How Green Choice cleans your rug at 44 Executive Blvd
Five stages, in this order, every time. Skipping the first one is why most "cleaned" rugs still feel gritty.
This is the process a rug wash plant follows and a truck‑mount carpet cleaner cannot: the rug has to leave your floor, be dusted dry, washed in water, rinsed until clear and dried flat under control. Wool, silk, cotton and viscose each get their own version of steps three and five. Most rugs are back in your home in 7 to 10 days; urine‑contaminated and repaired rugs take a little longer.
Inspection & dye test
The rug is measured, photographed and inspected front and back. Fiber, knot construction, prior repairs, stains, odor and dye stability are recorded, and you get a firm price before anything else happens.
Dusting
The rug is run face‑down through a dusting machine that vibrates dry soil out of the foundation, often pounds of it from a single 9×12. Wet cleaning a rug that hasn't been dusted just turns that soil into mud.
Immersion wash
Wool rugs are fully submerged in a wash pit with a fiber‑appropriate, pH‑balanced solution and hand‑brushed in the direction of the pile. Urine‑contaminated rugs get a decontamination soak first; silk is hand‑washed on the floor instead.
Rinse & extract
Rinsed with clean water until it runs clear, so no detergent is left to attract soil later. The rug is then rolled into a centrifuge that spins out the water and any remaining residue in minutes.
Flat dry & finish
Dried flat in a climate‑controlled room with air movers so the rug cannot mildew or shrink. Fringes are combed and whitened, the pile is groomed, and the rug is rolled, wrapped and scheduled for delivery.