WARNING! It can be a disaster if you store your rugs incorrectly! Here is a photo of moth larvae damage. They just went to town, munching away. 

Store your rug incorrectly and you might be looking at hundreds of dollars’ worth of damage! Here is a client’s rug that was incorrectly stored in the garage for a few years. Life got busy and the rug was forgotten about. This is just one area of the rug, there were many more moth eaten areas too.

We can all relate to being busy and how some things move to the back burner while more pressing issues are handled.  However leaving a rug exposed in a quiet setting (such as a garage, closet or under a bed) is a first class invitation for moths to come munch of your wool and silk rugs!

You can see the moth damage here. THIS WAS AVOIDABLE!  

Rugs need to be stored properly.

If you are thinking about putting your rug in storage for a while, call Arizona Oriental & Specialty Rug Care here in Prescott AZ. We can save you thousands of dollars of moth larvae munching damage that can quickly be done to your wool or silk Persian and Oriental area rugs by properly preparing the rug for storage.

Arizona Oriental & Specialty Rug Care serves Prescott, Prescott Valley, Flagstaff, Sedona, and much of the Northern Arizona areas. We meet the highest standards in professional cleaning of area rugs with rug wash specialists having earned the highest training, including certification as WOOLSAFE FIBRE CARE SPECIALISTS through the WOOLSAFE ORGANISATION. Such extraordinary certification ensures the area rugs of our client’s receive the utmost in care.

Call us for additional information on proper rug storage and quotes at 928-445-1718, visit our website at www.ArizonaOriental.com, or stop by Monday through Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at our rug washing facility at 565 EZ Street, Prescott, AZ 86301 (pick-up and delivery also available).

Till next time, enjoy your beautiful art for your floor and remember a clean rug is a rug that can last you a lifetime!