Melhanna Collection - Skandia Window Fashions

E28Melhanna Collectionagents, long-term sun exposure, cigarette or cigar smoke, generalcleanliness of the home, and the age of the product. Eventhough we use the finest materials available, including the latestUV (ultraviolet) resistant finishes, a reasonable amount of discolorationover time is to be expected. The sun’s rays are verydamaging to vinyl and fabric materials. Over time, you canexpect the side of the product that faces the sun to becomeslightly faded and a yellow cast or tint may become apparent.• If wood slats can have bow, camber, or twist what problemsmight one encounter when using fabric window coverings?Like wood blinds fabric can also have bow, camber andtwist. When referring to fabric it is sometimes called bias. Allwoven fabrics have bias regardless of fiber content. “Bias” can beseen in 3 different forms.Woven woods have all three bias forms present as well,due to the yarns stretching as the material is woven on looms.Cellular shades can have all three forms of bias dependingon how well each cell is glued to the previous cell in themachine gluing process. This is especially true with 2 on 1 headrailshades, where one shadetwists towards the window, whilethe other shade twists towardsthe room’s interior.Front to back (twist). A spiraldistortion along the length of apiece of fabric. How the fabric isslit, glued, or woven at the millsis the cause of all fabric biastwist.Top to bottom (vertical) –Bow a curvature in the longitudinaldirection causing the fabric to move away from a flat plane.Print patterns and stitching and glue lines make up the majorityof vertical (bow) bias problems.Side to side (horizontal) Camber is a curvature of thehorizontal direction causing fabric to move away from a flatplane. Print patterns and stitching and glue lines make up themajority of horizontal (camber) bias problems.We list the acceptable standards used in determiningthe bias you may experience under each product’s specifications.It is important to make your customer aware that these biasissues are an inherent part of the fabric used in the fabrication ofthe product they selected, and are considered normal.7/03