WOOL

PRO 

BEST NATURAL FIBERS FOR ALL TYPES OF FABRICS INCLUDING CARPET

EXCELLENT RESILIENCE (DRAPERY & UPHOLSTERY)

EXCELLENT ELASTICITY AND WEARS WELL

RESISTANT TO SOILING AND CLEANS EASILY

SELF-EXTINGUISHING

CON

EXPENSIVE

NOT DIMENSIONALLY STABLE

NOT USED FOR UPHOLSTERY

LACKS RESILIENCE AND FLEXIBILITY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO ABRASION

DOES NOT TAKE DYES WELL

(TOW)LINEN)

DIMENSIONALLY STABLE

RESISTANT TO FADING

USABLE FOR DRAPERIES AND WALL COVERINGS

PRO

 RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE

GOOD TENSILE STRENGTH

MODERATELY GOOD ABRASION RESISTANCE

CONS

POOR RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY PROPERTIES

DEGRADES UNDER PROLONG SUNDLIGHT EXPOSURE

BURNS READILY

SUBJECT TO MILDEW

VERYS STRONG

GOOD RESILIENCE AND FLEXIBILITY

CONS

VERY EXPENSIVE

DEGRADES IN SUNLGIHT

RAYON

REGENERATED CELLULOSIC FIBER (PLANT)

POOR RESISTANCE TO SUNLIGHT AND POOR RESILIENCY

HIGH ABSORBENCY

LOW RESISTANCE TO WATER AND MOISTURE

IS FLAMMABLE

NOT USED FOR UPHOLSTERY

REGENERATED CELLULOSIC FIBER COMPOSED OF CELLULOSE, ACETIC ACID, AND OTHER CHEMICALS

LOW IN COST

IS FLAMMABLE

DOES NOT WEAR WELL

LIKE RAYON, HAS POOR SUNLGIHT RESISTANCE

MOST POPULAR SYNTHETIC FIBERS

EXPECTIONALLY STRONG WITH HIGH RESILIENCY AND ELASTICITY

RESISTANT TO MANY CHEMICALS, WATER AND MICROORGANISMS

OFTEN COMBINED WITH OTHER FIBERS TO MAKE LESS SHINY AND RESISTANT TO SUNLIGHT

OFTEN USED REPLACEMENT OF WOOL

VERY RESISTANT TO SUNLGIHT

IS FLAMMABLE

OLEFIN

INEXPENSIVE

HIGHLY RESISTANT TO CHEMICALS, MILDEW AND MICROORGANIMS.

HIGHLY RESILIENT AND NONABSORBENT

CARPETING/CARPETING BACKING

CONS

LOW RESISTANCE TO SUNLIGHT, HEAT, FLAME

NOT GOOD FOR UPHOLSTERY

GOOD RESILIENCE & GOOD ELASTICITY

HIGH RESISTANCE T SOLVENTS & OTHER CHEMICALS

GOOD RESISTANCE TO SUNLIGHT

CONS

UNDESIRABLE BURNING PROPERIES

HOLDS OILY MATERICALS

THE APPLICATION OF FABRIC TO FURNITURE SO THAT THERE ARE NO ITERMEDIATE SEAM DETAILS

BACK AND SEAT BE SEPARATED BY ONE INCH