Polyester has such a bad reputation that Mohawk and DuPont petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to establish a new fiber subclass within the classification of polyester. Retailers were having trouble selling the new PTT fiber that is technically in the polyester family.
The application was made in 2006, and FTC has agreed to grant another fiber designation for the new product called Triexta. Mohawk SmartStrand, with DuPont's Sorona fiber should benefit from the change in regulation. Now they don't have to call it polyester.
The word is that the new fiber is better than polyester, but no information has been shared with the cleaning industry, that I know of, regarding the cleaning, maintenance or performance of the new fiber. But we'll find out, won't we?
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