Flooring produce from the outer layer (bark) of a tree that self-replenishes and grows back and is ready to be removed every 9 years.
What is Cork
100
Traditional method of carpet installation.
What is Stretch-in
100
This is the transfer of dye from the surface of a dyed or painted fabric onto another surface by rubbing.
What is Crocking
100
Form of wood flooring typically 3"-10" wide.
What is Plank.
(1.5"-2.5" strip)
200
This is a noncombustible natural fiber.
What is Wool
200
Type of wood flooring that a wood pattern is printed on and the core is composed of high- density fiber board or particle board.
What is Plastic Laminate
200
When dye is combined with the fiber chemicals before the extrusion process. The color is consistent throughout the fiber. (Think carrot)
What is Solution Dyeing
(Piece and Stock:fibers)
200
A material's degree of resistance to the fading effect of light.
What is Colorfastness
200
Porous material classified according to the level of effort required for fabrication.
What is Marble
300
Fiber made from steams and stalks
What is Jute
300
Measures the relative ability of various surfaces to resist the sliding or slipping of the selected material.
What is Coefficient of Friction
300
This is the most common and/or popular carpet fiber.
What is Nylon.
300
This is the formation of fuzzy balls of fiber on the surface of a fabric that remain attached to the fabric.
What is Pilling
300
Cleft finish is naturally produced by this material.
What is Slate
400
Two tests is used to deterime a textiles abrasion rating.
What are Wyzenbeek and Martindale
400
Type of moisture test for subflooring that involves utilizing a clear plastic dish/dome.
What is Calcuim Chloride Moisture Test
400
The separation of the secondary backing or attached cushion from the primary backing of the carpet.
What is delamination.
400
The organization that sets Voluntary Performance Guidelines for Flammability and four aspects of fabric durability—Wet & Dry Crocking, Colorfastness to Light, Physical Properties, and Abrasion.
What is The Association for Contract Textiles
400
Two types of wood floor finishes.
What is factory finish or field finish.
500
Natural fibers are derived from these three sources.
What are animal, mineral, and plant.
500
Two major types of sawing methods for wood flooring.
What are plain and quarter.
500
Carpet construction using thermoplastic process - yarns are attached to a backing material by means of adhesion rather then stitching.
What is Fusion Bonded.
(Tufted:punched through backing - Needle Punched:compressing fibers)
500
The (3) main phases of fiber production.
What are blending, carding, and drafting.
1) Combines staple fibers with different physical characteristics.
2) Organizes clumps of fiber and aligns individual fibers.
3) Process to increase the length of fibers.
500
Natural stone flooring classified into three densities by ASTM C568