Our service at a glance:  

• rugs cleaned right down to the fibre
• removal of moths, mites and stains
• gentle cleaning of your valuable pieces
• value preserved through natural re-oiling
• no mould thanks to a careful drying process
• convenient collection and delivery service in Düsseldorf and the surrounding area

 

Our prices

Our prices always include – alongside thorough dusting by beating and the full wash – re-oiling the rugs.

 

Stain treatments or other work you ask us to carry out may involve additional costs. For rugs longer than 6m we have to add a surcharge of 20%. The same surcharge applies to rugs wider than 3m.

Of course, you'll get a binding cost estimate from us before you place the order. We have been pricing our work transparently and fairly for more than forty years. We expressly warn you about fraudsters who have been damaging the reputation of our trade for some years now. 

Chemical rug cleaning or gentle rug washing?

Chemical rug cleaning for under 10 € per square metre? No — gentle washing is the right kind of care for a high-quality rug! In a cleaning process, a rug is often simply run through industrial machines or treated chemically. Soiled rugs may look clean again afterwards, but they can also be damaged. Above all, the natural oils in the wool or silk are lost.

To keep your fine rugs unharmed, we use only a gentle, traditional washing method. Instead of chemical products that burden the environment and the material, we wash with nothing but water and natural soap. Most of the steps we carry out by hand. Whether your rug is made of silk, mohair, cotton, new wool or cork wool, we adapt the wash to the material. That way the fibres are not strained but cared for and protected.

A thorough re-oiling of the natural materials is especially important when a rug hasn't been washed for many years or has been permanently exposed to dry heating air. Over time, wool and silk lose valuable oils and dry out. The pile then becomes dull and porous and wears out more quickly. In the worst case, the knots turn brittle. Washing with curd soap or gall soap gives the pile of your rugs its natural oil content back. 

How we wash your rugs: 

We put a great deal of care and effort into washing Oriental rugs, because we know how important a thorough wash is for them and how much is at stake when the cleaning goes wrong. That's why we adapt the process to every single rug, taking its origin, year of production, material and colours into account.

1. Examining the weave and the pile
Before washing, we examine the rug for its origin, the type of fibres (silk, wool, cotton, synthetics and so on) and the dyes used to colour the wool. We carry out a very thorough and detailed inspection to check whether the colours bleed and run; whether the rug shows damage from strong sunlight, stains from pet urine, moth damage or harm caused by aggressive chemicals. All of these factors determine how the rug can be washed and cleaned.

2. Dusting
In the traditional way, we first beat every rug thoroughly to remove the tiniest (dust) particles. Foreign matter lodged in the pile is abrasive and can lead to premature wear. After that, we vacuum the rug thoroughly once more from both sides.

3. Hand-washing with curd soap and water
Every rug is then washed on both sides with mild, natural curd soap (gall soap). The thorough rinsing that follows is important in order to wash out any excess soap residue and bring back the richness of the colours.

4. Drying
So that the valuable materials come to no harm, careful hand-washing also involves an elaborate drying process. To stop the rug warping from the moisture, we carefully stretch it after the wash and let it dry thoroughly over several days. While it dries, the rug is supplied with warmed fresh air so that neither mould nor rot-causing bacteria can form. This process takes plenty of space, time, energy and constant monitoring.

5. Lanolin treatment (on request)
If you wish, we then treat the surface of the rug with wool wax. Wool wax (also known as lanolin or wool grease) is the secretion from the sebaceous glands of sheep. It is obtained when sheep's wool is washed. A lanolin treatment restores the sheen and suppleness of your rug's fibres and so extends its life. 

Professional care = lasting value

Stain removal

Removing stains from rugs is a science in itself. First we have to establish what soiled the rug: on the one hand there are marks such as wax and dirt that can be dealt with fairly simply, and on the other there are all kinds of stains — red wine, coffee, tea, urine, blood or stubborn juice marks — each of which has to be treated in its own specific way. 

We have decades of experience and have perfected our technique over the years, so we can remove virtually any stain without a trace.

Collection and delivery