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Appearance Retention

Appearance retention generally means rapid soiling problems; however, it could include texture problems such as matting & crushing or loss of twist, and color loss or change. The reports in the menu above are purely appearance retention; the ones below could fall into another category too.

1. Retention of twist was written for a fiber producer and shows how to discuss field testing for this subject.
2. Bad House Keeper Sues Cleaner This report is about a homeowner who sues the cleaning company even though there was nothing wrong with the cleaning.
3. Blue Dye bleeds in Olefin Nylon Blend This report was written for a carpet mill.
4. Color Loss in the shape of triangles This report was done for a carpet mill that had a two color, cationic dye carpet that lost color.
5. Crushing Indicative of Olefin This report was done for a carpet mill that make olefin Saxony. As ridiculous as that is, I could not find fault with them.
6. Crushing Covered Under Warranty on Olefin
7. Sequestering Report This report was done for a cleaning company. Luster is a trade secret of carpet mills; therefore, there is not a lot to works with. However, I have not seen a better report than this one for this topic.
8. Extractable Mater done with ASTM20A on an olefin berber. The problem was inherent from the manufacture's spin finish and fell between two standards.
9. Faded But Passed All Lab Test This consumer had three laboratory tests performed, but the carpet passed all of the tests! However, the mill still gave some money back to the consumer.
10. Fluorochemical Makes Red Marks This report was commissioned by an insurance company  where a franchise spin padded cleaning company applied a fluorochemical protectant that turned red. Photographs are shown.
11. Matting and Crushing from No Cleaning and Power Stretching This report was done for a carpet mill for matting & crushing where lack of cleaning and improper power stretching were the problem.
12. Olefin Fades This report was commissioned by a carpet mill where an olefin carpet was found to fade due to sun light. A picture is included.
13. Olefin Spin Finish This report gives a good generic understanding of olefin.
14. No Stain Resistance Makes Spots This report was commissioned by the mill. The fiber producer paid the claim.
15. Bleeding from Cationic Dye on Nylon This report was done for an insurance company and is about the problems of cross-dye systems.
16. Over Sold Protection The manufacturer commissioned this report. The carpet was sold as being bullet proof, but it was a third generation nylon.
17. Resoiling from Defective Fluorocarbon Afterspray This report was commissioned by a consumer where a solvent base fluorochemical protectant caused resoiling.
18. Seam Sealer on Seams This report was commissioned by the claimant.
19. Spot From Reflection This spot was created by sunlight reflecting off a wooden chest.
20. Stain Resistance Can be Fixed The manufacturer commissioned this report and then agreed to have an independent cleaning firm to apply a product from STEAMWAY INTERNATIONAL to fix the problem.
21. Stain Resist Loss Due To Improper Cleaning This report was commissioned by a carpet mill and had a commercial stain resist warranty. The stain resistance was destroyed by cleaner who used concrete cleaner.
22. Stain Resist makes Sticky Substance at Tips 3M contested this report, because the stain resist kit was from DuPont. The carpet was ultimately replaced at the manufacturer's expense.
23. Specifier Over Sold 3rd Generation Nylon The homeowner who is the commissioner of this report, was told by the dealer that the carpet was ‘bullet proof’. It turned out that the carpet was a fourth generation nylon/olefin sisal.
24. Teflon not applied This report was commissioned by a homeowner where a carpet cleaning company was hired to clean the carpet and apply Teflon. The cleaning was not done correctly and testing showed that the Teflon was not applied.
25. Traffic Lane Grays This report was commissioned by the Specifier, where a management company of a commercial building rumored that they were only vacuuming once a week. ASTM5151 was run to show no defects in the carpet.
26. Urine Under UV This report was done for a fiber producer where the homeowner's cat had a urinary dripping problem.
27. Protectant That Went Bad Fluorochemical protectant applied after the installation on a wool carpet made a zigzag line.
28. Yellow Spots made with Spotter This report was commissioned by the dealer and involved Folex. The Folex was found to have a safe pH, and the stain resistance was defective.