Carpeting is one of those home furnishing items that has more permanence. When you move from your home you leave the carpeting. When you put your home on the market, carpeting might be one of your main concerns for showing to prospective home buyers. And it's one of the more expensive furnishing purchases you make for your home.
In today's market there are many fibers developed to appeal visually, be resilient, stay cleaner longer and be low maintenance. Looking for a certain color is just the beginning. The majority of carpet produced in the United States contains one of six pile fibers: nylon, polypropylene (olefin), acrylic, polyester, wool or cotton. Synthetic fibers make up more than 99 percent of the fiber used in the U.S. market. I have compiled an overview of carpet fibers and their properties to help you make your choice.
WOOL: excellent resiliency, soil and stain resistance, poor resistance to sunlight, poor resistance to mildew, flammability level burns slowly, good abrasion resistance, builds up static in low humidity, hand is warm and soft.
NYLON: excellent resiliency, excellent abrasion resistance, good soil and stain resistance, good resistance to sunlight, builds up static in low humidity, flammability level burns slowly, hand varies from warm and soft to cold and coarse.
POLYPROPYLENE/OLEFIN: excellent resiliency, excellent abrasion resistance, good soil and stain resistance only if treated promptly, poor resistance to sunlight, hand is waxy and soft, excellent resistance to mildew, melts at low temperatuares.
ACRYLIC MODACRYLIC: fair resiliency, fair abrasion resistance, good soil and stain resistance, excellent resistance to sunlight, builds up static in low humidity, hand is warm and soft, excellent resistance to mildew, Acrylic burns readily, Modacrylics are difficult to ignite.
POLYESTER: good resiliency, good abrasion resistance, good soil and stain resistance only if stains are promptly treated, good resistance to sunlight, builds up static in low humidity, hand varies and finer deniers are soft and silky, excellent resistance to mildew, burns slowly/melts.
COTTON: poor resiliency and tricky carpet cleaning requirements, extremely beautiful colorations.
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