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Please READ THIS BEFORE proceeding… There are many types of rugs, and many types of care issues. These are general recommendations being provided to help in most scenarios involving natural fiber rugs. Please contact us by phone and /or with photos of your rug for specific advice if needed.

IMPORTANT: If your rug is viscose, rayon, bamboo silk, banana silk, Tencel, or any other type of artificial silk (regenerated cellulose) – these fibers are wood pulp (paper) and even slight moisture can cause permanent damage. Please contact us, or your trusted rug cleaner, BEFORE any clean up attempts using moisture. (If you are in panic mode, pack the area with corn starch. It will be messy but it will grab the spill faster than these rug fibers in the immediate moment. Many serious spills on these rugs can often ruin these rugs.

• Immediately blot the wet area with a white cotton towel. Do not scrub the affected area, as this untwists and breaks the wool, silk, or cotton face fibers. (If the spill is an oil or dense substance, use a spoon or other curved tool to scoop up as much as you can before you begin the blotting process.)
• Look at the white towel for two things: is the liquid spill absorbing into the towel, and are any of the rug’s dyes absorbing into the towel?
• If the rug’s dyes are absorbing into the towel, blot a bit more and then STOP. No more work can be done to this area without causing the area’s dyes to bleed together. This type of damage can devalue your rug, so you want to stop before you make it worse. At this point you can pack the area with corn starch (or salt) as this will absorb the moisture and the spill into the powder. Bring the rug to Imperial Rug Cleaning ASAP.