On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:00:54 -0400, willshak
wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Mar 18, 3:57 pm, pebe wrote:
We have an 80/20 carpet in the hall and it's about 4 years old. After
initial wear the carpet pile flattened. That's no problem, but now the
surface has many 'bobbles' that the sunlight catches and they look
awful. My wife is constantly puling them off but it gets a tiresome
business.

Is there some preparation that can be sprayed on the carpet to prevent
bobbles reforming?

--
pebe

What is a "bobble"? What exactly is your wife "pulling off"?

According to the Mirriam-Webster online Dictionary.
2: a small ball of fabric; especially : one in a series used on an edging

That doesn't make much sense. Perhaps the OP was referring to
"pills", or "pilling".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_%28textile%29