Custom Printed Oxford Woven Polyester Fabric — Durable Banners & Backdrops
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Custom Printed Oxford Woven Polyester Fabric — Durable Banners & Backdrops — made to your size in a choice of 7 fabrics, from 150gsm to 240gsm.
This product is offered across more than one fabric because the right answer depends on where the panel is going and how long it needs to last. The table below sets every option side by side on the specifications that actually decide the choice — weight, opacity, finish and weather behaviour — so you can compare them directly rather than opening a page for each one.
Best for
- Fence and perimeter banners
- Construction site hoarding
- Scaffolding and building wraps
- Outdoor trade-show banners
- Stadium and sports banners
Fabric options compared
| Specification | Standard Outdoor Banner — 210D | Sports & Stadium Banner — 240gsm (450D HD) | Trade Show Banner — 300D (Wrinkle-Resistant) | Fire-Safe Stage Banner — 300D (Fire-Rated B1) | Hi-Vis Construction Banner — 300D (Orange) | Hi-Vis Construction Banner — 300D (Yellow) | Eco Fire-Safe Banner — 300D (RPET FR B1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material & construction | Basket-weave (Oxford) polyester, high-denier yarn | Basket-weave (Oxford) polyester, high-denier yarn | Basket-weave (Oxford) polyester, high-denier yarn | Basket-weave (Oxford) polyester, high-denier yarn | High-density Oxford weave on a fluorescent dyed base | High-density Oxford weave on a fluorescent dyed base | Basket-weave (Oxford) polyester, high-denier yarn |
| Yarn denier | 210D | 450D | 300D | 300D | 300D | 300D | 300D |
| Fabric weight | 150 gsm | 240 gsm | 185 gsm | 185 gsm | 190 gsm | 190 gsm | 240 gsm |
| Print method | Dye-sublimation | Dye-sublimation | Dye-sublimation | Dye-sublimation | Dye-sublimation | Dye-sublimation | Dye-sublimation |
| Print sides | Single/Double | Single/Double | Single/Double | Single/Double | Single | Single | Single/Double |
| Opacity | Opaque | Opaque | Opaque | Opaque | Opaque, fluorescent | Opaque, fluorescent | Opaque |
| Finish & feel | Firm woven surface with a fine basket texture | Firm woven surface with a fine basket texture | Firm woven surface with a fine basket texture | Firm woven surface with a fine basket texture | Firm woven surface, high-chroma fluorescent ground | Firm woven surface, high-chroma fluorescent ground | Firm woven surface with a fine basket texture |
| Wind & breathability | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions | Holds form under load; we vent or mesh-panel large spans for exposed positions |
| Water resistance | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant | Sheds light rain; hems and eyelets are stitched, so we specify this as water-resistant |
| Recommended finishing | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, pole pockets, rope tunnels | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, pole pockets, rope tunnels | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, pole pockets, rope tunnels | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, pole pockets, rope tunnels | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, tension straps | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, tension straps | Welded or sewn hems, reinforced corners, brass eyelets, pole pockets, rope tunnels |
| Care | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding | Sponge clean with mild detergent and cool water; air dry fully before folding |
Which fabric should you choose?
- Standard Outdoor Banner — 210D — The outdoor workhorse — a dense basket weave that takes weather, handling and tension in its stride.
- Sports & Stadium Banner — 240gsm (450D HD) — The outdoor workhorse — a dense basket weave that takes weather, handling and tension in its stride.
- Trade Show Banner — 300D (Wrinkle-Resistant) — The outdoor workhorse — a dense basket weave that takes weather, handling and tension in its stride.
- Fire-Safe Stage Banner — 300D (Fire-Rated B1) — The outdoor workhorse — a dense basket weave that takes weather, handling and tension in its stride.
- Hi-Vis Construction Banner — 300D (Orange) — Oxford durability on a fluorescent ground — built for sites where being seen is the job.
- Hi-Vis Construction Banner — 300D (Yellow) — Oxford durability on a fluorescent ground — built for sites where being seen is the job.
- Eco Fire-Safe Banner — 300D (RPET FR B1) — The outdoor workhorse — a dense basket weave that takes weather, handling and tension in its stride.
Key advantages
- One product, 7 fabric specifications — compare and choose without leaving the page
- Dense weave holds its shape under tension instead of stretching out at the fixing points
- Substantially more abrasion and handling tolerance than knitted alternatives
- Opaque body keeps artwork clean and readable without a ghost image on the reverse
- Takes eyelets and reinforced webbing well, so it survives repeated tie-down cycles
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
Closely related products in this range include 165gsm 300D Woven Polyester, 210D Oxford Polyester, 300D Wrinkle-Resistant Polyester, and 2 more. They share this fabric and finish, so the choice comes down to format and size.
Technical detail
Reading denier and fabric weight together. Denier describes the yarn: grams per 9,000 metres of a single filament. Fabric weight in g/m² describes the finished cloth, and it is set by denier, thread density and any coating. The two do not convert into one another. Published manufacturer ranges for Oxford-weave polyester run roughly 70-150 g/m² at 210D, 130-250 g/m² at 300D, 150-250 g/m² at 450D and 180-550 g/m² at 600D, the upper end of that last band being PVC and tarpaulin-grade builds. Coating accounts for much of the spread, which is why a higher denier is not automatically a heavier cloth.
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
Outdoor installations that stay up through a season and take real handling — fence lines, site hoarding, scaffold and building wraps, and outdoor trade-show banners.
Also in this range
For soft draped décor, our knit and satin ranges fall into fluid folds; for very exposed spans, our vented mesh sheds the wind load.
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.