Wool Rug Cleaning in San Diego

Wool felts and shrinks when heat, moisture, and agitation act on it at the same time, which is exactly what an in-home steam wand delivers. Our wash avoids all three pressure points. We use cooler, controlled water, minimal agitation, and even drying, so the rug holds its size and shape.

Wool is protein, so moth and carpet beetle larvae treat it as food, and they are drawn to rugs holding soil, pet residue, and moisture. A thorough facility wash removes that food source along with any eggs already in the pile. It is one of the quieter reasons regular cleaning lengthens a wool rug’s life.

A dense wool pile hides gritty soil down near the foundation, well below anything a vacuum reaches. That grit saws against the fibers every time the rug is walked on. Full immersion is the only way to float it up and out of the weave, which is why a washed rug looks brighter than a vacuumed one.

We advise against it. The heat and hard agitation of in-home steam cleaning are what turn a wool rug into a matted, shrunken version of itself, and matted pile can be permanent. A slow immersion wash at the facility floats the soil out and leaves the pile soft and open instead.

Excess water is spun out in a professional centrifuge, which draws most of the moisture from the foundation. The rug then hangs on racks in a monitored room with steady airflow and humidity. Drying evenly from top to bottom is what prevents shrinkage, browning, dye migration, and mildew.