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#1 Posted : Sunday, June 4, 2017 4:54:52 PM(UTC)
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I just picked up two Swedish rugs today and have a couple of questions...hoping someone can help.
First off neither one is in very good shape having stains, wear and on the large one a hole (not all the way through).
I have been searching "flat weave rug repair" but havent found any information online.
Hard to do? Expensive? I assume it would be hard to match material in a 60 year old rug so thought of possibly sacraficing the smaller one for parts so to speak.
Stains, will a proffesional be able to remove stains that are set? No idea what they are from.
Or, do I just enjoy as is and enjoy the fact they were practically given to me.
I also see prices all over the place for swedish rugs with many of the higher priced ones being signed...any idea of the value of this two sided rug?
Thanks...
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#2 Posted : Sunday, June 4, 2017 5:42:29 PM(UTC)
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Washing the rugs is no problem for a good rug service company. Restoration is a problem - as you mentioned, it is not easy to get matching material.
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#3 Posted : Monday, June 5, 2017 4:45:09 PM(UTC)
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What I'm up against here. Am I looking at a possible previous attempt at a repair?
So...sacrifice the smaller rug?
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#4 Posted : Friday, June 9, 2017 10:15:04 AM(UTC)
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While no repair can exactly match the original rug, I still would not sacrifice one for the other. I think a good repairer will be able to dye the wool very close to the original and do a repair that will be hard to spot.
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#5 Posted : Friday, June 9, 2017 3:59:54 PM(UTC)
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It is not difficult to find these colors. These are very common color and this is not a big job. You can do the repair and almost impossible to find where has been repaired. But the problem is both these weavings and Rya Rugs ( Swedish) are inexpensive rugs. Unless you have sentimental value on these rugs, repairing is going to cost you more than underlying value of the rug.
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