Cross-back moulded stool
Cross backs are the cheapest way to make a one-piece shell look designed, and the cheapest way to break one, because the intersection is where a moulded shell cracks.
| Seat | Moulded, one piece |
|---|---|
| Back | Cross pattern |
| Arms | None |
| Swivel | No |
| Colours | Black / white, plain or striped |
| Terms | EXW Foshan or DDP to your address |
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Where a cross back fails
Cutting a cross into a moulded shell removes material exactly where the back needs stiffness, and the load from a guest leaning back concentrates at the intersection. On a stool that is injection moulded in one piece with a thickened rib behind the cross, it holds; on one where the pattern is simply cut out of a flat panel, it cracks at the centre within a season of heavy use.
The way to tell them apart before ordering is to press the back with a thumb. Shells with a rib behind them do not flex; a plain cut-out panel does.
Polypropylene in a bar
The material is chosen for two reasons: it does not absorb anything, and it can be washed outside with a hose. Both matter on a floor where the seats are cleared every night and the room is cleaned down in twenty minutes.
What it cannot do is take heat. Left against a radiator or stored beside a kitchen pass, the shell will soften and lose its shape, which is worth knowing before forty of them are stacked in a warm back corridor.
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