlor on wool rugs.
(More info found here – scroll to the bottom of the article to read the comments of Dr Ágnes Zsednai, research chemist and Managing Director of The WoolSafe Organisation )
The Only Local Company That Cleans Area Rugs Properly
Many companies claim to clean area rugs but truth is few have the knowledge, expertise or the equipment to do it right.
To clean an area rugs safely they need to be washed one at a time, from the front, the back and all the way through using a flat sloped floor to guarantee no cross contamination from other rugs or damage can happen.
Also only fresh clean water and gentle cleansers safe for wool and other materials should ever be used on rugs.
This is where Luv-A-Rug Services Inc. comes in.
Luv-A-Rug not only understands the strengths, weaknesses, history and construction of rugs…
…but they have also built special equipment for the industry to clean rugs without compromise.
Luv-A-Rug’s method of washing rugs NEVER exposes your rug to the filth of someone elses rugs or endangers the integrity of your rug with chemicals.
Their process is so thorough and so amazingly efficient they can confidently promise “You’ll fall in love with your rug all over again”.
They’ll even invite you to tour their facility so you can see how real rug washers work!
More Than Just A Rug Washing Company
Luv-A-Rug can not only clean your rugs better than anyone else, but they can also repair and restore rugs that have been damaged by floods, smoke, moths or other types of mishaps.
And over the past few years, Luv-A-Rug has also contributed to the community in ways that are creative, surprising and always appreciated.
For example, when teachers of School District 61 disputed the Division’s decision to not clean the classroom area rugs, Luv-A-Rug stepped in and cleaned them for free (a $90,000 value).
With charitable acts like this, it’s no wonder Luv-A-Rug is the most LOVED area rug washing company on Vancouver Island.
To Have Your Rugs Cleaned The RIGHT Way And Not In A Filthy Tank, Bring Them To...
Luv-A-Rug Services Inc
www.luvarug.com
445 Beta Street
Victoria BC
Ph: (250) 590-6210
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Text your name and a picture of your area rug to: 778-533-7847
