Tip Bloom
Tip Bloom (Carpet)
Floor Detective® Defect Guide
What You Need to Know
• Tip bloom is an appearance-related condition in which the tips of cut-pile carpet yarns splay, open, or blossom with use and maintenance
• The condition develops as individual filaments at the yarn tips separate under traffic, grooming, and vacuuming forces
• Tip bloom is a normal characteristic of cut-pile carpet constructions and is expected to …
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