Outdoor Fashion outdoor fabric factory fabrics are made from solution-dyed acrylics, which means they are UV resistant. It works like this: Before the fabric is ever made, a liquid acrylic solution is mixed with color, formed into fibers, and spun into yarn. Unlike most interior fabrics that are dyed after they are woven, the color is part of the material itself ensuring that the hue can’t be washed out. This means that fabrics are extremely resistant to sun damage up to three times more than typical indoor fabrics.
Outdoor fabrics are made from 100% acrylic fibers which makes them water, moth, mold and mildew resistant. This doesn’t mean they are no maintenance just very low maintenance. Although the material itself doesn’t promote mildew growth, mold or mildew may grow on soils or spills that are not removed from the fabric. Prevention is easy. Summer Classics offers an easy-to-follow treatment guide for quick clean up. Just be sure to wipe spills and messes right away and give your cushions a once over to make sure they are clean before storing during the off-season. No off-season in your climate?
Enjoy the comforts and low-maintenance properties of outdoor fabrics and furnishings all year long.An industry standard in North America, the double rub test was created to help indicate durability for all fabric choices. Also called the Wyzenbeek Test, double rubs are an important way to determine a fabric’s strength. Using cotton duck as a baseline, a machine runs across a piece of fabric in sets of 5,000 double rubs. The rub ranking is determined by the fabric’s ability to stand up to the continued abrasion.
When the fabric shows wear, or two yarns break, the fabric receives a rating. Outdoor fabrics from Summer Classics have proven to withstand 15,000 double rubs or above a rank considered heavy duty for residential applications. Comparatively, delicate silks and cottons rank lower on the double rub test and are suggested for lighter duty applications. Other things to consider for durability include how tightly yarns are woven, whether or not a consistent size thread is used throughout the weave, thread count, and the type of yarns used.
