Good quality black yarn-dyed polyester taffeta for umbrella fabric

Product Overview

This black yarn-dyed polyester taffeta is a lightweight woven fabric positioned primarily for umbrella-canopy production. The current product information identifies a 100% polyester composition, a weight range of 38–60 gsm, 190T and 210T density options, and a stated width range of 57–67 inches (150–170 cm).

The featured quality is described as black and yarn-dyed. The source page also lists custom colors, plain-dyed fabric, and optional silver, PA, PU, or PVC coatings. These may represent different production routes rather than one standard specification. Buyers should therefore confirm the required coloration method, coating, usable width, weight, density, hand feel, and performance standard before sampling or quotation.

For umbrella manufacturers, the fabric combines low weight with the compact character of polyester taffeta. The source describes it as durable, long-lasting, water-resistant or waterproof, quick-drying, and easy to care for. These properties should be evaluated against the final coating, canopy construction, seam design, intended market, and required test standard.

Product Specifications

Payment milestones, production allocation, loading quantities, coating feasibility, and delivery dates should be reconfirmed in the final quotation or sales contract.

Material, Construction, Appearance, and Hand Feel

Polyester taffeta is a closely constructed woven fabric commonly selected when buyers require low weight, a neat surface, and practical handling during cutting and assembly. This product is offered within a 38–60 gsm range, allowing buyers to evaluate lighter or more substantial versions according to canopy size and required performance.

The featured black yarn-dyed appearance provides a versatile option for classic, business, fashion, promotional, and golf umbrellas. Because color is introduced at the yarn stage in a yarn-dyed construction, the source describes the resulting appearance as even and consistent. Required colorfastness should nevertheless be specified and verified using an approved test method.

The final hand feel, surface sheen, stiffness, drape, sound, opacity, and foldability may change with density, coating type, coating weight, and finishing conditions. Buyers should request a representative swatch or approval sample rather than evaluating suitability from composition alone.

Key Product Features

• Lightweight specification range: The stated 38–60 gsm range supports umbrella designs where manageable canopy weight and compact folding are important.
• Black yarn-dyed presentation: The featured black quality offers a neutral, versatile appearance for classic and contemporary umbrella programs.
• Multiple density options: The listed 190T and 210T constructions allow buyers to compare weight, compactness, appearance, and performance.
• Optional coating routes: Silver, PA, PU, and PVC coatings are listed alongside plain-dyed fabric. Each route can create a different surface, hand feel, water resistance, opacity, and processing requirement.
• Source-described durability: The existing page describes the fabric as durable, long-lasting, tear-resistant, and shrink-resistant. Confirm the required test method and acceptance level for the intended product.
• Finish-dependent functionality: Waterproof, flame-retardant, and antistatic properties are listed, but should not be assumed to apply to every version. Specify each required function before sampling.
• Color and packing flexibility: Customer colors, OEM requirements, logo customization, and different roll lengths may be discussed according to project feasibility.

Detailed Applications and Use Cases

Umbrella Canopies

Umbrella production is the primary application for this fabric. Its lightweight polyester construction can support handheld, compact, promotional, fashion, and golf-umbrella programs where canopy weight and foldability are important.

The black yarn-dyed appearance is suitable for understated retail collections, corporate programs, uniform-related accessories, and umbrella designs that use black as either the principal canopy color or an accent panel. Custom colors are also listed, but buyers should confirm whether the selected color will be yarn-dyed, piece-dyed, or produced through another route.

For rain umbrellas, water resistance must be evaluated on the finished coated fabric and the assembled canopy. Fabric performance can be affected by the selected coating, needle holes, panel seams, stitching, seam construction, and repeated folding. Buyers should communicate the required water-resistance method, pressure level, spray rating, or retailer standard before development.

Large golf umbrellas place greater stress on the canopy than smaller handheld styles. For these products, buyers should evaluate tear strength, tensile strength, seam strength, dimensional stability, coating adhesion, colorfastness, and performance after repeated opening and closing.

Bags, Luggage, Purses, and Totes

The source lists bags, luggage, purses, and totes as applications. At 38–60 gsm, this taffeta may be considered for linings, inner compartments, pocketing, lightweight covers, or coated internal components.

Use as an exterior load-bearing shell should be confirmed through sampling. Products exposed to substantial abrasion, sharp contents, heavy loads, or repeated seam stress may require reinforcement, a heavier construction, backing, lamination, or a different base fabric.

Garment, Coat, and Jacket Linings

The lightweight construction may be evaluated for garment, coat, or jacket linings where low bulk and a clean internal finish are required. Buyers should assess surface smoothness, static behavior, opacity, seam slippage, perspiration colorfastness, and compatibility with the outer fabric.

The source also associates the product with sleepwear and wedding or bridal applications. These should be treated as conditional uses because comfort, breathability, drape, noise, opacity, and skin-contact requirements depend on the selected construction and finish. A coated umbrella quality should not automatically be treated as equivalent to an apparel-lining quality.

Bedding, Home Textiles, Sofas, and Toys

For bedding and home-textile projects, the fabric may be considered for lightweight liners, protective internal layers, decorative components, dust covers, or backing applications. Its suitability as a direct-contact or visible surface should be confirmed through hand-feel, durability, care, and restricted-substance testing.

For sofa production, the stated weight range is more likely to suit internal lining, dust-cover, or backing roles than a heavily abraded upholstery face unless additional reinforcement and testing are specified.

Toy applications require confirmation of the finished toy category, target age group, destination market, colorfastness, mechanical performance, and applicable chemical-safety requirements. The product page does not provide toy-safety certification.

Design and Manufacturing Considerations

Confirm the Exact Product Route

The page combines references to black yarn-dyed fabric, customer colors, plain-dyed fabric, and several coating systems. Before development, specify which route is required and obtain a sample representing the intended bulk construction.

Coating and Water Resistance

PA, PU, PVC, and silver coatings can produce different results in water resistance, opacity, hand feel, weight, flexibility, odor, fold marks, adhesion, and regulatory documentation. Communicate the intended umbrella type, destination market, required performance, and care conditions before selecting the finish.

The finished umbrella’s resistance to rain is not determined by the base fabric alone. Canopy seams, stitching, needle penetration, panel geometry, and any seam treatment should be evaluated during prototype testing.

Cutting, Sewing, and Edge Control

Lightweight woven taffeta can require careful tension control during cutting and sewing. Needle size, point type, thread, stitch density, seam allowance, and feeding conditions should be selected after a production trial.

Cut edges may require overlocking, binding, controlled heat cutting, or another suitable finish depending on the exact construction. Heat-cutting conditions should be tested to avoid hard, distorted, or discolored edges.

Opacity, Hand Feel, and Folding

The 38–60 gsm range may produce different degrees of opacity and body. Buyers should check the fabric under the intended lighting and evaluate how the selected coating changes folding volume, crease appearance, surface noise, and recovery after storage.

Performance and Care Approval

The source describes the fabric as machine washable and quick-drying. Final care instructions must be confirmed for the selected coating, color, printed or decorated surface, thread, trims, and completed umbrella or sewn product.

Where performance is commercially important, buyers should consider pre-production testing for:

• Water resistance or waterproof performance
• Tear and tensile strength
• Seam strength or seam slippage
• Coating adhesion
• Dimensional stability or shrinkage
• Colorfastness to rubbing, water, light, and weather exposure
• Antistatic performance, when requested
• Flame-retardant performance, when requested
• Restricted substances and destination-market requirements

No particular test method, rating, or certification should be assumed unless it is confirmed for the final specification and production batch.

Customization, Sampling, and Bulk Ordering

The featured product is black, while the source also states that colors can be produced according to customer requirements. Buyers should provide a color reference, Pantone number, physical swatch, or other agreed standard when requesting custom development.

Available development routes may include:

• Black or custom colors
• 190T, 210T, or another confirmed density
• Weight selection within the stated 38–60 gsm range
• Plain-dyed, silver-coated, PA-coated, PU-coated, or PVC-coated versions
• OEM or logo-related customization
• Roll lengths of 50, 100, or 200 meters
• Alternative packing according to buyer requirements

The MOQ is 2,000 meters per color. Lab dips normally require 3–5 days, while approval samples for plain colors normally require 7–10 days. Bulk production is stated as 3–20 days, but the actual schedule will depend on quantity, color, greige availability, coating, testing, packaging, and approval timing.

The source states production capacity of more than 3 million meters per month and daily output of up to 150,000 meters. Buyers should confirm the capacity allocated to the specific quality and delivery window.

Usual container-loading references are approximately 220,000 meters for one 20GP and 380,000 meters for one 40GP. Actual loading depends on fabric weight, roll length, tube size, packing method, and shipping requirements.

For first orders, the page states payment by T/T with 30% paid in advance. The remaining 70% is described in different areas as payable either before shipping or upon receipt of the copy of the bill of lading. Confirm the exact milestone in the quotation. L/C may be considered for repeat clients, and other payment arrangements may be negotiated.

FabricsTrades Sourcing and Development Support

FabricsTrades is located in Wujiang District, Suzhou, within one of the world’s most concentrated textile-manufacturing regions. The company operates its own 4-way stretch fabric factory while also working as a fabric sourcing and product-development partner.

Proximity to specialized weaving, dyeing, printing, coating, finishing, and garment-support facilities allows the team to evaluate different development routes for umbrella and related fabric programs. If this standard taffeta does not fully match the required weight, width, density, color, coating, hand feel, or performance target, FabricsTrades can help assess alternative specifications or suitable partner facilities.

Customization, test reports, certificates, declarations, and special finishes are not automatically available for every construction. Their feasibility and scope should be confirmed before sampling and quotation.

2024–2026 Fabric Regulations & Compliance Update

Because this product is offered for umbrellas and may use water-resistant coatings, buyers should review chemical restrictions that can affect treated consumer textiles.

The EU REACH PFHxA Restriction is particularly relevant when fluorinated water-repellent chemistry may be present. Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 establishes PFHxA-related limits applying from October 10, 2026, to specified general-public clothing, related accessories, and footwear, and from October 10, 2027, to certain other general-public textiles. Buyers should confirm how the finished umbrella or other end product is legally classified and which application date applies.

The Global Textile Compliance 2024–2026 guide provides broader context for international sourcing programs. Requirements can vary by destination, product category, coating chemistry, intended use, retailer standard, and date of sale.

Before bulk production, communicate any required restricted-substance list, PFAS policy, REACH requirement, retailer specification, flame-retardant standard, antistatic standard, packaging requirement, or traceability program. Depending on the final specification and production batch, buyers may request available:

• Technical data sheets and safety data sheets for finishes
• Restricted-substance or chemical declarations
• Coating and water-resistance test reports
• Colorfastness and physical-performance reports
• PFAS-related declarations or third-party testing
• Flame-retardant or antistatic reports when those functions are ordered
• Certificates, traceability information, or other destination-market documentation

These resources do not prove that the current fabric is certified or compliant with every market requirement. Confirm the required testing and documentation before approving bulk production.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a lab dip take?

A lab dip normally takes 3–5 days. An approval sample for a plain color normally takes 7–10 days.

Can FabricsTrades provide OEM service?

Yes. OEM service is available depending on the buyer’s requirements, and logo customization may be discussed. Confirm the customization method, design file, MOQ, cost, and production feasibility before ordering.

What is the production capacity?

The source states monthly production capacity of more than 3 million meters. It also states daily output of up to 150,000 meters. Available capacity for the selected taffeta specification should be confirmed when the order is quoted.

What is the bulk-production lead time?

The stated mass-production time is 3–20 days. The confirmed schedule will depend on quantity, color, coating, greige availability, sample approval, testing, and packing requirements.

May I visit the factory?

Yes. Factory visits are welcome, and airport or station pickup may be arranged. Confirm the date, location, and transport details in advance.

How is the product price determined?

Pricing depends on the required quality, specification, finish, and order quantity. The source indicates quantity-based price tiers, with more favorable pricing generally available for larger orders. Request a quotation for the exact construction and commercial terms.

How long is one yard?

One yard equals 0.9144 meter.

Is every version of this polyester taffeta waterproof?

No single waterproof level is specified for every version. The page lists water-resistant or waterproof performance together with plain-dyed and several coated options, so buyers should confirm the selected finish and required test standard.

Is black the only available color?

Black is the featured yarn-dyed color, but the source also lists colors according to customer requirements. Confirm whether a requested color will be yarn-dyed, plain-dyed, or produced through another process.

Request a Quote or Sample

For an accurate quotation or sample recommendation, please provide:

• Intended end product and application
• Required weight and density
• Finished or usable width
• Color reference
• Yarn-dyed, plain-dyed, or coated construction
• Required coating or functional finish
• Order quantity and roll length
• Destination country or market
• Required physical or chemical test standards
• Certificate, declaration, or traceability requirements
• Packing and shipping preferences
• Target approval and delivery dates

Contact FabricsTrades to request a quotation, swatch, lab dip, approval sample, available test report, certificate, declaration, technical information, or custom-development evaluation.