DuraSpell Garden Furniture Covers
When choosing garden furniture covers, you want to get it right the first time. The right cover can make all the difference to the lifespan of your garden furniture and the enjoyment you can derive from your furniture by quickly and easily getting the covers on and off. Understanding the basics helps match your needs to choosing the best fabric for garden furniture covers.
Which is the best fabric for garden furniture covers?
Theoretically, any material can be used to cover garden furniture, but in reality, only a few are able to withstand exposure to outdoor extremes, ranging from rapid changes in temperature and humidity, rain, the sun’s intense UV rays, wind, snow, dust, dirt and various creatures climbing on them.
The four fabrics that are used most often are polyester, acrylic, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and polypropylene, or combinations of these four. With new technology, these fabrics have been vastly improved since they were first invented and different manufacturing processes are used for each and also within each category to produce higher quality.
It is well to remember that in each category there are top-quality materials manufactured to the highest standards from the best raw materials, as well as cheaply produced fabrics made from second-grade materials. Make sure you choose the best quality.
Woven Microfibre Polyester is an ideal material for outdoor furniture covers.
Pros:
- The best quality polyester covers are strong and durable enough to protect a garden or patio set from weather damage that can be caused by the sun, rain, wind, cold, heat, snow
- Strong enough to withstand physical damage
- Resistant to mould and mildew
- Very high UV rating,
- Breathable
- Machine washable
- The best quality woven polyester fabrics are soft and lightweight.
Cons:
- The best quality polyester covers are usually more expensive than the others.
Recommendation:
Duraspell garden furniture covers are made from a unique woven microfibre polyester that is far superior to any other material on the market.
- It is highly durable and very strong
- It is super lightweight, soft and breathable
- 100% waterproof
- Highly resistant to mould and mildew
- Machine washable
- Does not fade
- Has a 50+ UV rating, which means it blocks 98% of the sun’s destructive ultraviolet rays
- Quick and easy to install, with ziplocks and secured by ripstop ties
- Its quality is backed by a market-leading 5-year guarantee.
Acrylic
Pros:
- It is resistant to mould and mildew
- Strong enough to withstand rubbing and tearing
- Waterproof
- Good UV rating
Cons:
- It lacks breathability and is not usually machine washable.
PVC
Pros:
- The main attraction of PVC covers is that they are cheaper than most.
- Waterproof and mould resistant.
Cons:
- Unfortunately it can’t breathe and is not particularly UV resistant or durable as it can tear. It is harder and more difficult to work with.
Polypropylene
Pros:
- Durable
- Waterproof
- UV resistant
- Flame retardant
- Mould and mildew resistant.
- Harder to work with, heavier and more expensive.
Cons:
- the high-density version (HDPE) is required for garden furniture covers, making it expensive. It is not fully waterproof.
- Combinations such as Textilene are made from PVC coated polyester.
