A furnishing fabric may be described as 20,000, 40,000 or even 100,000 Martindale rubs. The larger number can look like a simple quality score, but that is not what the test measures. Martindale rub count is a laboratory result used to describe how a textile resists surface abrasion under a named test method. It helps […]

A furnishing-fabric specification sheet can look authoritative while still being easy to misread. A width, composition and large abrasion number may appear sufficient, yet they do not answer whether the fabric fits your curtain, sofa, hotel room or wall-panel application. Every line has a particular purpose. Some fields describe identity and appearance; others affect quantity, […]

Lightfastness and colourfastness both describe how well a textile’s colour resists change, but they are not interchangeable. Lightfastness deals specifically with exposure to light. Colourfastness is the broader family of resistance tests covering influences such as rubbing, washing, water, perspiration or dry cleaning. This distinction matters when choosing curtains, upholstery and bedding. A fabric may […]