Mayfair Acrylic Coated Polycotton is a wipe clean product. This product can be machine washed at low temperature however we recomend the fabric is machine washed infrequently as the wash process will deterioate the coated surface. Wipe clean with a damp cloth using a mild detergent if required. The fabric can be ironed on the reverse side on a low temperature setting; the reverse side is the non Acrylic coated side.
General advice on product selection
Food and drink items containing strong food colourings will stain wipe clean products unless they are removed promptly. The longer the stain is left on the fabric the harder it will be to remove the stain.
Egg yolk, food sauces (pasta, curry etc), tomato sauce, mint sauce, red wine are examples of food and drink that contain strong colourings.
Our range of wipe clean products are broadly broken down into four types of products;
1. Vinyl PVC without backing material - Vinyl Lace.
2. Vinyl PVC with non woven backing material, this includes our Essential, Celebration and Trendy Line ranges.
3. PVC Coated Cotton - Plain and patterned cotton fabrics with a PVC coated top surface.
4. Acrylic Coated Cotton and Polycotton - this is our Eclipse and Mayfair range which have a soft Acrylic coating on the top surface.
Vinyl PVC products are the most robust with regard stain removal. Vinyl products without backing material can be machine washed eg Vinyl Lace.
PVC coated cotton fabrics are thicker and provide greater physical protection to the table top when compared to Vinyl PVC products. The PVC coating layer will absorb stains if they are not removed promptly and stains will be more difficult to remove if left on the surface for any length of time.
Acrylic coated cotton and polycotton offers a more sophisticated coating to the fabric. The coating is softer than PVC and allows the fabric to drape more naturally. The Acrylic coating layer will absorb stains if they are not removed promptly and stains will become more difficult to remove if left on the surface for any length of time. PVC is a harder wearing coating than Acrylic.