B1 Press-Wall Blockout (280gsm FR)

B1 Press-Wall Blockout (280gsm FR) — An opaque core between two faces — zero light bleed, zero show-through, media-wall flat, specified for media walls.

Blockout is a layered construction, not a thick single cloth. An opaque core sits between the printable face and the reverse, so no light passes through and nothing printed on one side is visible from the other. That is what lets a press wall photograph clean under flash and a room divider actually divide a room.

A media wall exists to put a logo behind a face in a photograph. That single purpose dictates everything: a dead-flat surface, no reflection, no light bleed, and a repeat pattern scaled so a readable logo lands in frame however the subject stands.

Best for

• Press walls and step-and-repeats
• Interview and broadcast backdrops
• Award-show backdrops
• Sponsor and partner walls
• Curved and shaped media walls

Key advantages

• Opaque core stops light bleed completely — critical under event lighting and camera flash
• No show-through, so each face can carry entirely different artwork
• Hangs flat and dead-still indoors, which is what step-and-repeat photography needs
• Dense construction holds deep blacks without the backlighting wash you get on thin cloth
• Long indoor service life across many repeat installations

Specifications

Choosing the right specification

Scale the repeat to the crop, not to the wall. A logo grid that looks balanced across the full panel often produces a photograph with two half-logos and nothing legible. Work out the tightest crop the photographers will actually shoot — usually head and shoulders — and make sure at least one complete logo falls inside it. And use a blockout: flash will find any light passing through.

How ordering works

• Send your artwork — Upload print-ready artwork at any stage — we check scale, resolution and bleed before anything goes to press and come back to you if something needs adjusting.
• Made to your size — Every panel is cut and finished to your dimensions. Tell us the finished size you need and how it is being fixed, and we will allow for hems and fixings correctly.
• Printed by dye-sublimation — Colour is transferred into the polyester fibre under heat, so the image becomes part of the cloth rather than a layer sitting on top of it.
• Finished and shipped — Hems, eyelets, pole pockets, silicone edge and other finishing are applied before your order is folded, boxed and dispatched worldwide.

Related specifications

This is the 280gsm version. The same specification is also made as Sponsor-Wall Blockout (250gsm) — the fabric, print method and finishing are identical across them, so the only decision is which size fits your setup.

Technical detail

What to expect from service life. Indoors and out of direct sun, printed polyester holds its appearance for five years or more. Outdoors, published ranges for dye-sublimated polyester run from roughly six to twenty-four months depending on how exposed the position is, with the shorter end applying in high-ultraviolet regions such as the Southwest, Florida and the Gulf Coast, and in coastal or high-wind locations. Sheltered and north-facing installations reach the longer end. Coated and tarpaulin-grade constructions extend beyond that band because the coating carries the UV load.

Best suited to

Indoor work where light control is the whole point — press walls, media and sponsor walls, stage backdrops, room dividers and hanging panels.

Also in this range

For flags and panels that should move in the air, our light knit range is the partner product; for illuminated display, see our backlit range.

Not sure which fabric is right? Order a free swatch pack and see the weight, texture and finish in your own hands before you commit to a full run.