Flame Retardant Draperies

Coldraco, Inc. offers its clients a 100 % Dacron drapery with Visa Intrinsic Fire Retardancy for either a residential, apartment or institutional setting. The reason why you want to buy your drapes from Coldraco, Inc. is our drapery fabric passes both the fire retardancy NFP701 (small scale-1996 edition) and the fire retardancy NFPA701, (small scale after 25 commercial launderings - AAJ CC 96 IVA).

This recently revised test places the fabric specimen in a vertical position while a test flame is held to the lower edge for 12 seconds. Before the flame is renewed the test requires that any after flame must be extinguished within two seconds from the removal of the test flame, that no flaming drippings touch the test chamber floor and that the char length be limited according to the weight of the fabric. (NFPA702 vertical burn 12 second ignition; sample size 3.5 " c 10: maximum flame time 2 seconds; minimum burn length specified; no drop to floor).

These tests are the most stringent in the industry and our drapery fabric passes both even after many washes.

The reason being is our fabric is inherently fire retardant which means the actual fiber that is used to make the fabric is fire retardant.

Fabrics that are not inherently fire retardant are treated with a fire retardant solvent which can loose its fire retardancy after a few washings.

Buying your draperies from Coldraco, Inc. gives you peace of mind in the event of fire, We also offer a fire retardant lining and a fire retardant black-out lining that will give you protection from the sun and will also give you privacy.

Given these facts one can use Coldraco Inc draperies for commercial and institutions uses such as hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, offices, churches, schools, colleges , restaurants, as well as in private homes - any given area that requires a fire retardant drapery.

Flame Retardant Definition

According to the Fabric University flame retardant is defined as: A chemical applied to a fabric, or incorporated into the fiber at the time of production, which significantly reduces a fabric's flammability.