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Practical insights for choosing the upholstery materials for HoReCa furniture

High-quality professional furniture has to be substantially different from office or home furniture by all the customer-oriented properties. HoReCa furniture has to withstand the overload from 35 to 70 hours per week, weight up to 140 kg, as well as, be solid, safe, and comfortable. 

The relatively expensive price of the chairs or sofas is sustainable and justified, while cheap furniture wear-out fast and lose presentable appearance, which can negatively affect the reputation of your business. That is why elaborate ergonomic aspects and comfortable construction form of furniture for each customer in the place is our main formula for success. As a result, while choosing upholstered furniture for cafe or restaurant it is worth giving preference to plywood carcass, not chipboard, urethane-foam filler instead of polyurethane foam, imported and tested belts made of rubberized-fabric.

Some practical insights on choosing the finishing materials for HoReCa furniture.

High-quality faux-leather must have:

  1. The document, that certifies its origin

  2. Technical requirements of sustainability

  • Not less than 80000 rubs on the Martindale scale

  • Elasticity - not less than 10 thousand cycles

  • UV-resistance ⅘

  • Weight - 500g on sq m

  • Consisting of more than 15% of polyurethane 

The quality of laquer finish for chairs and tables is characterized by:

  1. Obscurity of stains and white dint spots

  2. Scratch-proof

  3. Doesn’t change the structure from any liquid, including hot, withing 30 minues

How to choose the fabric for the chair:

  1. Technical requirements of sustainability

  • Durability on Martindale scale - 50000 rubs

  • Elasticity 20 thousand cycles

  • UV-resistance and rubbing-proof ⅘

  • High soiling resistance

  • Weight - 400g sq m

  1. High diagonal elasticity 

  2. Dimensional cycle of the pattern in fabric size on the back

What is urethane plastic foam filling?

  1. Urethane plastic foam, as a technical analog of the springs, has 3 degrees of density:

  • Low (up to 25 kg on mi)

  • Medium (up to 35 kg on mi)

  • High ( more than 35 kg on mi)

       2. In professional furniture it’s better to use urethane plastic foam filling of medium or high degree of density.

It is important to remember about ergonomic qualities of sizes, height, and decoration details, like stitches, nails, and piping.

Choosing cheap or home furniture for HoReCa is leading to cheap and unattractive look and wearing off the in a year, so the initial saving would be illusionary.