Questions and CORRECT Answers
5th Generation Nylon Added What - CORRECT ANSWER - Acid Dye Resisters
A rotary shampoo machine helps deliver - CORRECT ANSWER - Foaming Detergent
(large amounts of agitation)
Adding a pattern after the carpet is made is called - CORRECT ANSWER - print dying
A Filament - CORRECT ANSWER - A single strand of fiber is called
Which is not allowed on 5th gen carpeting - CORRECT ANSWER - Catonic
Filtration Lines - CORRECT ANSWER - Around edges and under doorways
Reducing Agents add color by - CORRECT ANSWER - Removing Oxygen
Oxidizing agents add color by - CORRECT ANSWER - Adding oxygen
Carpet manufacturers have what requirements for chemicals to be used on 5th gen nylon -
CORRECT ANSWER - ph >10
Cellulosic browning is caused when - CORRECT ANSWER - detergent dissolved the
binder - over wetting
chlorine bleach will dissolve - CORRECT ANSWER - wool / silk
, common medication that causes color loss is - CORRECT ANSWER - benzoperoxide
Tufted carpets major components - CORRECT ANSWER - face yarn, primary / secondary
backing / latex
During hot water extraction how is the vacuum efficiently measured - CORRECT
ANSWER - recovery / inches per lift / cfm
Flurochemicals increase what and the primary function is they - CORRECT ANSWER -
resist soil /oils /water based
coffee / tea stains are referred to as - CORRECT ANSWER - tannin
How big is a micron? - CORRECT ANSWER - millionth of a meter / 10kth of an inch
How is fusion bonded carpet created - CORRECT ANSWER - fuzed face yarn fuzed into
backing
How to reduce wicking in carpet - CORRECT ANSWER - lower ph / faster drying
Burnt test: celery - CORRECT ANSWER - nylon
burnt test: burnt meat - CORRECT ANSWER - acrylic
Burning hair - CORRECT ANSWER - wool
aunt paulie - CORRECT ANSWER - Polyester