Carpet Rug Dyeing

We see so many colours, colour combinations and colour effects in the market place because colour is the most important component that the buying public looks for.

The following are dye methods that are commonly used in the manufacturing of todays carpets.

Pre Dyeing - this means that the fibers are dyed before the tufting process takes place.

Pre-Dyeing
Package Dyeing	The yarn is wound onto perforated tubes called packages. The packages are then dyed by passing the dye through the packages under pressure and with heat.
Space Dyeing	The majority of continuous filament nylon, level loop, commercial carpets are dyed in this fashion. This process uses a special dyeing machine that is capable of placing two or three different colours side by side on the same piece of yarn. This creates a random coloured or mottled effect.
Solution Dyeing	This process creates the most colour fast carpet fibres. Solution dyeing can only be used on synthetic fibers because the colour is added when the fiber materials are in the liquid state. Polypropylene(olefin) is the only fiber that is exclusively dyed in this way. Small amounts of nylon fiber are dyed using this process with these numbers growing steadily. The main reason fot the increas is because of the stain resistance and cleanability this dyeing process gives
Stock Dyeing	This is one of the first methods used to dye large batches of wool and synthetic staple fibers before they are spun into yarns.
Skein Dyeing	Raw staple yarns are spun into single strands and then dyed. These single strands are called skeins. Once dyed the single strands are ready for plying into finished yarns.