Choosing a fabric for your shade sail or canopy

Choosing a fabric for your shade sail or Canopy

With a vast array of colors and manufactures how do you choose the fabric for your shade sails or Canopy? All awnings, shade sails and canopies can enhance the visual appeal of any area or building.

Bold colors like red and orange create highly effective focal points where earth tones such as greens and sand colors can unify the structure within the area blending into the area. Using blues and grays will add contrast and can be used easily in repetition.

Modern synthetic yarns give fabric shade structures greater strength and flexibility than ever before. Coating, laminate and top coatings provide outdoor fabrics with protective qualities. Today’s modern shade fabrics can withstand wind, sun, rain and snow, yet they still retain strength, and attractive looks years after year.

NO matter what your design objective, shade sails and shade canopies provide protection from extreme weather and are a more economical approach than comparable masonry or timber structures

All Shade cloths have been rigorously tested in labs and field situations for weathering, durability and flame retardency. The fabrics we use for shade sails will differ in weight and translucency.

For more information at the materials we commonly use on shade sails and canopies please visit our Shade cloth page. There you will find downloadable fabric swatches of each shade cloth manufacture we use.