Coolaroo 435967 Shade Fabric 90% UV Protection for People, PET, OR Home LG, 12' x 50', Wheat

Awesome stuff that does not fade .Heck ,I even spray bleach on them every spring no color change. I wish they made patio cushions with this stuff! I did double up my layers,1 layer let in too much sun for me personally on my awning.

This shade cloth is just what I needed….I used it several years ago but a winter storm ruined the top of my pergola and I had to remove the shade fabric. In all the previous years this cloth protected me from the harsh sunlight as well as rain. I love the ease of it and the shade it provides couldn’t be more welcome.I will add a second layer for even more protection next year but the product always looks like new.

Arrived on time. Works great

I like buying by the roll as it allows me to make items custom sized. This material was okay to work with. It broke quite a few needles on my sewing machine. I added grommets for customization.The coating is really substantial, and it coated my hands as I worked with it, so wash your hands throughly after working with the fabric. So far, so good. I needed something light because the patio I put it on goes through a windy season and I want to make sure the panels hold up.

DO I love the look of it, just hanging there on my porch or in front of our windows, like a forlorn, limp, used dish-rag? Of course I don't, especially since we could not find clips that are lighter in colour & match the grey fabric better.What I do LOVE, tho, is the fact that screening the porch with this INSTANTLY lowered the temp on it by about 10F, while still installing; then, when fully installed, it now consistently drops the temp by about 20 INSIDE the house's front entrance, and about 20-25 (depending on the heat outside) in the big bay window where my plants are & 5 parrots roam: NO MORE BAKED COCKATOO OR AMAZON! =DThe other room with a small window also has much reduced temp, to the point that when it was 114F outside a couple weeks ago it 'only' registered 95 at the window's glass with the window open, and then dropped to 90 when I closed the window. That's a huge difference in QOL (Quality of Life), as well in energy efficiency & electricity savings for our small room ACsWhy did we not do better looking awning-style ones, and screened the porch permanently, & just hung them there like this? Because we will be replacing siding & windows soon & painting everything anew, & there was no point creating / buying expensive units when they'll have to be changed to match the whole laterRight now, the front porch one is set on a cord so it can slide for entering, opening / closing, the window ones are just hanging from the eaves with those UGH-cringe clips (SEE PICTURE)The large roll was way cheaper to buy than the equivalent smaller pieces needed for this set-up. Will use the half that's still left later probably to create shade frames some of the garden plants that are getting beat by this increasing PNW relentless summer heatDO NOT LOVE that there are no clips nor the 'sewing' cord for creating neater edges anywhere, including at the manufacturer's website that match the various colours of shade offered: you can have black, black, or even light black (supposedly the clips we bought were listed as grey: they are just a 'light black; really, not grey at all, as you can see from pictures)Overall, I highly recommend Colaroo's material for QUALITY vs quantity vs cost . Looked at many, many others, and none compared or even came close to competing for quality. There are some cheaper, but not for a 90% UV protection that is also available in colours other than UGLY GREEN & the incomparable UGLIER BROWN. If you are creating your own shade-wings, awnings, screened porch, this is the way to do it. If you are creating a permanent set-up, there are ways to attach the material to the porch or frames that is not so fugly as what we did: it was just not worth it doing so for us at this time

So it took me a while to figure out exactly how I wanted to use this so I’ve been sitting on the roll of fabric for over a year now and finally had an “a-ha” moment! We just had our pool redone with new decking and fencing. We’ve always had an outdoor shower area but this year I needed to build one that was temporary and did not want to drill or nail anything into the new wood panels we just put in. So I remembered that I had this awesome sunshade fabric stored away in the shed. Pulled it out and it saw it was perfect for making durable, outdoor shower curtains/ privacy panels for my temporary shower.It was so easy to use and I can’t believe I didn’t think of this use before! These panels I made will definitely hold up and I’m sure I’ll be able to reuse them for next years shower as well. Here’s how I modified the fabric to make the shower curtains / privacy panels.1) measured off two pieces per my specific needs, cut2) made a no-sew hem line on the raw edges I would be using as the “top” of the curtain/ panel using fabric fusion glue. Folded over for an approximate 1/2” hem, applied glue working in small sections, using a Fabric / quilting clip to hold into place while drying. The sides were already seemed as I cut them to turn out that way. Let dry overnight and removed clips the next day. The fabric fusion did an excellent job adhering creating a faux hem. Very happy with how that turned out. I was a little worried because the sunshade fabric is a a lot thicker and more coarse than normal fabric but my fears were unfounded.3) attached the panels to my diy pvc shower rod using the metal curtain clips. The kind that you can slip on the rod and then has a clip where you can attach it where you want to. I decided on this method as I didn’t want to weaken the sunshade by putting holes in it for traditional curtain shower rings. Plus I could manipulate it after the fact if I didn’t like how it looked. Also it was just easier and took less time.I slipped the curtain clips on first and then hung up my sunshade shower curtain/ privacy panels where I wanted them.Easy peasy!They look way better than those cheap plastic shower curtains I usually use plus they’ll last so much longer. The plastic ones usually end up tearing or ripping in a rain storm and I have no fear that will happen. If they last the swim season I’ll be perfectly happy with that!* once I got them up I decided not to hem the bottom of the sunshade fabric. I had originally thought that I would need to add some weight of some sort to keep them from blowing around but they are perfectly fine as is and in my opinion and experience creating an outdoor pool shower for the last 12 years, this fabric will be heavy enough to sustain itself and doesn’t need anything to help it stay in place. We haven’t had a good storm yet so I can’t be 100% certain but my experience tells me they’ll be just fine. I also thought the raw cut edges would bother me (think OCD) but surprisingly it actually adds to the charm of an outdoor shower.I’ll definitely be purchasing more of this when the time comes to replace the ones I made. Please see my pictures for more explanation as to how I used the fabric.

I used this product to cover the top of my pergola. It provides SO much shade. It was easy to put up, I just used a staple gun. So far it’s been up for a year. It’s withstood 2 hurricanes and an unexpected 12-inch snowfall, not to mention the usual rain and 90+ degree heat.