SHAG RUG CLEANING

Our technicians fully emerge your rug in a large pool of water. During this step, our technicians carefully hose down both the front and the back of your rug until it is fully immersed in a fresh cold water bath. We only use cold water to ensure dye safety. This step unsettles the trapped soils and pollutants lodged deep inside of your rug. Every rug is soaked in water individually and we use French drains to ensure the rug is under a constant stream of fresh water. This full immersion can never be done by a carpet cleaner, and should never be done at home for reasons that we will describe later on.

A customized selection of organic detergents are selected and applied to the rug’s surface area. Some rugs require an enzyme treatment to eat away protein and food bacteria. These enzymes remove stain and bring back the the shininess of your shag rug. Previous detergents and a new set of detergents are now agitated by hand are now worked all around the rug for 5-10 minutes to ensure that the detergent has a chance to absorb all the dust and grime thats been collecting in the rug for years.

This step essentially serves the same function as the previous step. We use flat spades to eliminate remaining trapped detergent and pollutant that our rinsing cycle may have. Detergent attaches itself to dust, grime and fatty tissues within your rug, and with this step we can get most of that out of the rug. In our cleaning videos, you can watch as water comes out dark gray at the beginning of this step. The rug technician will spade your rug several times to helps extract excess water and restore the fibers’ nape to its original position and bring out the rug’s intended design and color pattern. This step is a good example of our no corners cut approach to rug cleaning. Even though it requires more labor than the previous steps, it’s essential to getting extra contaminants out of the dirt, even if only by a little.

Did you know there’s a community of fans who love to watch rug cleaners do this? It’s considered ASMR and highly satisfying. You can check out some satisfying rug cleaning videos on our Instagram.

Dirt & grime that has been dislodged during the squeegee procedure is now safely removed from the rug using normal pressure water. Thorough rinsing is one of the most important aspects of good shag rug cleaning. Detergent residue in a rug leads to faster re-soiling. Our multiple rounds of rinsing assures that you rug will stay clean long after it’s been washed.

Our centrifuge rotates at a speed of 2,000 times per minute to safely eliminate 98% of the water in the rug within the matter of a couple minutes without the use of high temperature heat which could damage the fibers of the rug. Proper drying times are absolutely crucial to making sure the rug comes and clean and STAYS clean after washing. Leftover detergent residue that dries into the rug after cleaning will quickly reattract soil.  Ever heard of someone complain that their rug became dirty quickly after they had gotten it cleaned? This is why. Our state-of-the-art centrifuge and several rounds of rinsing helps address this issue.

Because they’re made from a wide variety of materials, a custom process is needed to take into account potential hazards before they happen. Shag rugs are among the most popular rugs found in American households. They offer a unique, textured yet minimal design that is durable. However, they are also highly absorbent and this means that they will retain a lot of the contaminants that are in the air and that are left on it through daily use, even more so than rugs already do. It also means that the rugs will retain a lot of water inside of them when they are washed, a double bind for rug cleaners all over the world! With shag rug cleaning, it is important to wash your shag rugs, as needed, and at minimum once every two years, to assure that these contaminants don’t bond to the fabric as it begins to wear away. At Babash, we take all this into consideration to deliver the best cleaning possible. Our system is famous in the community for its effectiveness on Wool rugs as it is carefully overseen by experts with over 30 years of experience and it uses a 100% organic detergent with a mixture of hand and machine labor. Moreover, it is backed by a  centrifugal drier which eliminates about 98% of the water in the rug in a matter of minutes to assure that the rug’s fibers don’t deteriorate, the colors do not bleed and that it doesn’t hold that “wet towel” smell.

What’s more effective? The meticulous care of a human operated hand process or the power and technology of a machine operated process? At Babash, you don’t have to choose because you get both. Most Wool area rugs demand a complete water immersion cleaning to be cleaned effectively, just like your clothes do, except that wool fibers tend to trap and hold much more pollutants than your clothes will ever encounter, even though you would wash your clothes at least once a week, if not more.

Our experts are some of the best in the industry, with years of training and experience under their belt. Our advanced machinery is custom designed specifically for our process to allow the best possible results. It’s one of the reasons why customers rave about their rugs once they receive them again, which can look better than they ever remember them looking!

We make the process simple by offering end-to-end services within the convenience of your home. At Babash, we make the process easy by providing pickup and delivery to our customers in Los Angeles County. Cities include but are not limited to:

Burbank, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Studio City & more!

For drop off wool rug cleaning, we offer a 20% discount for customers who can drop off and pickup their rug from our rug cleaning factory in Canoga Park. Either way, you will receive the same unbeatable wash that’s safe for you and your family, but not for soil, odor and grime!