A blackout curtain features a coated lining designed to prevent outside light from shining through the curtain fabric, keeping a room dark even during bright, sunny outdoor conditions. While some blackout liners are sewn directly onto the curtain, other liners are a separate structure, one side looking like vinyl, the other like fabric. The fabric side faces the window to help protect the coated side, although the blackout feature works regardless of the lining's direction.
Obviously, for my own piece of mind replacing the lining is the best option as I wouldn't feel happy knowing myself that it was the wrong way round. However, as you can imagine, I'm not looking forward to the re-making. Cat, glad we could get this sorted out this morning and you now have peace or mind at least.
Products sold in the UK don't have the cotton fading issue so can use the fabric side out for both maximum light fastness and durability against abrasion. However as i said earlier, it can be used both ways without performance being affected. I hope this gives the fuller picture. Thanks for all the replies. My client initially wanted the blackout and a sateen lining as she did not like the feel of the blackout. I was trying to save time and money and found a really soft blackout from Edmund Bell and asked her if that felt better.
She wanted the velvety feel to the touch. I spoke to the rep today and he said it can be used either way, but it will catch dust and possibly eventually crumble in strong sunlight. I am going to try her with the drapey silky Zanzibar and see what she thinks.
Have to disagreed with Evans on this,most of our quality lining is polycotton. We can get cotton base cloth in the cheaper ranges. One-at least-of the quality manufacturers here has moved back to making in Australia because of the quality of coating from asia, as have some of the blockout blind fabric suppliers.
We do not face the coating out because the base cloth will discolour but because the coating is the protection. Julie if your rep thinks his product will crumble in sunlight I would not be hanging it any way round.
We have removed curtains up 12 years old hanging in Perth sunlight where the client has asked if they can use the same lining as it is still in good condition. As in most things there is quality and there is cheap. At the end of the day it is up to fabricator which way they make up. Have asked this question before without receiving an answer do you not have coloured blockout coated lining and blockout coated fabric yet?
When I sew the blackout lining to the other fabric, which way does the rubbery surface go -- against the other fabric or facing the street? Having worked in a professional drapery workroom for many years, I have always been told that the rubbery side faces inside-the fabric side to the street.
Hope this isn't too late-I just joined today. Need help with front garden, facing a busy street. Street facing side-yard dilemma. How do I deal with my "front" entry, which is hidden from the street.
According the a lining supplier I deal with, the rubbery side is supposed to face the street, because it provides better insulation that way, however, most workrooms put the fabric side to the street, because it looks nicer. I think either way is OK. On the ones i bought the rubbery side faced the street!!!
That's why i said street. But as shadylady said either would be ok. I'd probably put the fabric out on the sunny side of the house because I'd be worried that the sun would break the rubber down faster than it would the fabric. How's that for a run-on sentence? I have always been told that from the street you should only see white fabric on windows. That is why expensive drapes are always lined in white.
Years ago when I worked at an apartment complex, their leases stated that all drapes, blind, etc. Good luck. I ended up putting the rubbery side facing the street. Anyway, the shade turned out beautifully. I used an ivory cotton pintuck fabric I got from Ballard Designs.
And the window already had a 12 inch upholstered cornice I had made out of the same fabric two years ago. Now that we know which side faces the street, what size needle do we use, which tension setting, etc. I'm doing roman shades with the same kind of lining.
Not sure if it is blackout lining, but it's white on both sides with one side rubbery feeling. It seems that both ways are correct, but I am really concerned that if I put the rubbery side out it will crack because my windows face south and get very hot.
I wonder if anyone has had any experience with cracking. I had a pair of drapes with this lining and they cracked, but they may also have been rather old. I had drapes and separate blackout lining and it lasted at least 20 years for me and one of my sons is now using the lining. My living room window faced south and the dining room window, north. They held up great! Kathy G in MI. Are you using a lining fabric in addition to the blackout or is the blackout itself serving as the only lining?
Way back when there was only the white or cream blackout lining now you can get colors I believe so they wouldn't look so ugly or get that yellowed color to them.
After trying them both ways in my van windows I can say the fabric side facing out not only looks better it kept the heart and light out more efficiently. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw.
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