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Persian rug cleaning — respectful of age, fibre, and provenance.

Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan, Nain, Bidjar, Sarouk, Qum, Heriz — different villages, different knots, different dyes. We treat each one accordingly.

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What this service includes

Hand-knotted Persian rug cleaning with full provenance care: dye stability, foundation health, fringe repair, and an environment that respects pieces sometimes valued in the five figures.

  • Region identification (Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan, Nain, Heriz, Bidjar, Sarouk, Qum)
  • Knot-density and pile-height measurement (recorded for return)
  • Comprehensive dye-stability test on every colour, including silk highlights
  • Cool-water immersion using shampoo formulated for protein fibres
  • Hand-agitation with soft brushes, working with pile direction
  • Acidic neutralizing rinse to lock the dyes and restore lustre
  • Flat-drying in low-humidity room with pile-direction monitoring
  • Fringe rebinding and selvage repair if needed
  • Final grooming with a wide-tooth brass-tooth comb

Our process

How the work actually happens

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    1. Provenance documentation

    For higher-value Persian rugs we photograph the back as well as the front, measure knot density (knots per square inch), and note the design family. This goes into a file we keep for as long as you’re a customer — useful for insurance and future appraisals.

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    2. Dye and fibre testing

    Persian rugs from before about 1920 often use vegetable dyes that can move with the wrong wash. Newer rugs may have chrome-dyed wool, which is more stable but reacts differently to acidic rinses. We test every colour with controlled moisture before committing to a wash plan.

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    3. Heavy dust extraction

    Vibration dusting on a mesh floor — Persian rugs that haven’t been professionally cleaned in 10+ years routinely shed a kilogram or more of fine dust at this step. None of it would have come out with a vacuum.

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    4. Cool-water wash

    Immersed in cool water with a plant-based shampoo formulated for wool. We hand-agitate areas with stains, but not aggressively — the goal is to suspend dirt in solution, not scrub it out. Silk highlights get shorter contact time.

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    5. Multi-stage rinse with acid finish

    Three to five rinses, finishing with a mildly acidic rinse (pH ~5.5) that neutralizes any residual shampoo, locks the dyes, and restores the natural lustre that makes wool feel like wool. This step alone visibly changes how the rug looks.

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    6. Flat-dry and final inspection

    Pinned flat in our drying room for 48–72 hours. We re-inspect under bright light, groom the pile, comb the fringe, and check that no colour migrated.

How we price this

We don’t publish per-square-foot rates because they oversimplify. Price depends on fibre, size, condition, and whether any repair is involved. After we hear from you, you get a written estimate within one business day. The estimate stands unless we find something at pickup that changes the scope — and if we do, we tell you before doing any extra work.

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FAQ

Persian Rug Cleaning — common questions

Persian Rug Cleaning across the Lower Mainland

We serve 13 cities. Free pickup and delivery throughout the service area.

  • Vancouver
  • Burnaby
  • Surrey
  • Richmond
  • Coquitlam
  • Langley
  • North Vancouver
  • West Vancouver
  • New Westminster
  • Port Moody
  • Port Coquitlam
  • Delta
  • Maple Ridge

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