Shift Marks
What you need to know
Shift marks are caused when a carpet is manufactured using the step-over stitch tufting process with the tension of the tufting equipment set too tight. As the tufting needle shifts and changes direction during the step-over stitch process, the carpet is tufted with too much tension. Shift marks appear as intermittent high and low bands running across the full width of the carpet. …..
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