Avoid Permanent Damage from Flooding with Correct Water Damage Restoration Techniques
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How to Restore Your Home After Flood Damage: A Step-by-Step Guide Flooding can seriously damage a home, even in just a short amount of time. If you’ve recently suffered from flooding in your home, you may be wondering if restoring your home is possible. Luckily, saving and restoring your home from flood damage is easier
Preserve Your Luxury Silk Textiles
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The Ultimate Guide to Caring for Silk Textiles Silk fibers are being used increasingly in textile furnishings such as rugs, draperies, and upholstery. As a luxurious and versatile fiber, silk is highly sought after for its elegant appearance and feel. It is often used in the manufacture of expensive, high-fashion products. It can be dyed
Reasons Why Cellulosic Browning Occurs
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Occasionally after a carpet or rug has been cleaned, a brownish discoloration appears. A condition called cellulosic browning is one of the causes of this discoloration. Several factors must be present in order for this discoloration to develop including a cellulosic fiber, moisture, and slow drying. Furthermore, a high pH or shampoo residue may also
Does Removing Carpet Really Help Reduce Allergies?
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Stuffy nose, sneezing, itchy watery eyes, headaches. You know the symptoms. If you are a sufferer you will try almost anything to get relief. Allergists and other well-meaning advisors often recommend removing carpet to lessen indoor allergies. Does it really work? Historical Misconceptions About Carpets and Allergies In the 1970’s discussions and reports in Sweden
What Causes Dyebleeding to Occur?
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When a colored fiber loses dye while wet, dye bleeding occurs. Uncolored or lightly colored fiber or yarn may readily soak up fugitive (runaway) dyes from the darker fiber or yarn and become stained. This is most often seen in carpet and rugs where deeply dyed shades (for example, reds, blacks, and blues) become fugitive