Machine Made Outdoor Rugs made from DuraCord

Our Machine Made Outdoor Rugs are made by the famous Southport Outdoor Rugs company. These machine made rugs are truly special in the sense that they feature original colors, designs and materials. In addition to their unique style, they are constructed with the latest technology available in the industry. This enables us to bring you a quality rug at a fraction of the cost of a handmade rug.

Machine made rugs are woven on computer controlled power looms. Up to five colors of yarn are loaded on a rack (known as a creel). The computer selects the colors and places the yarns according to the design requirements.

The face side of this outdoor rugs is made from Weather Smart®. The back of this rug is 100% synthetic as well and there is no jute that can cause mildew. Other so called outdoor rugs have jute in them to give them stability and keep them square. We have replaced the jute with fibrillated polyester to give the rug stability while maintaining a 100% synthetic rug. There is nothing that can rot on the back side, and the face of the rug is soft to the toes with a cottony feel.

Machine made rugs are:

Less expensive to manufacture
Perfectly repeatable designs
Lighter in weight
Woven with a warp and weft
Warp (face) yarns are made for maximum softness of hand and excellent ultraviolet, stain, mold and mildew resistance
Weft (fill) yarns are fibrillated polyester for added strength and superior stability of size and shape

Southport Outdoor Rugs were developed using a new technology to make the yarns. This yarn is 100% synthetic, it is extruded using equipment that is capable of making it so fine that it is as soft as cotton. Other advancements in ultraviolet inhibitors insure that this new yarn is stable in the harsh outdoor environments. Weather Smart® is simply the softess!

A major difference in Weather Smart® yarns is the rich look that is achieved by elimination of the shine of the synthetic materials. Not only does it feel like cotton, it also looks like cotton. The color pigments used in Weather Smart® is extruded within the yarn. It is not a mere surface application that will fade over time.

Other outdoor carpets are often made from very course plastic yarns. These carpets are also usually lacking in design, reflective and shinny in color and meant to be used in glued down applications. They are very ruff and abrasive and therefore do not feel good to the touch.