The Refinishing Touch Blog

This past Tuesday, we announced our newest offering with the release of eco-friendly fabrics, from our Touch Textiles brand. These fabrics, which we have worked on with our partners at three different mills that are certified by third party organizations for their environmentally friendly practices, have been awhile in the making, so we’re very excited to now be able to offer them to our customers.

What’s unique about our new fabrics is that not only are they made from 100% recycled materials, but they’re also finished with a new low fluorocarbon treatment called GreenShield. GreenShield is certified by the Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) and uses two-thirds less chemicals that typical fabric treatments. The best part of all is that these factors don’t weaken the color, durability, stain resistance or overall quality of the fabric.

Up to 12 billion pounds of post consumer textile waste end up in landfills every year. We hope that our new fabrics in tandem with our refinishing services will help to significantly reduce the amount of waste caused by textile use, and ultimately strengthen our commitment to environmental sustainability.