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Video Series: Tumble Duster 1
The Centrum Force Rug Tumbler turns a time-proven, old-world tool in the rug cleaning craft into a fresh, contemporary, and highly effective tool for your shop or plant. This well-built piece of equipment both dusts dirty rugs and softens and polishes clean ones. The Tumble Duster is constructed of powder coated steel and driven by an ultra-reliable Baldor motor, the Rug Tumbler rotates in timed, alternating directions, tossing and gently bending a rug’s pile and foundation in a way that enables it to effectively give up embedded soil.
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Watch Out for These Four Problems with Rayon Fabrics!
If you've ever paid a claim for a piece of upholstery that bled, faded, shrunk, ripped, or had nap distortion that couldn't be repaired, it likely had rayon fibers in its construction! The Troubles with Rayon:Following are four (4) issues you must be aware of before cleaning any textile that uses rayon in its construction!Color Loss or Bleeding: Rayon has the tendency to both fade and bleed. In your inspection step, be sure to remove arm covers, examine the zipper area behind cushions, and other areas that are not exposed to sun, soil, or abrasion. If these unexposed areas...
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Featured article: A Rug To Run From by Lisa Wagner
For the past decade, the quick advice for consumers on how to know a “better” quality wool pile rug over a mediocre one has been to look at the back. If the back clearly shows the design and knots, then it is woven. If the back is covered up with material, then it is tufted. If you go to the mass-market rug retailer websites and pull up a “tufted rug” for sale, you will inevitably see the care comments along these lines: “Shedding is natural and may be heavy. Odor is natural and may get heavy if wrapped in plastic....
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Most Rug Trends Seen In 2016 Hold True This Year
Over the course of time, rug trends have gone out of style, come back again and some like the “tried and trues” never do. As the years went by, we have witnessed some drastic changes in what was considered “in”, as well as trends that changed so rapidly that we were unable to keep up with the demand for a specific design or type of rug.Metallic ReignsIt started in 2015 and still continues to be a big trend this year, too. Rugs with interwoven metallic threads are already a huge deal in 2016 and, from what it seems, the years...
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Woolsafe Approved.
The WoolSafe Organisation is a cleaning industry service provider, devoted to promoting best practice in carpet and rug care through maintenance product evaluation and certification, education and training, and the promotion of professional cleaning and inspection services. Established in 1991, the WoolSafe Certification Mark is widely recognized in many parts of the world as the standard for excellence and safety of carpet care chemicals, both for professionals and consumers. It is used by many of the world’s largest cleaning chemical suppliers to identify and promote those carpet care products specifically suitable for use on wool. Great Products for the in-plant...