Across
- 6. a type of looped carpet whose name can be traced back to an indigenous people of North Africa
- 7. chemical used on carpet backing to hold the material together
- 9. a triangular type shape some fibers are made into
- 11. placed under a carpet
- 12. substance added to a lighter area of carpet to repair the color loss
- 15. a type of "earth" used to freshen carpets or clean up spills
- 17. a fiber made from plants
- 19. a product used to reverse browning
- 20. clothes are made from this type of fiber and so are some carpets
Down
- 1. this can be removed while a stain cannot
- 2. soil that migrates back to the surface of carpet fibers after cleaning
- 3. carpets can turn this color when the pH goes the wrong way
- 4. specially made carpets have a warp and this
- 5. carpet fibers are this when forced through a spinnerette
- 8. this fiber has a low melting point
- 10. this fiber smells like celery when burned
- 13. boards placed along the edge of a room that carpet is stretched onto
- 14. a type of acid sprayed on carpet to reverse the pH
- 16. a piece of carpet used to replace a damaged area is called this
- 18. used to adhere carpet to a hard surface like concrete