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Conductive Fabrics 101

Conductive fabrics are relatively new to the specialty fabrics industry. What are they, how can they be used, and what does the future hold?

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PVC Vinyl Fabrics: What You Need to Know

Learn why polyvinyl chloride textiles, commonly known as PVC fabrics, are so versatile and popular for a wide range of commercial uses.

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Fire Retardant Fabrics 101

Learn about the different types of flame resistance in fabrics, as well as the many standards for textile fire retardancy, and their many uses.

Performance Fabrics

Complete Guide to Synthetic Fabrics

Synthetic fabrics, or artificial or artificial fabrics, are textiles made from chemically produced fibers like poylester, nylon, acrylic, PVC, and...

Tent Fabric

How to Clean Vinyl Fabrics

Understanding how to care for and cleaning vinyl fabric is the first step in ensuring you enjoy your PVC fabric product and also make it last.

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Opaque Fabric Uses: What Are they?

Opaque textiles, also known as blackout fabrics, do not allow light to pass through or penetrate them. Learn more about what they are and how they...

Tent Fabric

Shedding Some Light on Textile UV Testing

In UV testing of performance fabric there are several different testing processes that can be used to evaluate Ultra Violet Light Exposure.

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Adhesion Testing Performance Textiles

Adhesion testing determines the bond strength between the outside layer (PVC in most cases), and the internal substrate of a composite fabric.