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NYLON -
This fiber was first introduced in 1938. Today, we know about six generations of nylon, each more improved for stain resistance. It is the most commonly used fiber because of the characteristics it possesses such as excellent resilience, abrasion resistance, dyeing versatility, and styling flexibility. Nylon is most widely preferred primarily for its strenght. Nylon is incredibly durable. Because of its resistance to matting and wear, you will never see a visibly worn carpet path in even the busiest spots of your home. Nylon carpet fiber is soft yet strong, shows color brilliantly, and cleans well. Though not inherently stain resistant, most nylons are treated with a stain-resist carpet treatment for protection against household spills and stains.
POLYPROPYLENE - ( also called Olefin )
First introduced into the carpet industry from Italy in the late 1950's. Naturally stain and fade resistant. The use of polypropylene in carpet has grown dramatically over the past ten years due to popularity of Berber style loop carpets. Polypropylene is extremely resistant to stains, fading, and moisture. Polypropylene, a value-oriented fiber, is also notably colorfast because it is solution dyed, which means the color is added during production and not dyed later. The color is such an inherent part of the fiber that you can even clean polypropylene with bleach.
POLYESTER -
Introduced in the mid 60's. This type of fiber is ideally suited to bedroom or bathroom carpets because of its bulkiness, soft feel, and color clarity. Appreciated for its versatility, polyesters popularity continues to grow. Polyester offers exceptional softness, making it ideal for thick, cut pile styles. Polyester is also naturally and permanently stain resistant and fade resistant. It has excellent color clarity, color retention, strenght, and abrasion resistance. Carpets made from this fiber are easily cleaned and they resist water soluble stains.
WOOL -
The preeminent natural fiber, wool yields a soft, warm, comfortable feel. Although wool does not possess natural resistance to moisture or abrasion, it ages well and is easy to clean. Because it is the most expensive carpet fiber, wool is generally used only in luxury carpets and area rugs.
EVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS CARPET -
Polyester carpet fibers made from recycled soft drink bottles have become increasingly valuable to today's consumers and this demand has increased their usage in carpet. American consumers use and discard millions of plastic soft drink containers every day. Carpet industry has perfected a way to recycle those plastic containers into beautiful, luxurious carpet.
Because plastic beverage bottles are made with top quality PET ( polyethylene terephthalate ) resins as required by the US Food and Drug Administration, the recycled product is superior to lower grades of synthetic fibers used in making other brands of carpet yarns. PET bottles are sorted, ground into fine chips, and then melted and extruded into fiber and spun into carpet yarn. Millions of pounds of recycled PET goes into both the residential and commercial products. These activities help the environment by saving landfill while providing consumers with an exceptionally high quality floor covering.
The latest innovation in this field is also the recycling of carpet. The recycling process converts nylon carpet to its original material.
Check our collections of recyclable carpet. They are stylish, luxurious and durable. They are also recyclable and contain recycled content, attributes that represent an important contribution toward preserving our natural resources and diverting waste from the landfill. Carpet today ... carpet again and again.
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