Wool & Viscose Rug

[Chris Howell]

A wool rug with viscose accents that one of our trainees, Sturdy Wengen, airbrushed in our shop. Customer wanted us to make the accents a bit more vibrant. She absolutely loved the results!

 

[Jimmy L]

Lovely

 

[Chris Howell]

Thanks, Jimmy

 

[WillS]

Really nice. Looks 10x better. Color dying is probably best on Viscose? We don't clean them because of how shitty they are and yellow as soon as they get any moisture on them.

 

[Chris Howell]

@WillS

Thanks, WillS. Dyeing is ideal for nylon, wool, and silk. Viscose can be dyed, but it's really a junk fiber as you have accurately indicated. Unfortunately interior designers love viscose because it feels soft and looks nice, but it's pretty dang hard to work on if it has a staining issue.

Here's an example of a viscose rug that was destroyed by a rug washing company in Chicago. They put the rug into their centrifuge with another rug while it was still wet. This caused dye bleeding and severe browning. The rug washer was on the hook for this $5,500.00 rug that they had damaged and wanted us to restore it back to the original color. I explained to them that this wasn't possible, that the only option would be to dye the rug to a darker color (brown or gray). The customer didn't want this done so they abandoned the rug and had to purchase a new one for the customer. I dyed the rug to a medium brown and was able to sell it for $3,500.00

 

[Harry Myers]

From what I see the viscose browned out. Dye bleed from what?

 

[Chris Howell]

@Harry Myers
Harry, the rug browned out from excess moisture. Very typical of viscose rugs. The dye bleed was from the other wet rug that was put in the centrifuge with the wool & viscose rug.