Triexta Ptt Carpet

Sorona smartstrand or ptt are all different names for triexta.

Triexta ptt carpet.

Ptt triexta polyester march 17 2014 in flooring by thais sousa. Some would say that there is not enough difference between polyester and triexta to merit distinction. Triexta has been primarily limited to the residential market but may soon enter the commercial market. Polytrimethylene terephthalate ptt was first synthezided and patented in 1941.

Lifeproof with petproof technology pretty penny color earth tone pattern 12 ft. Triexta fiber polytrimethylene terephthalate properties. Ptt basic carpet fiber made from polyester carpet fiber. That said based on all evidence from existing carpets triexta does seem to be of equivalent durability to a same grade nylon carpet which means both are likely to be equally resistant to high foot traffic.

Triexta is currently produced exclusively by dupont under the brand name sorona so you may hear the names triexta and sorona used interchangeably. The fiber has been officially recognized by the u s. Triexta carpet is engineered to resist stains not on its coating but within its very fiber. This ruling is significant and historic for the carpet industry.

The triexta carpet was totally cleaned with just hot water extraction. Federal trade commission and named triexta it is a thermoplastic polyester fiber that can be spun into yarns that are used extensively in the carpet industry. Therefore triexta is a serious fiber and its characteristics and cleaning procedures can t be ignored. Henceforth ptt is to be called by the generic name triexta and no longer designated under the polyester classification.

To prove its point mohawk industries let 10 large zoo animals and 43 000 zoo visitors trample on smartstrand for two weeks. Carpet 3 89 sq. Triexta was invented by dupont the same company responsible for the invention of nylon fiber. For now the primary manufacturer of triexta carpet is mohawk under the name smartstrand.

Triexta is a relatively new carpet fiber to the market that you ll see called several different names. Triexta is much newer and it s simply impossible to say a triexta based carpet can last 30 years or more since the fiber itself didn t exist that long ago. Environment the vast majority of triexta in the marketplace is sold under mohawk s smartstrand label which features rapidly renewable corn glucose in place of petroleum up to 37 percent.