by Absolute Best Cleaner | Jun 20, 2016 | Blog
Just cleaned this white sectional sofa for a customer in Madison. Most upholstery cleaners inwardly wince when a customer with a white cotton sofa calls. White cotton can be extremely difficult to clean and the cellulose in the cotton sometimes turns brown, especially...
by Absolute Best Cleaner | May 28, 2016 | Blog
We have had 3 flokati rugs come in this month for cleaning. They are very shaggy white/off white wool rugs. Most are made by the Vlachs in the Pindu Mountains of Greece. They are very cool and fit in with contemporary decor. Here’s what my customers have told me...
by Absolute Best Cleaner | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog
We just cleaned this beautiful Chinese oriental for a customer in Clinton and she was thrilled. That being said, you probably see the big brown rotten spot (hole) in the middle of the picture. She explained that the hole is there because she kept a large potted plant...
by Absolute Best Cleaner | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
Just cleaned this mule saddlebag fora customer in Madison. Beautiful piece of art. My customer purchased it in Srinigar, which is just north of Kashmir. When Marco Polo and his contemporaries started traveling the silk route in the year 1271 (or thereabouts) they...
by Absolute Best Cleaner | Mar 20, 2016 | Blog
We cleaned a very unique kilim rug today. This type of rug is distinguished by a flat weave, and also by “slit weaving.” The weavers reverse the weave at certain points to create clear, distinct lines of color differentiation, and this results in slits...
by Absolute Best Cleaner | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog
We just dry cleaned this beautiful Navajo rug. This type of rug is distinguished by it’s bold, clean, geometric shapes. Be careful trying to spot clean these rugs yourself as many are not colorfast and you may end up pulling color and doing more damage...
