How To Identify The Reflective Cloth Tape Of The Reflective Vest

The reflective cloth tape of the reflective vest is mainly divided into the following according to the brightness, composite process and color, which can be roughly divided into ordinary bright reflective cloth, high-brightness reflective cloth and bright silver reflective cloth.

Plain reflective fabric is gray, its glass beads have not been aluminized, and its reflective brightness is generally around 5-20. It is suitable for sewing light fabrics that do not require high reflective brightness, such as reflective vests that do not meet the standard requirements.

The high-gloss reflective fabric is silver-gray during the day, and the aluminized glass beads on the surface can be clearly seen. The maximum reflective brightness can reach more than 420 cd/lux/m. It is suitable for sewing various reflective vests and other light fabrics.

The bright silver reflective fabric is metallic silver during the day, using aluminized glass beads, and the maximum reflective brightness can reach more than 420 cd/lux/m. It is suitable for sewing light or medium fabrics that require high reflective brightness and washing, such as high Quality reflective vest or reflective jacket etc.

2. Reflective fabrics can also be divided into chemical fiber reflective fabrics, TC reflective fabrics, flame-retardant reflective fabrics, elastic reflective fabrics, etc. according to different base fabrics.

The chemical fiber reflective fabric uses 100% chemical fiber 190T polyester as the base fabric, which is lighter and thinner than the TC base fabric. TC reflective fabric uses 35% cotton and 65% chemical fiber polyester-cotton fabric as the base fabric, which is thicker than chemical fiber.

Flame retardant reflective tape can generally be divided into cotton flame retardant reflective cloth and aramid flame retardant reflective cloth.
Cotton flame retardant reflective tape uses 100% cotton cloth after flame retardant finishing as the base fabric, which is more economical and affordable.

Aramid flame-retardant reflective fabric uses aramid fabric as the base fabric, which is inherently flame-retardant, and is suitable for fire-fighting clothing with extremely high flame-retardant requirements.

The elastic reflective fabric uses spandex and chemical fiber blended fabric as the base fabric, which has certain elasticity and is suitable for sewing on various elastic fabrics.

3. Standards for reflective vests: EN ISO 20471:2013 European standard and ANSI/ISEA 107:2020 American standard stipulate that the brightness of the reflective fabric must reach 330 cd/lux/m, the washing requirement must be greater than 25 times, and pass a series of physical tests . Therefore, for reflective clothing with standard requirements, standard reflective cloth must be used.