Silk Rug Cleaning

Silk Rug Cleaning Sydney

If you’re looking for silk rug cleaning in Sydney then you have come to the right place. Legend has it that the silk fibre traditionally used to make rugs was discovered by accident in China around 2600BC, when an empress accidentally dropped a silk-worm cocoon into a cup of hot tea. The hot liquid caused the gum on the outside of the fibre to melt, exposing just one continuous filament.

The most common form of silk fibre available today is called Bombyx mori. The silk worms are farmed, being fed on mulberry leaves. This silk isn’t as rough and tough as the silk from wild silk- worms, and it’s more easily bleached. Our team of carpet and rug cleaners in Sydney have years’ of knowledge when it comes to silk and use this to apply the most effective methods of cleaning your silk rug.

Characteristics of Silk Rugs & Carpets

To understand the silk rug cleaning process let’s have a look at the characteristics of a silk rug:

Hygroscopic- could hold up to 30% of body weight in water without feeling wet

Low specific Gravity- it has low density and has “rungs” in air space which act as insulation and allow the fibre to breathe.

Low specific Strength in Fineness- its strength, given in equal diameters, is stronger than any other natural fibre including Nylon and steel wire.

Hygroscopic- could hold upto 30% of body weight in water without feeling wet

Low specific Gravity- it has low density and has “rungs” in air space which act as insulation and allow the fibre to breathe.

Silk Rug Cleaning Process

At Sydney Rug Cleaners we know the silk rug cleaning process that is required to restore your silk rug to its original state. Low priced silk rugs are prone to pile distortion and colour to bleed. If more aggressive cleaner is applied could lead to colour loss. Keep away from chlorine as silk easily melts in chlorine

1. Test of colourfast
2. If colour runs contact customer to discuss further and apply colourfast
3. Vacuum both sides of your woolen rug
4. Light spray a PH neutral cleaner to the pile of rug
5. Extract with cold water
6. Bonnet clean (Dry Clean) with dry pad
7. Repeat the extraction process with cold water
8. Repeat the bonnet clean process
9. Extract the excess water
10. Apply additional treatment, such as deodorising, protection if opted
11. Flat dry the woolen rug if colour bleeds or else dry on the rack

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