Polyester sofa flame retardant adhesive

There’s a lot to consider when you’re purchasing new office furniture: design, quality, durability, comfort and, of course, safety. On the safety front, you might be wondering about the pros and cons of using fire-retardant furniture in your office.

A few decades ago, if you asked the experts whether you should use flame-retardant furniture and fabrics, the answer would likely have been yes. Today, the answer is more complicated. In this article, we’ll tackle a few basic questions to help you make an informed decision.

What is Flame Retardant Fabric?

Flame Retardant Fabric is material that, you guessed it, is slow to catch fire and burn. Some fabrics are more flammable than others; any fabric that’s used to cover furniture, windows, walls or ceilings has to meet strict regulations and is tested for its flammability.

Certain fabrics are naturally fire resistant because of their natural properties. For instance, wool is considered the most fire-retardant natural fibre because it’s difficult to ignite. And acrylic, polyester and nylon are also naturally fire retardant because they catch fire at a much higher temperature than natural fibres such as cotton and linen.

These are known as inherently flame-retardant fabrics and are less likely to have flame retardants added to them.

But other types of fabric need to be chemically treated to be fire retardant. They’re either treated with a fire-retardant back coating or dipped in a chemical solution that gets absorbed into the fabric and creates a barrier between the fibres and the flame.

RF-8232F is a bromine-containing acrylate self-crosslinking anionic emulsion, which is specially designed and developed by our company for durable coating. The product is suitable for various sofas, decorative fabrics, non-woven fabrics, tent fabric coatings, etc.