• What are my fabric choices?
• What are the decorating options, how is the design applied?
• How should I submit my art?
• How long does it take to get table covers made?
• How do I place an order?
• What are PMS colors?
• What are the available fabric and imprint colors?
• What table cover sizes and styles are available?
• Do you accept purchase orders?
• What is your return policy?

What are my fabric choices?

We offer three basic materials for table covers. Knit polyester, nylon and vinyl.

Knit polyester is by far the most used fabric among it's benefits are:
VERY WRINKLE RESISTANCE
Perfect for traveling, (for even better protection from wrinkles, especially with decorated table covers see this easy rolling method).
LIGHT WEIGHT BUT NOT FLIMSY
Knit polyester has enough heft to always drape nicely, the knit construction gives it thickness and at 12 ounces per lineal yard, this is the best fabric for working table covers.
NATURALLY FLAME RETARDENT
Complies with convention center codes, passes NPFA 701 Small Scale and California Section 13115. Down load certificate.

Nylon is used when a waterproof material is required, or if the product being demonstrated could be messy. Nylon table covers also present a more athletic look which may lend itself to certain product displays.

Among nylon's primary benefits are:
VERY DURABLE
WEATHER RESISTANT
Don't let weather worry you. Nylon table covers are water proof.

For extra heavy duty table covers, we use reinforced vinyl. This is a 10 ounce per yard material made of two thin layers of vinyl sandwiching a polyester scrim which gives it dimensional stability. This is not to be confused with the cheap, lightweight vinyl table coves sold for picnic tables.
The main benefits of reinforced table covers are:
THE MOST RUGGED
The most durable cover you can buy.
NEVER WORRY ABOUT WEATHER
Vinyl is naturally water resistant and provides complete outdoors protection.

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What are the decorating options?

The means of placing your design on a table cover depend on the design and the material used to make the cover. The more simple designs using spot colors or simple halftones are screen printed on al three types of table cover materials. This method produces a clean, durable imprint. For more complex designs using many colors or four color process designs we can print digital transfers direct to the fabric on white fabric or appliqué digital prints onto dark fabric, this only is used on knit polyester. One other technique for decorating table covers is to appliqué the design. This is used for simple designs and involves sewing layers of fabric to create the design in all fabric. Embroidery is generally used with appliqué for small type or details in the design.

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How should I submit my art?

The best method for submitting art is to upload it with an order quote / order using the form provided.

The best file type to submit depends on your organizations capabilities, and the nature of the design. For simpler graphics the best format is vector art. This is created in a program such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw or FreeHand. All design elements should be displayed in outline form, including type, with colors specified as PMS numbers. However if you do not have access to this type of file you should send what ever you have, there is no charge for our staff to review it and comment. If necessary we can make a vector art file for you at a nominal cost.

For more complex designs, art for full color table covers or art for the retractable banner stands, bitmap files such as those created in Adobe Photoshop are usually used. Some of these files can be quite large, the best way to send them is to use our FTP site. The login info for our FTP site is as follows:

Site: www.table-cover.com
login: custupload
password: 54235.

It is also possible to send you file in on a CD.

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How long does it take to get table covers made?

Once we have suitable art and a finalized order, production time on small quantities ( 1 to 25 table covers) production time is normally one week. We usually use UPS which has several levels of service. We ship from Green Bay Wisconsin, our zip code is 54235 you can check UPS.com for delivery times.

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How do I place an order?

Un-printed table covers can be ordered on line on the price list page, select the yellow "button" on the left side of the page that corresponds to the table cover style you want, deluxe four sided, three sided or top and front.

For decorated table covers start with the order/quote form. Fill in as much information as you can, up load your art file, and include any special instructions in the dialog boxes. We will produce and email you a to scale layout for your comment and an order confirmation form which you will need to sign and fax back before we have a finalized order.

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What are PMS colors?

The Pantone Matching System is a system printers and graphic artists use for communicating colors precisely. The individual colors are indexed in chromatic sequence and assigned numbers. By specifying PMS numbers we know exactly what colors you want used. However color matching is not an exact science for screen printing or digital prints, we can not guarantee exact matches, but knowing PMS numbers will insure a very close match.

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What are the available fabric and imprint colors?

We stock knit polyester table cover fabric in 14 colors, there are more colors available for special order of a quantity of at least ten covers.
Imperial nylon is available in 11 colors.
Reinforced vinyl is available in 4 basic colors.

We have 20 basic imprint colors for screen printing, these include metallic gold and silver. We can match most PMS colors very closely, you are not necessarily limited to the stock imprint colors. When screen printing light colors on dark fabric we do get very good coverage. For instance, we get a good white on black fabric.

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