Water & Stain Resistance Treatment

For customers seeking easy to maintain sofas, we offer an additional water and stain resistant treatment for all fabrics before upholstery.

This increases ease of maintenance against spills and stains, offering extra peace of mind — especially for light-coloured sofas.

 This effect is able to last up to two years under regular use, after which reapplication (e.g. Scotchgard) is recommended for continued protection.

How It Is Done

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    Fabric Selection

    Choose the desired fabric colour and texture for making your sofa

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    Fabric Procurement

    Purchase of the required meters of fabric from fabric suppliers

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    Fabric Treatment

    The fabric is sent for water and stain resistance treatment

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    Fabric Upholstery

    Post treatment, the fabric is cut and upholstered onto the sofa

Treatment Illustration

  • Toby 02 white fabric water resistance treatment

    Treatment on Toby 02 fabric

  • Toby 92 grey fabric water resistance treatment

    Treatment on Toby 92 fabric

  • Reda 90 grey water resistance treatment

    Treatment on Reda 90 fabric

Past Deliveries with Treatment

How it Works?

Why fabric gets wet?

When liquid contacts fabric, wetting is determined by molecular interactions between the fabric surface and the liquid.

If the liquid is more attracted to the fabric molecules than its own, it spreads out, creating a wetting angle lower than 90° (wetting occurs).

If the liquid molecules are more attracted to each other, they form a droplet with higher surface tension, creating a wetting angle greater than 90° (no wetting occurs).

Effect of water and stain resistance treatment

Post water and stain resistance treatment, the fabric gets a hydrophobic (water-resistant) and oleophobic (oil-resistant) coating on top of it.

This coating modifies the surface energy of the fabric, reducing the attraction between the fabric and liquid molecules.

Instead of soaking in, liquids form tight droplets that bead up and roll off the surface as the result.

Surface angle of liquid with surface for hydrophilic, hydrophobic, oleophobic and nonwetting surfaces

Concerns to Take Note

The water and stain resistance treatment may cause the fabric's colour to appear slightly duller and the texture to feel a bit firmer to the touch.