Appearance Retention

Matting

Shading

Crushing

Shading

Pattern walkout

Pattern walkout - New compared to installed carpet

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Fading

Matting

Matting

Matting

Pooling/watermarkingPooling

What you need to know

The layman uses the general term “wear” to broadly describe the change in the appearance of a carpet’s pile due to use.  Depending on the situation and observer, this may include changes in texture, soiling, light reflectance, etc.  The technical community prefers the term “texture change” as it more specifically describes the texture change.  This can be assessed in many ways.  Numerous mechanical devices have

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