About fabric selection
1. Nc fabric (Pongee): It is a kind of artificial fiber with soft texture, and the cloth surface is matte and not easy to reflect light. It is like the fabric of clothing, and feels very good, like natural materials (for example: cotton cloth) is the same as the cloth caused by it, and it has good resistance to cold shrinkage and heat expansion, so it is widely used. Straight or folded umbrellas can be used.
II. Polyester fabrics (Polyester): invented in England in 1940, it is a kind of artificial fiber with plastic as raw material. The texture is relatively hard, the fabric surface is highly reflective, and the bottom layer can be added with silver base coat to enhance the shading degree. The price is better than that of the touch. Use straight or folded umbrellas.
III. Nylon: invented in 1930, it is a kind of artificial fiber by-product of petroleum. The fabric is light, soft to the touch, reflective on the surface, with general cold shrinkage and heat expansion ability. It is also widely used on umbrellas. The price is more expensive than polyester and touch cloth. Straight or folding umbrellas are suitable.
4. Oxford Fabric: Oxford Fabric is usually used on outdoor umbrellas. The Fabric is thick, and the thickness of 210T is usually used as the Umbrella cloth for outdoor umbrellas. l
5. Satin Umbrella Fabric: a kind of Fabric with soft texture and smooth hand. It is widely used on clothes and coated with a waterproof layer on the Umbrella surface.
6. PVC: The full name is Polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It is a transparent plastic material that can make transparent effect. Because the umbrella surface and umbrella surface are easy to stick, therefore, powder will be added to reduce the adhesion between each other. The texture is relatively hard. It is more suitable for use on straight umbrellas and the price is cheap.
VII. T/C Cotton cloth: made of Cotton Fabric and Polyester fabrics (Polyester Fabric), it feels softer than Polyester fabrics, the Fabric is heavier and thicker, and it is only suitable for umbrella, high price
8. EVA: an opaque plastic material with soft texture compared with PVC and the umbrella surface will not stick to each other. It is more suitable for straight umbrella and the price is higher than that of PVC.
IX. Pearl Fabric: it is a kind of polyester fabrics Fabric with reflective effect. There is a little reflective grain on the umbrella surface. Under sufficient light, it is brilliant and dazzling. It is generally used on ladies umbrellas, suitable for straight or folding umbrellas.
Summary: common fabrics are NC fabric and polyester fabrics, polyester fabrics lower price, durability is not as good as NC fabric