Stainmaster Carpet and the many imposters.

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Stainmaster Carpet, in fact carpet in general, seems to be one of the most misunderstood major purchases a consumer makes. Consider how hard people shop for cars, televisions, appliances etc..

Carpet many times is purchased by how thick or soft it is with no real consideration for what makes a carpet durable. To understand carpet you must realize that there are two separate companies who have a stake in the production of the carpet. The manufacturer of the yarn and the company that makes the yarn into the carpet. The yarn manufacturer can be either make yarn from Nylon, polyester,wool or polypropylene. The best product for carpet has always been nylon, Specifically Stainmaster Nylon, but due to recent economic times so many manufactures are reduced to making polyester product due to the low cost per ounce and the relative softness of the yarn for the cost. Triextra the new Dupont polymer recently received permission to classify this polyester as a subclass of the Polyester family. The carpets resilience is routed in the yarn that it is made out of. Nylon has a long history for the durability and historic performance to outlast all other man made fibers on the market.

Stainmaster the best known brand of Nylon fiber has a wear story unlike that of any other product in the market. All major mills manufacture carpets made from the most durable fiber available. Mohawk, Shaw, Beaulieu, Milliken, Royalty, Gulistan and on and on. Many of the same mills run the polyester products with almost duplicate colors and finishes. Buyer beware, Carpet outlets can choose to show you either but only one will hold up like most families would expect. Home centers are always quoting low prices but when one looks closer you start to realize that these prices are on very inexpensive Polyester products that have a lifespans of half what a similarly constructed Stainmaster Nylon carpet would provide.

The twist and construction of the carpet can be equally as important to the long term durability of the carpet you choose. Did you know that two carpets of equal weight constructed differently can have effective lifespans that vary as much as 50%. Loose construction or products with little twist will not hold their shape, these products will then tend to pack down and crush. once this begins to happen it is only a short time later that this carpet becomes unrecognizable as the product that was purchased and you are forced to purchase again.

Many people who have bought homes in the last few years have realized this to all be true. To lower costs most builders chose to move to very inexpensive products that to the naked eye look just like what they had always used on the floors, but were made out of inexpensive polyester fibers and months later, that right months not years, they were looking at a product that appeared to look 5 or even 10 years older that it actually was. Customers quickly claimed these problems with the home builders and were turned away due to the warranty’s being written the way the were. Polyester looks great on the sample but it does not hold up like Nylon. Do not be fooled! Sadly many of these customers could have found Nylon alternatives to the products they chose for comparable prices had they looked in the right places. Stainmaster Flooring Centers have a wide variety of the full gambit of products available and at every price point.

Take some time to speak to an expert and let us show you, not tell you, why Stainmaster has become the gold standard for carpeting. Go to the Stainmaster web site for proof of the durability advantage Stainmaster and nylon has over all other flooring fibers. BrowZebraPrintlorez

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July 26, 2010

Stainmaster Carpet and the many imposters.

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