Hancock Fabrics
We got the Hancock Fabric stuff and were so proud of ourselves that we paid so much less for what looked like Sunbrella but not labeled as such. My first mate sewed a complicated patch with lots of snaps to our companionway cover with it. Inside of two weeks in the summer sun it faded to a light faded blue (was Hunter navy). The patch doesn't look so good and the first mate was UPSET! She also made fancy fitted Sunbrella stern rail seat covers with webbing and fastex snap buckles and they look great. I'm refinishing the teak seats now, so can't say what a difference it will make, but makes sense it should last a long time...
We got the Hancock Fabric stuff and were so proud of ourselves that we paid so much less for what looked like Sunbrella but not labeled as such. My first mate sewed a complicated patch with lots of snaps to our companionway cover with it. Inside of two weeks in the summer sun it faded to a light faded blue (was Hunter navy). The patch doesn't look so good and the first mate was UPSET! She also made fancy fitted Sunbrella stern rail seat covers with webbing and fastex snap buckles and they look great. I'm refinishing the teak seats now, so can't say what a difference it will make, but makes sense it should last a long time...