Rugs and carpets

Vulcanizing latex adhesives are used in the manufacture of textiles, rugs and carpets. The vulcanizing ingredients are sulphur, zinc oxide and accelerators (for example, zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate and zinc mercaptobenzothiazole to produce vulcanization at room temperature). 

Poly(vinyl acetate) emulsions are used to prime-coat fabrics to improve the adhesion of subsequent coatings or to make them adhere better to plastic film. Plasticized emulsions are applied, generally by roller-coating, to the backs of finished rugs and carpets to bind the tufts in place and to impart stiffness and hand. For upholstery fabrics woven from colored yams, PVAc emulsions may be used to bind the tufts of pile fabrics or to prevent slippage of synthetic yams. 

As was the case with the nylon fibers, the potential polyester fibers offered in apparel, home furnishing, and industrial applications was judged to be enormous. For this potential to be realized in practice, however, some characteristics had to be improved, and others had to be engineered for specific end uses. Thus, fibers of different cross-sectional shapes were developed in order to impart anti-soiling, reflective, and resilient characteristics for rug and carpet applications. A difficulty associated with the early polyester fiber that restricted its applications was its... 

Strahl, W.A., Cotton in rugs and carpets. Proceedings of the 1996 Beltwide Cotton Research Conference, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, 1996, pp. 1501-1507. 

Use Vibration damping pads and inserts, rug and carpet underlays, mattresses and upholstery, seat cushions. 

Use Screens, upholstery, curtain and drapery fabrics, rugs and carpets, awnings, filter cloth. 

House dust mites are transparent and have no natural protection against sunlight exposure of mattresses, rugs and carpets to direct strong sunlight (for more than 3 h) kills mites and can be used in appropriate regions. 

For rugs and carpet 1 part cleaner to 10 parts water oz./gal.). 

Vulcanizing latex adhesives are used in the manufacture of textiles, rugs and carpets. 

The major use of vulcanizing latex adhesives is in the manufacture of textiles, rugs and carpets, and closely allied products such as rubberized hair. As in many other latex applications, ultraaccelerators are used to effect vulcanization. The materials used must be stable in alkaline dispersions, although they need not be active, since if the alkali is ammonia it will normally be removed early in the drying/vulcanization process. The vulcanization ingredients, sulfur, zinc oxide, and the insoluble accelerators must be added as dispersions in water, and these are conveniently prepared at 50% solids and stabilized by an anionic surfactant. Such dispersions may be made by ball-milling or may be easily purchased premade from specialist suppliers. Soluble accelerators can be added as solutions directly to stabilized latex, but the solutions have a much more limited life than do dispersions. 

Hr Rugs and carpets. Shampoo or steam-clean the rugs and wall-to-wall carpet. Vacuuming and spot-cleaning are for maintenance. The big clean must be done regularly. Have antique or precious rugs professionally cleaned. 

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