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Contemporary Interest in Natural Rug Dyes

The utilization of natural dyes to color rugs is an ancient art from many separate cultures – and it’s recently seeing a resurgence of attention today. Here’s a guide to some of the history of natural and vegetal rug dyes, and why exactly they are increasing in popularity of late – as prepared by the rug cleaning experts here at Aladdin Oriental Rug.

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Carpet Cleaning Misconceptions

Here at Aladdin Oriental Rug, our rug and carpet cleaning experts have heard every random theory about DIY carpet cleaning. Here’s our guide to some rug and carpet cleaning misconceptions that we’d like to vacuum up.

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Carpet Protectors

There’s tons of important reasons to consider using a carpet protector. Here’s a few great reasons to use a carpet protector, as prepared by the rug and carpet cleaning experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug.

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Removing Chlorine Stains from Rugs

In the heat of this amazing Summer, there’s really almost nothing that sounds better to us than taking a cool and refreshing dip in a swimming pool. Unfortunately, there’s major risks to your oriental rugs or carpets associated with swimming in pools – the dreaded chlorine stains. Chlorine, a chemical used to disinfect water in swimming pools, is an intense compound that can severely damage organic dyes, bleaching them. Here’s a brief guide to dealing with chlorine stains on rugs or carpets, as prepared by the rug and carpet cleaning experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug.

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Guide to Organic Dyes

When you’re antique oriental rug experts, like we are at Aladdin Oriental Rug, you deal with tons of rugs made with wildly different techniques. One very commonly shared aspect of vintage oriental rugs is their use of organic dyes. Here’s a guide to natural and organic dyes used in oriental rugs.

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Little Known Advantages of Professional Rug Cleaning

Professional rug cleaning really is miles ahead of the alternative of amateur hand washing of rugs. Not only does professional cleaning more successfully remove dirt, dust, and debris from rug fibers, but it actually can improve the longevity of your rugs bold colors and delicate materials! Here’s some of the lesser known advantages of professional rug cleaning, as prepared by the experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug.

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Removing Gum from Rugs

Impacted gum stuck on rugs is maybe one of the most irritating and annoying issues that rug owners can ever deal with. Here’s a guide to removing sticky and gross gum from your rug fibers in an efficient fashion, as prepared by the experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug.

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Professional Rug Cleaning’s Advantages Over Traditional Methods

There’s really no comparison to having your Oriental rug cleaned by a professional and attempting to clean it yourself. These delicate – and often antique – pieces of furniture are made with immense care, so why shouldn’t they be cleaned with the same level of care and attention to detail? In this blog post, the rug cleaning experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug will explain why it’s simply best to leave a dirty Oriental rug to the professionals.

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Rug Water Damage Care

If you’ve experienced the unfortunate incidence of flooding or leaks in your home or office, your Oriental Rugs may have suffered water damage. Depending on how quickly the water is cleaned up, this damage may or may not be able to be remedied. Here’s a guide to controlling water damage on rugs, by the rug cleaning experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug.

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Fruit Punch Carpet Stains

There’s nothing like the refreshing flavor and bold taste of a frosty pitcher of fruit punch to refresh you during the long hot days of Summer. It’s simply one of those pleasures that are hard to define – just ask any fruit punch loving kid, and you’re sure to hear songs in rapturous praise of this classic summer beverage. However, there’s just one drawback to enjoying fruit punch inside your home – it’s bright red color makes spilled fruit punch rug or carpet stains notoriously difficult to clean off, as if they remain over long periods of time, the stain can easily set in, permanently painting your rug a bright and garish shade of red. Fortunately, when tackled on the spot, fruit punch stains can be quickly mitigated. In this brief list blog post, the rug stain experts at Aladdin Oriental Rug will provide you with a list of tactics to tackle as soon as a fruit punch rug stain occurs, so that you can quickly reverse it.

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