Rug Cleaning in West Hollywood, CA

What we check before a rug ever gets wet

Look at the back first. Hand-knotted rugs show the pattern through. Tufted rugs show mesh and dried glue. That glue is latex. It crumbles with age and sours when wet. Wetting a failing tufted rug releases that smell. It rarely goes away afterward. We tell you which one you own.

Viscose is the other trap. Sellers call it art silk or bamboo silk. It is wood pulp, not fiber from a worm. Water turns it yellow and stiff, and the pile mats. Blotting a spill with a wet towel leaves a permanent halo. Those rugs get dry methods only.

Wool moths work the quiet edges. Check under sofa legs and along baseboards. Larvae graze the pile to bare foundation. Vacuuming those margins is the real repair.

Our grit is decomposed granite and wind-blown dust. Foothill homes add ash after fire season. It settles below the tips, down on the knots. Grinding underfoot is what grays a field. Dry soil removal comes before any water. Jute foundations brown if they dry slowly, so airflow matters more than suction.

Estimates are free. You get a firm quote before work starts. Backing type, fiber, size, and pet damage move that number.