SELECTION OF CARPET


USAGE AND LOCATION
-high traffic area?
-more remote location
-exposed directly to sunlight?
-natural ebvironment?
-manufacturer used numbers to rate
-2,3 less used areas
-4,5 best choice for heavy usage

COLOURS
-personal choice
-certain rules of thumb that apply tto most situation

TEXTURES AND PATTERN
-depending on client's requirement
-many looks and styles
-offers fashion appeal and distinctive styling
-hides soil and vacuum marks

TYPES OF FIBRES
1. NYLON
- wear resistant
-brilliant colour
-resilient
-solution-dyed nylon has colour added during fibre production, making it more colour fast
-used for all traffic areas
-stain resistant

2.ACRYLIC
-offers appearance and feel of wool without cost
-low static level
-moisture resistant
-for level loop and velvet construction

3.OLEFIN
-strong fibre
-resistant to static electricity
-resistant to moisture
-resistant to wear and permanent stain
-easily cleaned
-colour for colourfastness
-used indoors and outdoors

4.POLYESTER
-excellent clour clarity and retention
-moisture resistant
-noted for luxurious, "soft hand" when used in thick, cut-pile textues
-easily cleaned
-resistant to water soluble stain

5.WOOL
-noted for luxury and performance
-many colours
-high bulk
-soft
-more expensive than syntetic fibres

TYPES OF CARPET TEXTURES
1.FRIZE
-pebbly appearance
-with tightly twisted well defined yarns
-for crucial performance

2.LEVEL LOOP
-stitches of yarns
-like a hooked rug with equal height loops
-crucial performance

3. CUT AND LOOP
-plush and loop pile
-varnishes in pile height
-shearing of yarns caused unusual effects
-used in many areas
-not for formal setting



4. SAXONY
-plush look alike surface
-twisted in the yarns for durability
-gives wool like luster
-for luxury, top performance

5.VELVET PLUSH
-plush finish with yarn twisted
-breaks smooth surface lush aka tailored plush
-luxury objective

6.BERBER
-loop pile runs in parallel lines
-rugged surface gives wool like appearance
-durable, stain resistant
-hides dirt, footprints and other tracks
-some constructed in multilevel loops
-create patterns and other effect
-available in most carpet fibres
-available in cut pile
-luxurious feeling of thick pile carpeting


MANUFACTURING OF CARPET
1.TUFTED
-machine method
-inserting large loops or stitches to backing material
-liquid latex added after that
-to firmly lock loops
-height of loops adjustable for requirements
-knife used in conjunction with loops to create cut pile carpet
-fastest way
-most economic way
-cheaper than woven carpet

2.WOVEN
-popular method
-interlacing filling yarns
-with warp yarns
-different techniques gives different appearance
-weaving techniques: wilton, axminster, velvet

3.NEEDLE PUNCHING
-punching pile fibres
-into loosely woven carrier fabric
-using barbed needle
-made with pre-dyed polypropylene
-in smooth flat surface
-backed with latex or latex foam
-available in tiles