Solution Dyed Carpet Yarn. Simply The Best....
We
finish up our discussion on best carpet yarns this week with this blog
on solution dyed nylon. The solution dying process is mainly used in
commercial grade carpet. You don't see this process used very often in
the manufacture of residential carpet but one of the big three carpet
mills, Beaulieu, has a new line of carpet using this dying process.
Simply
put, solution dying is the process of injecting the dye into the carpet
yarn while it is still in liquid (solution) form. When the yarn is
extruded the color (dye) is all the way through the yarn. Most carpets
are made with greige goods and then dyed to a specific color. In this
process the carpet is made with greyish/white colored yarn and then run
through a dyer where the yarn is dyed. If you were to cut a carpet yarn
in half that is dyed in the conventional method, the inside of the yarn
would still be the greyish/white color. If you were to cut a solution
dyed nylon carpet yarn in half, you would see that the yarn is colored
completely through. Inside and out.
Because of the way
solution dyed yarn is dyed, it is very stain resistant, extremely fade
resistant and still wears like a nylon yarn (because it is a nylon
yarn). So you get all of the benefits of nylon yarn (wear resistance,
resiliency and softness) along with the fantastic stain resistance that
you would normally see in olefin yarns or polyester carpet yarns.
Some
of the best warranties in the business are attached to this style of
carpet (and I mean actual warranties, unlike some of the warranties that
mills put on their carpets that have so many restrictions and limits
that they will almost never pay off on any of their warranties!!).
You
can even clean some of the toughest stains using a mixture of half
water and half bleach! Try that with any other type of carpet yarn and
see what happens........large whiteish blotches will form on your carpet
if you were to try this cleaning solution with just about any other
type of carpet.
So in our humble opinion, solution dyed
nylon is the best carpet yarn to use for residential carpet. Really no
need to say anything else....
Jeff Dean
Dover Floor Covering
http://www.doverfloorcovering.com
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