Carpet Shedding: Vacuum Bags Full of Fuzz
At Floor Central, we received the following explanation of shedding from a carpet manufacturer. This is one of the best explanations of shedding I have come across. This is suggested reading for both industry personnel and carpet consumers. Carpet Shedding With all the styles we make using staple yarns this explains why ...
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April 22, 2008
Carpet Filtration Soiling
By Terry Weinheimer Often a dealer will receive a call from a consumer that they sold carpet to less than a year or two ago. The caller is terribly upset because the expensive new carpet is changing from its light color to a dark color along the walls at the edge ...
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April 14, 2008
Floor Covering 101: Soil Hiding Considerations
The building may be located in the country on a quiet road or near a major highway or manufacturing facility. You may have a fully landscaped situation with grass and walks or you may have dirt and gravel around the structure. You may be in an area that is routinely ...
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April 10, 2008
Floor Covering 101: Introduction to Floor Covering
In this series of articles floor covering expert Terry Weinheimer of the Weinheimer Group LLC will discuss the selection of carpet, resilient, laminate, hardwood and other floor covering materials. Next to a house or an automobile, floor covering is one of the largest purchases that many homeowners will ever make. Like ...
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April 10, 2008
Carpet for people with peeing pets
The pet dog or cat can become a very important part of a family. Many of us talk to them like they were our best friends. You regularly hear some one calling a dog by saying come to mommy or come to daddy. The loss of a ...
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April 5, 2008
Hardwood and Laminate Floor Casters vs. Carpet Casters
Carpet casters are designed to roll easily on a softer surface without wearing out the carpet. Casters for harder surfaces such as hardwood and laminate are designed to roll easily without scratching or marring the floors finish. When you purchase an office style chair or captains style chair with casters for ...
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April 2, 2008
Visual Color Change in Carpet: Soiling
Some traffic patterns that develop on a carpet are the result of soil abrasion. When granular soil is not thoroughly removed from a carpet through frequent in depth vacuuming it will scratch the fiber so that a permanent change is made in the way that light is reflected from the ...
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February 22, 2008
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