A Comprehensive Guide to Oriental and Specialty Rug Cleaning
The first book of its kind with over 900 color photographs, maps and drawings that illustrate how to identify, inspect, and clean rugs mst commonly encountered in rug cleaning plants. Drawing upon their years of cleaning, teaching, and appraising skills as well as knowledge of the most respected and successful oriental rug cleaning plans in the country, the authors combined research with firsthand knowledge in developing the most comprehensive guide in the rug cleaning industry. In an article by Dr. Steven Spivak, textiles technical expert with ASCR International and the ASCR Foundation, praises the value of this publication: Writing worth reading can be a life changing event. For a serious, substantial new book, these opening words apply not only to reader and book buyer, but as well to the authors. It applies exactly to the recent arrival of A Comprehenisve Guide to Oriental & Specialty Rug Cleaning by Amirkhan and Groseclose. This splendid, lavishly illustrated and compreh
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Review by Stephen Roberts for A Comprehensive Guide to Oriental and Specialty Rug Cleaning
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Man, I have to agree this in one expensive book, however my wife just finished nursing school and I gotta say some of those books she used in school were right up there as well, but of coarse well worth it.
Regarding this book, lets just say if you are caring for rugs and don’t have it yet then shame on you. This is the holy grail of practical knowledge that rug cleaners have been looking for, well forever.. truth is that the old timers Armenians in the rug cleaning/care industry were not going to teach anybody.
Ellen and Aaron have done a beautiful job of making this bewildering craft straight forward and simple.
I love this book so much that I buy one for everyone of my clients!
Best $500ish you will ever spend in your career.
A Comprehensive Guide to Oriental and Specialty Rug Cleaning
Review by Liza A. Copuyoc for A Comprehensive Guide to Oriental and Specialty Rug Cleaning
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I was also mildly shocked by the price of this book – but great rugs come at challenging prices – and if you need to maintain that priceless rug in your living room and make sure that it is in mint condition for many years — that will have paid the price of this book. I am a rug enthusiast, and this book is a must own for me.
Review by Nathan K. Koets for A Comprehensive Guide to Oriental and Specialty Rug Cleaning
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Don’t be dissuaded by the purchase price! If this book saves you from ruining even one oriental rug, it will more than pay for itself.
While most oriental rug books devote a paragraph, or (if you’re lucky) a chapter to rug care, this book is devoted to the topic. It distills several generations’ knowledge of oriental & specialty rug cleaning information, pitfalls, tips & tricks into a handy reference guide that every rug cleaner must have in their library. Quite simply, this is a “one-stop” source of rug cleaning information that would otherwise take tens of thousands of dollars AND decades of trial & error to learn. The photos are outstanding, as is the “flow chart” to assist one in the daunting process of learning rug identification.
There is no other book even remotely close to this one. OUTSTANDING!!
Nathan Koets, CRS
Master Oriental Rug Cleaner