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Nowadays, demand for fabric sofas, especially modern, minimalist ones, is growing. Firstly, fabric is easy to clean and cheaper than leather sofas. Secondly, they offer a wide variety of designs, patterns, and textures, offering a wide range of options. However, one unfortunate drawback of fabric sofas is their tendency to pill. Pilling can significantly degrade the quality and user experience of a fabric sofa, making it a high-end piece of fabric that can be devalued. This is especially true when guests are seated on a pilling living room sofa , which can be incredibly embarrassing, not only affecting the aesthetics of the living room but also dampening the host's mood.
So why are fabric sofas prone to pilling?
1. Friction pilling: When the fabric is repeatedly rubbed, when the friction force is greater than the strength of the fabric fibers, the cohesion and bonding force between the fibers, the ends of the fabric fibers will fall off. During the repeated stretching and curling process, the fibers will intertwine with each other, forming a ball-like fabric.
2. Static electricity pilling. When fabric sofa manufacturers produce sofas, some fabrics have poor moisture absorption and a large amount of free charge on the dry surface. When subjected to external friction, the free charge on the fabric increases, causing the fuzzy ends on the fiber surface to stand upright and absorb dust in the air, interweaving together and causing pilling.
3. Improper cleaning of fabrics. When the force of hand washing or washing machine exceeds the strength and bonding force of the fibers, the fiber ends may slip off or the fibers may break and intertwine into balls.
What to do with these spherical objects?
1. If the ball can be knocked off by hand, you can use bright tape to stick it on top of the ball one by one. The ball can be removed by sticking it on the bright tape.
2. If the ball cannot be knocked off by hand, you can cut it off with scissors. If conditions permit, you can use a ball remover or tool to remove the ball.
3. It is recommended to change the fabric to cotton and linen fabric that is not easy to pilling.
4. Since the balls are basically caused by friction, you can choose a removable and washable fabric sofa cover. If you don’t want to remove and wash the sofa cover frequently, you can also choose to buy a sofa blanket to cover it, which can also reduce the generation of balls.