Why Compromise?
Custom rugs… Any Size… Any Carpet
About custom rugs
- Tuftex, Shaw Floors premier brand, is a California carpet manufacturer known for its innovative color, design, quality and care for the environment.
- With its West coast style, color and fashion, our custom rugs push the limits of what is possible and produce extraordinary solutions, styles, designs and colors.
- Tuftex is an extremely reliable brand thanks to its high quality standards and the care if devotes to its customers, suppliers and employees.
Types and styles
There are four foundation construction styles that allow for a vast array of looks and feels.
Cut Pile
When the loops are cut, you create a cut pile carpet.
Loop Pile
When the loops remain uncut, you create a loop pile carpet.
Patterned Loop
When the loops remain uncut and the loops have multiple heights, the result is a patterned loop carpet.
Cut & Loop
When cuts and loops are combined, you can create a wide range of patterns.
The Fibers used
The four basic fibers used in rugs today all have their individual strengths. Even more importantly, they all make excellent rugs. Your ultimate choice will be determined by the characteristics that are most important to you. Although some carpets are made of vlends, most are made entirely of one of the following four fibers:
Nylon
Nylon is more expensive than other synthetic rug fibers and has been the most commonly used rug fiber since the early 1960's. In overall performance characteristics, nylon is the most versatile of all fibers, providing excellent flexibility in creating a variety of carpet styles
Polypropylene (also called Olefin)
Since 1980, the use of polypropylene carpet fibers has grown dramatically. Unlike the other fiber types, polypropylene will not absorb water and must therefore be solution dyed (pigmented) to impart color. Solution dyeing is a pigmentation process in which color is actually built into the fiber when it is formed, or extruded, thereby becoming an inherent part that cannot be removed from the fiber. The color will not fade, even when exposed to intense sunlight, bleaches, atmospheric contaminants, or other harsh chemicals or elements
Polyester
Polyester offers exceptional softness and color clarity, and it is also naturally stain and fade resistant. While polyester is not as inherently resilient as nylon, rugs made of polyester fiber will perform well if appropriately constructed.
Wool
The preeminent natural fiber and used in the manufacture of carpets and rugs longer than any other fiber. In fact, the weaving of wool rugs has been traced back to 3,000 B.C., and wool rugs and carpets have been prized as objects of beauty and prestige ever since. Wool does not have the stain and abrasion resistance of some of the man-made fibers, but it has an enduring quality, and many wool carpets and rugs are said to "age gracefully." Soft underfoot, wool also offers the somewhat intangible consideration of prestige