09/01/2026
Ever wonder what actually happens to your rug after we pick it up?
A hand-knotted rug holds a surprising amount of dry soil down in its foundation — grit a vacuum or an in-home machine will never reach. Getting it out takes seven steps and about a week.
It starts with mechanical dusting before any water touches the rug. Skip that, and you're washing the soil deeper in instead of out. Then pre-treatment and dye testing, a full submersion hand wash in the pit, a rinse until the water runs clear, and — the step most cleaners get wrong — controlled vertical drying in a climate-controlled room. A rug dried flat on a concrete floor in Atlanta humidity can grow mildew in its foundation in 24 to 48 hours.
We've been doing it this way in Chamblee since 1972. Free pick-up and delivery across metro Atlanta.
Read the full walkthrough of every step 👉 https://www.atlantarugrestoration.com/blog/rug-wash-pit-cleaning-process
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