You can be certain that you have chosen the best plush carpeting if you examine a few critical features of your prospective carpeting selection. The best plush carpeting will have an even pile height and a uniform color consistency throughout the entire carpeting. Another key feature of the best plush carpeting is a high face-weight. As a rule, the higher the face-weight of your carpeting, the longer it will last and the better it will stand up to foot traffic.
Plush carpeting typically shows all footprints and vacuum tracks, thus color choice is critical in selecting the best carpeting for your needs. You might want to select a color that aids in hiding any tracks in the high pile. Neutral and earth colors will typically offer the best hiding characteristics in plush carpeting. You also may want to choose a carpeting that appears to be trimmed evenly, as some lesser-quality plush rugs have minor flaws in the pile height that appear as flaws in the carpet when laid in your room. Color consistency is another critical feature in separating a good carpet from the best carpeting.
Occasionally, some of the lesser-quality carpets suffer from uneven dying, from the top of the pile to the base of the strands. These carpets will show as light streaks when you run your hand across the pile. Uniform color is a sure sign that you have selected the best plush carpeting. The type of material that your carpet fibers are made of is another indicator of quality carpeting. While nylon fibers typically offer the best durability and strength when compared to polyester and wool, the nylon carpet requires treatment for stain protection as the nylon offers no stain protection on its own.
Wool fibers are commonly the most expensive of all carpeting fibers and are not commonly found in the typical home carpeting; however, woven wool carpeting is usually very high-end and can be a good choice for your flooring needs. Face-weight refers to the weight of the fibers on the face of the carpet. You can be assured of a quality plush carpeting by selecting the highest face-weight carpeting you can afford. The high numbers represent longer-lasting carpeting with a durable construction method. You must, however, make certain that the face-weight is not representing the total weight of the carpeting since some vendors may offer the total weight of the carpet, complete with backing, as a face-weight to represent the plush carpeting as a better quality floor covering than it actually is.
