Silk: This delicate fabric is only suitable for adult areas, such as formal living rooms. A stain-resistant finish should be applied for everyday use. Blends can be spot-cleaned when necessary.Ĭotton Blend: Depending on the weave, cotton blends can be sturdy, family-friendly fabrics. Generally, wool is blended with a synthetic fiber to make it easier to clean and to reduce the possibility of felting the fibers (causing them to bond together until they resemble felt). Wool: Sturdy and durable, wool and wool blends offer good resistance to pilling, fading, wrinkling, and soil. Damask weaves are formal canvas(duck and sailcloth) is more casual and more durable. Durability and use depend on the weave and finish. Surface treatments and blending with other fibers often atone for these weaknesses. It is less resistant to soil, wrinkling, and fire. Leather: This tough material can be gently vacuumed, damp-wiped as needed, and cleaned with leather conditioner or saddle soap.Ĭotton: This natural fiber provides good resistance to wear, fading, and pilling. Soiled linen upholstery must be professionally cleaned to avoid shrinkage. However, linen does resist pilling and fading. Linen: Linen is best suited for formal living rooms or adult areas because it soils and wrinkles easily. Recent developments have made high-quality rayon very practical. Rayon: Developed as an imitation silk, linen, and cotton, rayon is durable. When blended with wool, polyester aggravates pilling problems. Polyester: Rarely used alone in upholstery, polyester is blended with other fibers to add wrinkle resistance, eliminate crushing of napped fabrics, and reduce fading. Olefin: This is a good choice for furniture that will receive heavy wear. It doesn't readily soil or wrinkle, but it does tend to fade and pill. Nylon is very resilient in a blend, it helps eliminate the crushing of napped fabrics such as velvet. Nylon: Rarely used alone, nylon is usually blended with other fibers to make it one of the strongest upholstery fabrics. High-quality acrylics are manufactured to pill significantly less. Low-quality acrylic may pill excessively in areas that receive high degrees of abrasion. It resists wear, wrinkling, soiling, and fading. What are the fabric types? Synthetic FabricsĪcrylic: This synthetic fiber was developed as imitation wool.

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