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Sunday, March 6, 2011
RUG CLEANING 101
 ok, Well I will get this blog going later on today, if you need help right now, call me on +1-503-398-5002
and I'll help ya out, should get this BLOG done later on today Sunday Mar 06'th 2011 ... later ! Its later, well no
mystery to this. It doesnt matter if your rug is made from wool, a mix or silk, basically just treat it gently. So I use a
mixture of a product called Orvus paste and Oxyclean which I mix in a bucket about 1 tablespoon of Orvus and 1/2 scoop of
oxyclean mixed thoroughly. Then I wet the rug, or kilim thoroughly, and then sprinkle onto it some shampoo. I use a brush
with fairly stiff fibres, work it back and forth until it generates a lot of foam, work it into the fibres to loosen any dirt.
Then, use a hose with a good bit of pressure to force out the dirt, grime and particulate matter, work from one end to the
other with the nap if its a rug. I do this on my wood deck, which works well to sluice away the water. Turn over and do the
same on the reverse side of the rug or kilim. Then I hang it over my deck railing and continue hosing it down until all vestiges
of the shampoo have gone. Now it the turn of the sun and wind, try and do this on a dry day, you'll get a better result.
it does take hours, so, I generally do a bunch of rugs in the early morning and give them the whole day to drip dry.
Hours later, your rug will still be damp, the kilim may well have dried out already. So, an easy way to dry it our is over
a tressle of some kind, preferably inside and in a warm environment, or artificially accelerate the process by introducing
a warm air fan heater playing gently back and forth. 24 hours later your rug will be dry, but stiff, if its wool. Just use
a hand vac to run up and down the fibers and you will bring them to life again. The end result, a clean and vibrant rug or
kilim again. Just a word to the wise, if your rug is not naturally dyed, its possible the colours will run, but they will
only do this if they are left "wet" for any length of time, so guard against this. Stubborn stains can be attacked
with a product called Genesis 950 it'll basically take out almost any stain, including old paint in the fibers. Happy
rug cleaning everyone !
Thursday, March 3, 2011
8:22 pm pst
Turkish Prayer Rugs - Kula and Ghiordes
 Here is my dilemma with this rug, is this rug attributable to Ghiordes
or Kula ? There are so many interesting aspects to this rug that I can identify, just through the photographs I have. There
is always a tussel between experts about whether a rug is a Gordes (would have 2 dots over the o to make it a Turkish word)
or a Kula, as the crow flies its 33 miles distance between them, so these 2 centres of weaving are close, as incidentally
are most Anatolian weaving "villages". So what is the main difference between them, in actuality none, save one.
And, that is the contruction, cotton is used by weaver rather than wool for one aspect, often only in the warp, which are
the threads which horizontally form the foundation of a rug, cotton gives more stability and less flexation, what does this
give .. a deal less flex and therefore in, for instance if its a long rug better integrity in its length. The whole damm
issue is about cotton, is the foundation cotton, that I do not know now, but I will when I get my mitts on it. Until then
is a small mystery .... I'll follow up. Here is the follow up ... this is a Ghiordes !
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