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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March 13, 2021
What you need to know Wrinkles in the backing can occur during the manufacturing process when the primary or secondary...
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What you need to know Unraveling can occur on a loop pile or cut/loop pile carpet when a yarn is...
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What You Need To Know Tube Line Pile Reversal occurs when the carpet is rolled around on the cardboard tube...
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What you need to know Traffic Lane Gray occurs when the yarn filaments in the traffic lanes become scratched and...
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What you need to know Top cuts are a condition that occurs due to installer carelessness at the time of...
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What you need to know Tip Bloom is a normal characteristic of any cut pile carpet when subjected to traffic...
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What you need to know Texture variations can occur from many different manufacturing-related conditions including uneven shearing across the carpet...
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What you need to know Tension lines run in the length direction of the carpet and can appear as dark...
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What you need to know Telegraphing of the substrate or Subfloor can become evident when carpeting is glued down or...
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What you need to know Stop marks occur across the carpet width during the tufting process when the tufting machine...
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