Why choose Innovia carpet?
Innovia carpeting is at the front line of technology and design. They are naturally soft by adding more filaments per bundle than your average carpet. The Innovia Touch line is the softest carpet on the market because adding more filaments per bundle is like increasing the thread count in your sheets.
Why choose innotex™ Xtreme clean™ carpet?
Innovia Xtreme Clean™ Carpet is crafted using cutting-edge Innotex™ – a natural-based fiber offering an incredibly plush feel and precision-engineered stain prevention technology that won’t ever wash or wear off. Flexible fiber casings completely repel spills and soiling, so you can clean up quickly using just plain water.
What is Innovia touch extreme clean?
Constructed with the patented INNOTEX™ fiber – the break-through natural-based fiber with precision engineered permanent stain prevention technology – Innovia Touch Extreme Clean cleans up fast and more thoroughly than any other product. Break-through stain technology and carpet's most advanced soft fiber technology ever developed?
What is triexta carpet made of?
What is Triexta Carpet? Triexta is a synthetic (manufactured) material developed by DuPont. While it shares many characteristics with polyester, triexta has several important differences in its chemical makeup that makes it a subclass of polyester.
Who makes innovia?
ProSource Wholesale® showrooms are independently owned and operated under license from Leading Edge Marketing Inc. Products and prices, including the availability of Innovia carpet, may vary by location.
Is SmartStrand better than nylon?
SmartStrand has better stain resistance than nylon and is more durable than polyester. It may not be the best in each of those categories, but it brings both stain resistance and durability to the table in 1 fiber type. Also, with the latest technology it has now become a softer fiber with better colors and styles.
What is Triexta in carpet?
Triexta is a synthetic carpet fiber made from polytrimethylene terephthalate, which has some similarities to polyester.
What is the most stain resistant carpet?
Wool carpet fibersWool carpet fibers are so naturally stain-resistant that they don't even need to be coated with chemicals to prevent staining. Wool carpet fibers repel spills from red wine to mustard – and they also repel stains from oils.
Is SmartStrand the same as Triexta?
Triexta is a relatively new carpet fiber to the market that you'll see called several different names. Sorona, SmartStrand, or PTT are all different names for triexta. For now, the primary manufacturer of triexta carpet is Mohawk, under the name SmartStrand.
Does SmartStrand carpet off gas?
Mohawk SmartStrand Polyester carpets are consistently lower in offgassing since they are treated with fewer chemicals. I would say this one is extremely low VOC.
What is better polyester or Triexta?
Triexta is also called PTT, a subclass of polyester. Triexta is considered more durable and resilient than polyester carpet. Even though the fiber lacks a long track record, some industry experts also consider its performance superior to nylon. Triexta is cost-competitive with both nylon and polyester.
How do you clean a Triexta?
For professional cleaning, Mohawk's triexta cleaning guidelines recommend only water rinse extraction and dry compound extraction. For dry compound, I suggest using an oleophilic absorbent and the softest brush available. For water rinse extraction, Mohawk recommends keeping the pump pressure under 300 psi.
Can you steam clean Triexta carpet?
Steam Cleaning Triexta is a hardy material, and can withstand short periods of extreme heat. Whereas nylon and polyester carpets may melt under the heat of a steam cleaner, triexta carpets greatly benefit from a steam carpet cleaning.
How can you tell quality carpet?
The higher the number, the more durable the carpet. A density rating of 2,000 or more. Density is determined by the thickness of the fibers and how tightly packed they are. The thicker and heavier they are, the better quality the carpet and the less susceptible to crushing.
What carpet is better nylon or polyester?
When it comes to stain resistance, polyester comes out ahead of nylon. Polyester is a hydrophobic fiber, which means that the fiber itself repels liquid. By contrast, nylon is very absorbent, so it soaks in liquid and therefore spills. All residential carpets on the market today feature some stain protection.
What are the 6 types of carpeting?
The six types of carpet are textured, plush, frieze, cable, Berber, and cut-and-loop. Each type has its own look and performance conditions.