We picked to two 16 year old area rugs for a customer in Scottsdale last week that HAVE NEVER BEEN WASHED for Hand Wash Cleaning and Fringe Repair. One was a Silk Rug and the other a Turkish Wool.
The fringe was very uneven on one of the rugs. Instead of sewing Machine Made Fringe on each end, (which would decrease the value of the rug), we trimmed down the fringe to its shortest point and re-tied all the knots by hand. Normally the rug cleaning service takes a few weeks, however this customer is moving to Japan at the end of this week, so he opted in to having them rushed!