My new Karastan rug had a beautiful sheen at purchase.Will having it cleaned affect the sheen adversly?
Wool rugs that have a “sheen” to their colorations, is a direct effect of the natural lanolin oils. Most of these oils have long since been leeched out of the wool fiber in wool processing before and after construction. These natural oils will continue to leech out over time. It is however necessary in the cleaning process to use neutral buffered PH surfactants and condition rinsing water to maintain and even enrich this natural sheen.
