On 3/19/2013 2:17 AM, pebe wrote:
nestork;3031835 Wrote:
I really had no clear idea of what he meant by "bobbles" either, but
since he put that term in quotes, I reasoned that Pebe didn't know the
correct technical term, so he made up a word to describe what he was
seeing on his carpet, and I imagined a bobble to look like a hair ball a
cat might cough up, but only smaller, dry, and made out of carpet
fibers.
Yes, that's right. Tiny balls of material about 2 to 3mm dia. See this
link for devices to remove woolen balls from sweaters etc. I could not
think of another way to describe them.

'bobble remover - Bing' (http://tinyurl.com/d977m3a)

80/20 carpet is a description used by the carpet shop for a mixed wool
and fibre carpet. I assume it refers to the percentage of each material
in the mix.

We used a cylinder cleaner without brushes until I found out about turbo
brushes. We now use one of those but it does not help with the problem.





Bobbles in the UK are what we call pills in the US.
Never heard of them on carpets but have heard on sweaters where best
solution apparently is shaving off.

Usually carpet construction is more responsible for wear than the fiber
mix. Pulling off defects may just increase them and cutting is better.

In a high wear area, you want a tight dense carpet construction such as
you might see in office buildings or hotel lobbies where a lot of people
cause wear and durability is important.