Master Rug Cleaner

Rug Cleaning Services

  • To become a Master Rug Cleaner this requires completing a master rug cleaning course in Dallas, Texas with Ellen Amirkhan and Aaron Groseclose.  This course consists of 2x 3 day sessions - 1 in March and 1 in October.

Ellen is a third generation Rug Cleaning expert, certified rug specialist, appraiser and pastMaster Rug Cleaners Logo president of the National Institute of Rug Cleaning.

Aaron president of Masterblend, certified rug specialist, senior carpet inspector, master textile cleaner, writer and instructor for over 30 years.

Ellen and Aaron have instructed of 2400 students since 1992.  All training is done at Ellen's rug cleaning plant in Dallas, Texas.

This course includes:

  • Focussed training on rug indentification
  • Pre-inspection hands on
  • Machine/hand woven and hand knotted constructions
  • Hands on dry soil removal
  • Hands on cleaning methods
  • Silk rug cleaning
  • Urine decontamination
  • Fringe treatments
  • Dye Stripping
  • Quality control
  • Rug blocking
  • Identifying rug problems
  • Rug repairs
  • Setting up a rug plant
  • Equipment/chemical purchasing
  • Photographing rugs
  • 1 year full support
   

Garry Carroll has completed this course in 2010 and as such Garry Carroll is one of the first certified master rug cleaners in Australia.