Aesthetics
Dye Methods
Bold color, neutral color, saturated color, blended color. We have color.
Color affects what we see, how we see, and how we feel. Not only is color an important aesthetic consideration but it also helps determine the degree of soil hiding in a
carpet. As a critical aesthetic component of your carpet, fiber color can be achieved by 1 of 3 ways, solution dyed, yarn dyed and piece dyed.
Solution Dyed
During the nylon manufacturing process, pigment is added to the molten polymer from which the filaments are made. The fiber is extruded in colored form. Because this process occurs during the making of nylon, the palette is chosen by the manufacturer. Different yarn processing of solution dyed nylon can provide distinctive aesthetics or color separation in a carpet.
Yarn Dye
Yarn dyeing is a method of applying color to yarns before they are manufactured into carpet. This process provides the mill with the greatest flexibility in carpet styling.
Skein dyed: Skein dyeing is method of dyeing yarn in which undyed spun or filament yarns are plied and heatset, then reeled into skein form and dyed in skein dye kettles. The skein dye process is used for solids or barber poles and provides the best color uniformity in yarn dye methods.
Space dyed: Space dyeing refers to a method of dyeing yarn with multiple colors printed on each strand. The majority of space dye is done using the knit-de-knit process or the continuous dye process. Carpets that utilize space dyed yarns provide a random pattern look with excellent soil hiding capabilities.
Piece Dye
Piece dye is a method in which tufted carpet is dyed.
Beck dyed: The beck dye process is a method of batch dyeing carpet. This process is used for solid color carpets and carpets that use yarns of different dyeabilities. Beck dyeing achieves excellent color uniformity throughout the carpet.
Continuous dyed: A method of continuously dyeing carpet. In commercial carpet, printing is the most popular method of continuous dyeing.
