What a carpet is made of is of paramount importance to your choice. The carpet fibre will determine how your carpet looks, feels, wears and how it will survive with stains. Even in the 21st Century wool is still recognised as the chief substance to manufacture carpet with. Still great when it is used on its own in pure 100% form, it can be blended effectively with nylon and polypropylene to expand its wear and long life.
If you are poverty stricken, laying down carpet in a cheap commercial surroundings like a council office or you are a landlord with a similar outlook to Rupert Rigsby, do not think about buying a carpet that is not at least 50% wool.
Apart from being a beautiful natural substance, wool is a natural flame retardant, does not stain easily, wears well, is easy to clean, is environmentally friendly and naturally sustainable.
Wool is often mixed with Nylon. Why? Because a Nylon mix creates a wool carpet which is enormously hard wearing, even a lot easier to clean, provides higher resistance to abrasion, and improves stain and soil resistance. It is also cheaper. An brilliant choice if you are searching for a blended material.
Wool can also be mixed with Polypropylene. Again, the blended material is hard wearing, stain resistant and colour fast. Go for a higher amount of wool in the mix for improved aesthetics.
Finally, you may see wool mixed with polyester. Polyester can be used as a bonding agent in blended carpets to improve tuft definition and reduce fibre loss. It provides bulk, stain resistance and longevity.
So, what type of fibres and mix should I look for when choosing a new carpet? If you are looking for a good all rounder - great looks, hard wearing, long lasting, easy to clean and stain resistant then, wait for it.... I recommend an 80% wool, 15% nylon, 5% polyester mix. An precise number. But then I'm an exact sort of human being. And when it comes to carpet, so must you be.What a carpet is made of is of paramount importance to your selection. The carpet fibre will ascertain how the carpet looks, feels, wears and how it will deal with with stains.
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My name is noy important. What is important is the fact that I have been a DIY expert for many years now.I have many years of experience in laying carpet , landscaping, painting and decorating just to mention a few. I am writing a series of articles in the hope that it will help a few people out. So here we go, these articles will even help out the novice amongst us. We all have to start somewhere.
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