Footprint Tracking
Footprint Tracking vs Shading vs Crushing (Carpet)
Floor Detective® Claims and Conditions Guide
Summary
Footprint tracking, shading, and crushing are appearance-related carpet conditions that occur when pile yarns respond differently to pressure, orientation change, and sustained compression. Footprint tracking results from temporary pile displacement under foot pressure, shading (pile reversal) results from directional pile orientation change (fiber lay direction shift), and crushing results from reduced pile resilience (ability to recover after compression). These conditions develop during normal use or as inherent pile behavior and do not represent dye loss, backing failure, or
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