Reshape Oriental Rug: As I have been blogging for a long while here, we get a lot of rugs shipped to our plants from different parts of Florida, and also in several situations, rugs are brought to us from the Caribbean from people that have getaway homes. I have seen a rug arrive in our shop in luggage.
This video is about how to Oriental Rug Customisation Service. What happens in a lot of situations when a rug is a wool rug on a wool foundation. The wool doesn’t have a sturdy foundation. That is why most rugs have a foundation of cotton, and of course, costly silk rugs have a foundation of silk which results in a rug having silk fringes.
Nomadic people probably made this situation the rug a wool rug on a wool foundation and since they did not have access to cotton warp string or they couldn’t afford it. Once the weaver made the rug and sheared the rug to be even, it then washed.
The next step would be to stretch the rug so it would be suitable for the western market. Over time with humidity or a rug cleaner steaming the rug in customers can cause the rug to lose its shape. In this situation, an area rug cleaner steamed cleaned the rug in this custom home which is the reason the rug was mailed to us because the customer wants his rug to be straight again.
How to stretch an Oriental rug?
Apply a starch-based substance or water down bonding agent. Apply to the back of the rug and extend it to size and staple down all the sides. Measure the parties to the desired length and allow the rug to dry. Problem solved.
