Rug cleaning
in Newark.

Newark chose to stay its own city. In 1955 its voters incorporated rather than folded into Fremont, on the reasoning that the new city would treat Newark as its industrial district. That decision shaped the housing. The residential grid filled in through the late fifties and sixties in whole tracts at a time – the plan for Lido Faire went to the City Council in January 1959 with 1,300 homes proposed – and those houses are still lived in, with the wall-to-wall carpet long since pulled up and rugs laid over hardwood and tile. What comes to the bench from Newark is mixed: machine-made wool and viscose bought during the NewPark Mall decades, older Persian and Turkish pieces carried in by families still in the house they bought new, and flatweaves from the streets on the bay side of town, out toward the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and the salt ponds that Newark’s first industry began working. All of it is washed here, at 5564 Newpark Mall Rd. Twelve steps, cold water, full immersion. Dusted dry first, washed by hand, rinsed clear, dried flat. The lanolin stays in the wool. Vegetable dyes are bleed-tested before anything gets wet. Repairs, reweaving, moth treatment, pet-damage pre-treatment and USPAP appraisals happen in the same building. Because the workshop is in Newark, you get a choice other cities do not. Bring the rug in during store hours and we will open it up with you, or book a free pickup and our own team will collect it.

Drop-off is the simplest option in Newark. The counter is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm, and Sunday 12pm to 5pm; we are closed Mondays. Bring the rug in and we will unroll it, look at the foundation and the dyes, and give you a price before anything is committed. If carrying it is not practical, pickup is free on orders of $150 or more and scheduled in advance – call (650) 675-8160 between 8am and 8pm, any day of the week, and we will set a window.