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Finishing materials & rug backing

The back of your tufted rug A good rug underlay or rug finish offers many advantages besides glue. Leveling the substrate Extra cold and heat insulation Improve sound, noise reduction, damping It extends the life of the top of the tufted rug, your artwork And gives you an extra feeling of comfort Underlay types / tufted rug finish Foam - Only suitable for low loads. Place on felt paper. Filled Paper - Can be used under foam or foam backed rugs to eliminate sticking to your floor. Rubber - With jute or paper backing,...

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Materials and pricing

In modern tufted rugs, the thread is threaded into the backing, the tufting cloth, fixed in place with latex, and finally provided with an extra backing of fabric or foam to reinforce the carpet. The pile thread of tufted rugs can be cut or uncut (loop pile) or a combination of both. Tufted carpet is much faster and cheaper to make than woven carpet. As a result, it is often cheaper, but it can be of the same quality. Nevertheless, pricing in tufted rugs can vary a lot based on the used materials and...

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A detailed overview of yarn and fiber materials

Types of fiber The fibers used by the rug industry can be divided into two main groups, natural and synthetic. Natural fiber Wool is an ideal fiber for carpets. She is naturally warm, soft, very resilient and elastic. Wool is easy to keep clean, is self-extinguishing and easy to dye, but wool is also expensive.Cotton is strong, but less resilient and elastic. It squashes easily. Small cotton rugs made especially for the bathroom or bedroom can usually be washed in the washing machine. Synthetic fibers Modern synthetic fibers are very strong and dirt...

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Drowning in yarn jargon; ply and thread count

Finding the right rug yarn can be quite challenging. All the terms relating to thicknesses of rug yarn - counts, plys, ticket numbers? This blogpost will give you a short introduction. Ply Ply stands for plied yarn. The number represents the amount of strings twisted around eachother. 3 PLY means three threads, resulting in the followjng cut: A high number of plys does not per se mean that the thread is thicker. The individual threads can still be thin or thick. The more threads there are in a yarn, the firmer it becomes. The thread itself becomes less...

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Tufting Ideas: Things to Tuft Other Than Rugs

In this article, we will look at different tufting ideas, and how this magnificent versatile look can fit into your lifestyle. Care to share what your first piece of tufted furniture will be? A tufted rug? Hey… that is a great idea. A centre spread/mat has an amazing ring to it, but the possibilities for things you can tuft are limitless, and as strange as it may sound, there are loads of cosy stuff you can do, and just play around with tufts in such ways as to bring out the desired look. So,...

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Why tufted rugs are the new christmas sweaters

I’m sure the question of what choice of rugs to get for Christmas is perplexing to say the very least. A rather very confusing place to navigate, the rug market, filled with all kinds of specialist language can pose a problem for the average buyer to decipher without the correct knowledge. Often faced with decisions regarding choice of colors, woven or tufted and then what it’ll have to endure, very few people really understand what they want or are willing to pay for. In this article, we will discuss about your favorite hand tufted...

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