Woven and Knitted Shade Cloth

Shade cloth are mainly made of high density polyethylene and polypropylene, which are all UV stabilized. Shade cloth can offer protection for crops, flowers, livestock, greenhouse, construction sites and residences from burning sunlight. There are main two type of shade cloth: woven shade cloth and knitted shade cloth.

Woven shade cloth

The woven shade cloth is made of 100% UV stabilized polypropylene. It is extremely durable for all types of shade applications. It is ideal for use on greenhouses and typically 30% heavier than knitted polyethylene shade cloth. The service life of the woven shade cloth is about 10 to 12years. The disadvantage of the woven shade cloth is that it will unravel if it is cut or a puncture occurs. It is also not as versatile as the knitted shade cloth.

The woven shade cloth use grommet and reinforcement tape. The taped edged and double stitched for extra holding power.

Shade rate of woven shade cloth is 30% to 80%.

Specifications

• Material: polypropylene.
• Shade rate: 30% - 80%.
• Width: 6’, 10’, 12’, 15’.
• Length: 12’, 18’, 20’, 24’, 36’, 48’, 60’, 72’, 96’.
• Color: mainly is black.

The reinforcement tape can increase the holding power of the woven shade cloth.

Grommet of the woven shade cloth make the shade cloth be easy to install.

Features

• UV resistant. It can offer great crop protection for UV and heat sensitive plants.
• Long service life. 10 to 12 years’ service life.
• Brass grommet and reinforcement tape.
• Higher strength than the knitted shade cloth
• Tightly polypropylene fabric is breathable and rugged.

Applications

• Woven shade cloth can be used in row covers to offer crop protection from the sun, keep the soil cool and reduce moisture loss through evaporation in excessive heat.
• Woven shade cloth can be used as the greenhouse covering or shade fabric for your crops. It not only offers heat and UV protection but also can reduce damage from the wind, rain, snow and hail.
• The woven shade cloth can be used in the pet house and livestock house for sunshade.
• Woven shade cloth can be used in the porches and patios in the residences.

Woven shade cloth can be used in the pet house for sunshade.

Woven shade cloth can be used in the greenhouse to prevent the plants from being burning by the sunlight.

Knitted shade cloth

Knitted shade cloth is manufactured from knitted polyethylene. It is more versatile than the woven shade cloth. It can be used as the greenhouse cover, windbreak mesh, deer and bird netting, hail netting, porches and patio shade. The average service life can be 7 to 10 years.

Knitted shade cloth can be divided into monofilament knitted shade cloth, monofilament and tape knitted shade cloth and tape knitted shade cloth.

Knitted shade cloth means the weft and warp wire are all monofilament wires. Monofilament and tape knitted shade cloth refers to the combination of the monofilament wires and flat tape wires. The tape knitted shade cloth is that the cloth which the warp wire and weft wire are all flat tape wires.

Specification

• Material: high density polyethylene.
• Shade rate: 30% - 95%.
• Length: various.
• Width: 1m – 6m.
• Structure: monofilament + monofilament, monofilament + tape, tape + tape.
• Color: various colors, the common are black, green, blue and white.
• Weight:
  • Monofilament + monofilament Weight: 100 g/m2 - 280 g/m2.
  • Tape + tape weight: 75 g/m2 - 240 g/m2.
  • Monofilament + tape weight: 95 g/m2 - 240 g/m2.

Monofilament knitted shade cloth.

Monofilament and tape knitted shade cloth.

Tape knitted shade cloth.

Features

• UV stabilized.
• Various colors for choice.
• No harm to human, plants or environment.
• Reinforced edge with eyelets.
• Good cooling and shade effect.
• Significantly reduce the incidence of pests and diseases.
• Reduce the solar radiation, wind speed and soil moisture evaporation.
• Lightweight and easy to install.
• Tough lock stitch knitted construction. Resists rips, tears and fraying. Shade levels remain constant during product life.
• The materials are all recycled.

Applications

• The shade cloth can be used in the construction sites to prevent the sand or mounds from being blowing away and prevent the sunshade.
• It can be used in the agriculture to protect crops, vegetables from being burning by the sun.
• Shade cloth can be used in the greenhouse, horticulture and nurseries to drop the temperature of the indoor.
• The shade cloth can be used to cover poultry-house roofs and open cowshed facilities.
• Other applications include temporary fencing, tennis courts, hail netting, bird netting, swimming pool covers.

Knitted shade cloth can be used in the greenhouse to protect vegetables from being burning by the sunlight.

Knitted shade cloth can be used in the gardens for sunshade and maintain the normal growth.