What Are the Most Durable Sofa Cover Fabrics for Pets?

Almost all of us have sofa in our house, it is common furniture in our daily life. Many of us will have dogs or cats with us. The pets are our friends and will accompany us for a long time. Many pet will damage sofa or other furniture when stay with us. They generally scratch or chew sofa, stubborn pet hair on sofa, stain sofa. Compared to other furniture, some sofas are quite expensive. Generally, families with pets have a high quality of life, and their sofas are of high quality. Therefore how to protect sofa from lovely pets, this is indeed a question worth pondering.

In our opinion, We think a good quality and durable, pet friendly sofa cover is necessary for pet family. Sofa covers can indeed enhance the happiness of life, reduce the maintenance cost of sofas, and extend the lifespan of sofas.

Generally for sofa covers, we have many different kind of fabric to make, like cotton, polyester, velvet, linen,etc.. While when it comes to talk about durable for pets, we should consider some particular factors, like water proofing, anti-scratch etc.. Skin friendly, breathable, these factors are also very important for us, but this time, we are talking about durable for pet.

Key Criteria for Durable Pet-Friendly Sofa Cover Fabrics

When talking about pet friendly, we should define that, what is the key criteria for pet friendly. In our opinion, we think it has four key criteria.

Scratch & tear resistance:For pets, it will scratch sofa when laying on the sofa, this is not their fault, it is their instinct, they need scratch something to sharpen claws. So sofa cover is almost necessary for pet family.

So when we take this into consideration, we had better choose tight weave, strong fiber structure to prevent claws.

Stain & water resistance: When pets lay or sleep on the sofa, they will drool or pee on the sofa, this will makes sofa stain and dirty, and this influence our sofa a lot on our daily use.

Pet hair resistance: This is also very important for sofa cover. As we all know, pet will shed hair, and the hair falling on the sofa can be very difficult to manage. Also sofa cover will have this kind of problem too, but sofa cover can be cleaned easily, at least much easier than cleaning sofa. Besides, we could find some fabric which have smooth surface or anti-adhesive properties to reduce hair buildup.

Easy cleaning ability: As we mentioned , cleaning is also a key point when choosing sofa cover. Cleaning sofa is quite difficult , sometimes we will hire someone else professional to finish washing work. So a good sofa cover can reduce the frequency and number of times the sofa needs to be cleaned. The premise is that this sofa cover is relatively easy to clean.

Pet safety: This is basic rule for us. Sofa cover fabric should be non-toxic, hypoallergenic, no harmful chemicals/coatings. As we know pets will bite, scratch sofa, it is the same for sofa cover, an poisoned sofa cover will harm not only pets, but also ourselves. So the fabric of sofa cover must be safety.

Durable: Resistance to fading, pilling, and wear from high pet traffic is essential for sofa covers. Constant use, pet claws, jumping, and daily friction can quickly make ordinary fabrics look dull, fuzzy, and worn out.

So based on the above six important characteristics, we can check some sofa cover fabric, and it can help us to make appropriate choices when doing approaching decision.

Microfiber

Microfiber is a man-made fabric, widely used in home textile industry, many quilt, curtain, sofa cover is made by microfiber, and different fabric ratios will yield varying characteristics.

Generally, it is soft and easy to be cleaned. Its tight kit construction is good for scratch resistance and anti-tear.

By the way, it is good in pet resistance, when cat leave its hair on the microfiber sofa cover, it can be cleaned easily, it can be removed from this kind of fabric easily. Durable is also its specific character, microfiber sofa cover can be used at least 2 years.

However, microfiber also has its disadvantage, static electricity is easily generated in dry environments, which may attract floating dust, and washing work is also a little complicated.

Besides, the quality on the market is different, some high quality is really good, but for some poor quality microfiber products, it can not be used well.

There is a small tip to recognize the quality, high quality is heavier in general, but no matter the high quality or poor quality, the price is both acceptable, so it is popular for our budget.

This kind of sofa cover is widely used for cats,  small-to-medium dogs.

Scratch & tear resistance: ★★★★

Stain & water resistance:★★★★

Pet hair resistance:★★★★★

Easy cleaning ability:★★★

Pet safety:★★★★★

Durable:★★★★★

 

Polyester

Polyester is also widely used in our sofa cover products, it is currently the most popular fabric in sofa cover. Its advantage is durable, no shrink, easy to clean and good shape retention.

While it comes to durable for pets, its has good performance in scratch resistance and pet hair resistance, but the stain resistance it not as good as others, it will be difficult to handle when stain is left on this kind of sofa cover.

Scratch & tear resistance: ★★★★★

Stain & water resistance:★★

Pet hair resistance:★★★★★

Easy cleaning ability:★★★★

Pet safety:★★★★★

Durable:★★★★★

Cotton

Cotton is also a popular material for home textile, its good performance in breathable and skin friendly, so it is very comfortable when laying on cotton fabric sofa cover.

For pets, it is a good choice for pets due to its natural fabric, but for durable and scratch resistance characters, the performance is not as good as others. So if you really love your pet, you can choose this one, but maybe we should pay more attention to the maintain work,

Scratch & tear resistance: ★★★

Stain & water resistance:★★

Pet hair resistance:★★★

Easy cleaning ability:★★★★

Pet safety:★★★★★

Durable:★★★★

Linen

Linen is a good natural fabric, its has better skin friendly, better breath ability and better touch feeling. But this kind of fabric is not  widely used in sofa cover or sofa pad products. Because it will shrink after washing, and not as durable as other fabric. It is comfortable when laying. However, considering his cost and price, as well as the experience he can provide, the cost-effectiveness is actually not very high. For instance, our sofa need cover to protect, while linen sofa cover need another sofa cover to protect it. Therefore from the perspective of durability, its protective effect on pets is limited.But from the perspective of comfort, linen sofa cover ‘s experience is quite good.

Scratch & tear resistance: ★★★

Stain & water resistance:★★

Pet hair resistance:★★

Easy cleaning ability:★★

Pet safety:★★★★

Durable:★★★

Crypton

This is the most advanced fabric currently available, also this is luxury fabric. Its performance in scratch resistance and water resistance, durable performance is also good.

However this kind of sofa cover is rare because of the cost, compared to polyester sofa cover, the cost of crypton is almost tripled. Now unless it’s customized, few factories will make sofa covers using this fabric.

Scratch & tear resistance: ★★★★★

Stain & water resistance:★★★★★

Pet hair resistance:★★★★★

Easy cleaning ability:★★★★

Pet safety:★★★★

Durable:★★★★★

Chenille

Chenille fabric actually used more widely used in curtain products, the touch feeling of chenille fabric products is good, and has good draping quality. So for sofa cover products.

For sofa cover products with chenille fabric, its durable performance is good, besides, it has diverse styles, outstanding appearance value and anti-slip performance. This is popular in our house.

Scratch & tear resistance: ★★★★

Stain & water resistance:★★★★

Pet hair resistance:★★★★

Easy cleaning ability:★★★★

Pet safety:★★★★★

Durable:★★★★★

Conclusion

Sofa cover is a normal and common product in our daily life, every family will use it. It not only protects the sofa from daily wear, stains and pet scratches, but also refreshes the overall look of the living room easily.

With various fabrics, colors and styles available, it can match different home decorations while bringing comfort and practicality to people’s lives. When choosing sofa cover fabric, we can know the difference among them, and take cost, printing into consideration, we can get a perfect one for our lovely pet.