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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cleanability on April 02, 2007, 05:04:21 pm

Title: Belgian Wilton Berber
Post by: cleanability on April 02, 2007, 05:04:21 pm

First time I've seen one. Was in my local carpet shop. There it was polypropylene Belgian Wilton Berber. Didnt actually look like your normal berber though. Just thought I'd share that with you chaps.

Chris

Title: Re: Belgian Wilton Berber
Post by: nevil on April 03, 2007, 09:55:14 am

I cleaned a loop piled polyprop woven a while ago. Cleaned up a treat but dogs had been using one corner of it as a toilet. Had to lift it, remove some of the underlay and spray the backing in a small area.
All at the customers risk of course.

Title: Re: Belgian Wilton Berber
Post by: *paul_moss on April 03, 2007, 02:58:51 pm

Chris
Berber is the style of carpet and is not made or woven on a Wilton loom.
The Wilton  loom is a double faced loom and the polyprop is woven onto the jute/hessian backing in Belgian hence Belgian Wilton.
The hessian is what causes the shrinkage on over wetting.

There are lots of polyprop carpets out there that will not cause a problem on cleaning as they are not hessian/jute woven or bonded.

Title: Re: Belgian Wilton Berber
Post by: Matt Lindus on April 04, 2007, 12:36:29 am

I've been told by two carpet retailers that there is no such thing as Belgium Wilton, was told by one that sythetic wiltons exist but Belgium Wilton is alien and has never been heard of.
They both agree that belguim wilton could have been a style of pattern that was put on to polyprop synthetic.

Matt

Title: Re: Belgian Wilton Berber
Post by: *paul_moss on April 04, 2007, 08:03:55 pm

Mat
I think you will find that they are made in Belgium on a Wilton loom.

And the fibre face is polyprop.

Title: Re: Belgian Wilton Berber
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on April 04, 2007, 08:05:23 pm

Also known to some people new to the carpet retail trade as European Wilton