Rug washing & finishing
Water opens the pile. Shearing levels it. Binding seals the edges.
Washing, shearing, stretching and binding — the finishing stages that turn a woven rug into a shippable product.
Wash · shear · stretch · bind
The rug leaves the loom stiff, uneven and full of grease. What happens next is what makes it a real thing to walk on:
- Wash. Warm water and mild wash chemistry open the pile, remove weaving oils and lift the fibre's lustre. For wool, the lanolin's natural resilience comes forward.
- Shear. The pile is levelled with mechanical shears to the specified height and evenness.
- Stretch. The rug is pinned and stretched to true its shape to the specified dimensions.
- Bind. Edges are hand-bound or over-serged for durability. Fringes are secured (or trimmed off if the design calls for a bound edge).
- Back & cure (tufted only). Latex is applied and cured; secondary backing is glued and pressed.
Why this step matters as much as the loom
Two rugs off the same loom, finished by different people, are different rugs. Washing depth, shear evenness, latex curing time, edge binding tension — these decide how the rug feels underfoot and how well it wears over a decade.
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