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(831) 425-7847Visit WebsiteMap & Directions719 Swift St Ste 5Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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Mon - Thu:	9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri:	9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Talisman Restoration Inc

Carpet Cleaning
The essence of cleaning is the minimization of risk - while thoroughly removing all soil. Talisman emphasizes cultural and scientific knowledge, careful analysis and individualized strategies in order to create reliable step-by-step approaches to cleaning Oriental rugs. Talisman does not use washing machines, carpet steam cleaning or machine brushing. All cleaning is done exclusively by hand. Everyone is welcome to tour our studio and to view and discuss our work.

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"The finest conservation services outside the museum environment." Hali Magazine, London Comparable prices - incomparable quality!

General Info: Founded in 1980 to provide Oriental Rug cleaning services in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California - combining museum standards and conservation science with the craft of traditional hand cleaning.
Email: Email Business
Extra Phones: Fax: (831) 425-7829
Payment method: all major credit cards, check
Location: Located in Santa Cruz, CA but direct pickup and delivery throughout the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas.
Neighborhood: Westside
Associations: For references, contact any dealer, designer, collector or museum.
Other Link: http://www.talismanrestoration.com
Categories: Carpet & Rug Repair, Carpet & Rug Cleaners

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Phone: (831) 425-7847

Address: 719 Swift St Ste 5, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Website: http://www.talismanrestoration.com

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Talisman Restoration Inc

Carpet Cleaning
The essence of cleaning is the minimization of risk - while thoroughly removing all soil. Talisman emphasizes cultural and scientific knowledge, careful analysis and individualized strategies in order to create reliable step-by-step approaches to cleaning Oriental rugs. Talisman does not use washing machines, carpet steam cleaning or machine brushing. All cleaning is done exclusively by hand. Everyone is welcome to tour our studio and to view and discuss our work.
Window Cleaning
Rug Cleaning
As one of the premier Oriental rug collecting centers of the world - rivaling Munich, Milan and London - San Francisco was always in need of an Oriental rug cleaning and restoration studio that could meet its needs. At the behest of our friends, Arky and Ginger Robins of Baktiari Gallery in Pacific Heights, and Richard Tracy Shaw, who was retiring from the field of restoration - Talisman assumed the hand cleaning accounts of Gordon Scott's Turko-Persian Oriental Rug Company (now dissolved), which had been a fixture of San Francisco since 1946. Thus in Jan. of 1980 we began in business with eight Bay Area Oriental rug galleries as clients.
Vacuuming
Webbing and case-bearing moths, black and variegated dermestid beetles are - among the damaging insects - the greatest threat for wool and silk. Silverfish will feed only on cotton, but require a very humid situation. Tapestries and other hanging textiles are particularly vulnerable. They should be inspected on the reverse side regularly and under any linings. Wool-consuming insects establish themselves in areas where they are unlikely to be disturbed - such as under furniture and under parts of a rug that are least walked upon. Good housekeeping and frequent inspections are the best remedy. Frequent vacuuming can eradicate moth infestations in many instances. Do not use moth balls, moth crystals or pesticides. They are hazardous to one's health and dangerous for textile materials.
Stain Removal
STAIN REMOVAL GUIDE FOR TEXTILES (includes Oriental rugs, but for a general approach to emergency rug spotting see the sidebar on this page.)
Steam Cleaning
All area rugs are exclusively and thoroughly cleaned by hand No rug washing machines, no carpet steam cleaning, no machine brushing. Never take a risk - ask! Improper cleaning is a leading cause of damage to Oriental rugs.

Office Cleaning
In order to provide San Francisco with a clear alternative to the primitive - folklore based - techniques of cleaning that were prevalent at the time, Talisman built its knowledge and skills from the base up. Eschewing all connections with commercial cleaning, we joined museum and textile associations and learned from primary published research. Often we conferred personally with textile and surfactant scientists such as those at Shell Research Labs in Houston, CSIRO in Australia, Manfred Wentz at the University of Wisconsin (Manfred devised anonymously the stain cleaning chart for the USDA that has since become the universal standard), Milton Rosen (father of surfactant science), etc. Museum textile conservators were just beginning to establish a more firm scientific foundation for their techniques, and we always found a ready and willing collaboration. Conservators Jane Hutchins of Merrimack Valley Textile Museum in Mass., Nobuku Kajitani of the Metropolitan Museum and Mary Ballard of the Smithsonian were particularly helpful.

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