Wolf-Gordon Debuts New Bleach Cleanable Materials
Textural Updates to RAMPART and Upholstery

| New York, NY - July 29, 2020 | Wolf-Gordon has enhanced its product offering to meet the growing demand for materials that hold up to cleaning and disinfecting with a bleach solution. These new bleach-cleanable options join a growing offering of existing Wolf-Gordon products that can help prevent illness and reduce the risk of cross-contamination of infections in commercial facilities.

Products that are bleach cleanable are increasingly in demand. Their usage will go beyond healthcare environments, and into hospitality, institutional, and corporate interiors in the coming months and years.

- Marybeth Shaw, Chief Creative Officer, Marketing & Design

RAMPART®

Updates to the RAMPART wall protection line include a graphic interpretation of dry brush strokes, Glaze, which have been overlaid on its canvas-textured coordinate, Tamara. In addition, there are Absolute and Belgrade, two rich material looks that juxtapose an airy, fabric-inspired pattern with a travertine-like design.

RAMPART can be cleaned and disinfected with a 1:4 bleach/water solution, as well as with PeridoxRTU® and PREempt™ RTU, which are included on the EPA's List N of disinfectants that can be used against COVID-19. It passes both ASTM G21 and G22 tests for bacteria and fungus resistance, and has a proprietary topcoat that resists many stains including those common to healthcare interiors.

At wolfgordon.com, in addition to locating bleach cleanable upholstery textiles by selecting the Bleach Cleanable filter listed under “Performance” or looking for the Bleach Cleanability Icon, there are Lookbooks and News articles with links to product lists. Wolf-Gordon offers interior finishes across all product categories—and for all industries—that can be cleaned and disinfected with bleach solutions and other EPA-registered agents that help minimize the spread of COVID-19.

Upholstery Textiles

Nakata and Stroma are new upholstery textile launches born from an interest in the way replanting trees can benefit the environment as well as a macro- and microscopic look at greenery. Their constructions feature recycled content and excellent durability, with 61k and 51k double rubs on the Wyzenbeek scale respectively. Nakata is an abstraction stemming from an aerial view of fields, while Stroma is based on a microscopic view of wood, transformed into a highly textural mesh structure.

In order for a fabric to be considered bleach cleanable, it cannot weaken or fade when exposed to diluted bleach. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that a solution of 1 part household bleach (sodium hypochlorite) to 10 parts water (1:10) be used for disinfecting. Since bleach will degrade most dyes and weaken many of the yarns used for woven upholstery, textiles that use solution-dyed fibers work best. This is because the color pigments are integrated throughout the fiber, not just on the surface.

About Wolf-Gordon
Wolf-Gordon is an American design company offering designers a wide range of interior surfacing products united by the common qualities of excellent design and dependable performance. Founded in 1967 as a comprehensive source for wallcoverings, its product line has since added wall protection, upholstery textiles, paints, and Wink clear, dry-erase coating. Through its collaborations with leading national and international designers and in its Design Studio, Wolf-Gordon continues to develop new work that is provocative, inspiring, and of our time. Wolf-Gordon’s growing portfolio of licensed collections includes designs by Laurinda Spear, Karim Rashid, Petra Blaisse, Grethe Sørensen, Kevin Walz, Boym Partners, Frank Tjepkema, Mae Engelgeer and Aliki van der Kruijs. Wolf-Gordon account executives are based in all major markets in the United States.