Carpet Styles By Market Share
Nylon carpet represents about 60% of the wall to wall residential carpet market.
Olefin Makes up approx 30% of the market
Wool accounts for .5 % of the market mainly due to price. It can cost 3-5 times the average man made product but will outlast all of them also.
Carpet Fiber characteristics Overview
Wool- excellent resiliency- Excellent Longevity- Excellent Appearance long term- Chemical Inertness very poor- Dyeability Excellent
NYLON- Very Good resiliency, Good longevity- Very good Appearance long term- Chemical inertness fair- Ability to dye good
POLYESTER- Poor resiliency- Good longevity- Poor long term appearance- Chemical inertness good- ability to dye poor.
ACRYLIC- Fair resiliency- Fair longevity- Poor long term appearance- Good chemical inertness- ability to dye poo
OLEFIN (berber)- Very Poor resiliency, Good longevity, very poor long term appearance- chemical inertness excellent- ability to dye very poor
Carpet Styles By Market Share
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