Soft-Touch Media Backdrop (130gsm Peach)

Soft-Touch Media Backdrop (130gsm Peach) — Brushed to a soft peach-skin nap — the warmest hand in the range, specified for event backdrops.

Peach skin is a mechanical finish rather than a weave. The surface is lightly brushed to raise a very short, dense nap, which is what gives it the soft dry touch the name describes. That nap also scatters light, so the fabric photographs with a gentle matte quality and no reflection at all — genuinely useful behind a camera.

An event backdrop has two jobs that pull in different directions: it has to look immaculate to the eye in the room, and it has to photograph cleanly under whatever lighting the venue and the press bring with them. Fabric wins over rigid panels here because it ships rolled, sets up in minutes and does not reflect.

Best for

• Conference and keynote stages
• Gala and fundraiser backdrops
• Photo and step-and-repeat walls
• Registration and welcome walls
• Portable pop-up backdrops

Key advantages

• Brushed nap gives a soft, warm hand that feels considerably more expensive than it is
• Completely matte surface — no reflection or hotspots under photographic lighting
• Colour reads soft and slightly muted, which flatters portrait and product photography
• Drapes with a gentle weight that hangs straight without looking stiff
• Machine washable, so it survives repeated studio and event use

Specifications

Choosing the right specification

If cameras will be present, opacity matters more than weight. A semi-sheer cloth with a lit wall behind it will show every shadow and cable run once a flash fires. Choose a blockout or a heavy soft knit for anything being photographed, and hang it with enough height above the frame that the top hem falls outside the shot.

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 130gsm version. Other sizes and weights in the same fabric are made to order — tell us the finished dimensions you need and we will quote them.

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

Photography and studio work, and any indoor setting that calls for a soft, completely matte surface — media backdrops, wall hangings and window drapes.

Also in this range

For outdoor and high-traffic positions, our smooth knit and coated ranges wipe clean and handle the weather.

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.