This newly arrived color, the Standard Collection Sand, stylishly decorates this Panamanian beach home reducing light, glare, and most importantly the cooling bill while maintaining a view.
Roller Blinds in Standard Collection - Sand
This blinds install in Coco del Mar, a beautiful coastal neighborhood in Panama City highlights one particular effect of screen material, and as such the roller shade product:
Without Rollers @ 10:30 AM: notice the shadows and sunlight reflected on the floor
After installing the roller shades, look to see if you notice the reduction in direct sunlight into the room. Note the same floor area that was shown before, see if you notice what is missing.
With Roller Shades @ 12 PM: Note the lack of any shadows, bright sun reflection on the floor, yet how much visibility there is to the outside
The fabric used in this install was the Standard Collection Dark Bronze, which is a mid-high efficiency sun control fabric with excellent visibility. In fact, many people who look at the second photo might not even realize they have shades.
But most important of all is something that many people who look at sun control screen fabric falsely assume- that screening fabric is not adequate enough in reducing light and heat. It does, and it does it amazingly well, while maintaing a large part of the visibility to the exterior.
I liked this picture!
I have to say that the Panamanian economy does surprise me in its robustness. Im simply not seeing any of the consumer frugality and panic that I’m reading about elsewhere.
I think the canal, the colon free trade zone and our economy’s reliance on exporting raw materials will keep us in good hands. This is a good sign for those of us in the blind business, and in the any business in this great country.
Thanks to our initial success we’ve putting together a line of drapery products for sale to our customers. Drapes and curtainry and important to the finish of a window treatment that includes blinds that it’d be silly for us not to offer it.
Blinds often tend to provide the function, the bulk, the body, while drapes and side panels can act as a point of accent either with colors, patterns or textures that blinds might not be apt to possess. We’re going to be starting with an offering of basic solids, sheers and curtain blackout and see where it all takes us.
Keep watch on the catalog page for the product addition.
Well, as any of you who have visited the frontpage, the main purpose of the website is to offer blinds in the still-hot, recession-proof market of Panama. Yes, Chavez pissing off any Venezuelan with money, being a major trade hub and a 5.2 billion canal expansion project will do that. Ain’t it sweet?
Anyways, due to the dreary politics of international banking in which Panama acts as a safe haven for people wanting to keep their money anonymous and safe and that the United States simply doesn’t like it when anyone messes with their dominance in “their” hemisphere- or that anyone dare challenge Miami as the trade or financial capital of Latin America…. Panama has found itself on somewhat of a banking blacklist. Typical fare.
What does this mean to web shop owners who want to do business with bank accounts here? Nobody wants to or can do business with you. Not sure which of the two it is, to be honest.
Persianamania currently works by making appointments and doing in person transactions, direct bank transfers and lastly we have a relationship with the well-known 2CheckOut where they are an actual reseller of our product and the payment is done between the customer and 2CO directly, at the exact same price they’d get in person, of course, but the customer nonetheless has to leave the site. The issue with this is that it can be discomforting to people not expecting it, and could lead to sale loss due to this mistrust. This conversion hurdle is why I’ve been looking at Ms. Merchant Account as another alternative for my customers to 2CO. In addition to on-site card processing they do international and overseas merchant accounts, and so far the processing rates don’t seem to be exhorbitant, but I simply need one answer: Will they take my good and honest blinds business from Panama? We’ll find out soon enough.
Uno. SUN CONTROL SCREEN
Sun Control Screens are considered the most industrial product of the screen family. of all of the selections, as they are made with energy efficiency and durability in mind. While manufacturers have found ways to make these blinds in a variety of designer colors, they are a function first item in that they are the most efficient in cutting glare, reflecting the sun and keeping UV rays and heat out while still letting some degree of light to filter through.
Main Features of Sun Control Screen:
a. Durable: most durable of all screens. easy to clean.
b. Energy efficiency: made with temperature control in mind.
c. Filtration: Weave designs are focused on allowing controlled light filtration for optimal working and living spaces.
d. Due to the inherent fire retardancy of the vinyl coating, a solar screen will never help a fire spread.
e. Most solar screen offers privacy during the day.
f. Solar screens also act as insect mesh.
There are three common compositions of Sun Control Screens:
A1. Polyester Coated with PVC:
An inner polyester cord provides color to the weave, while a vinyl coat acts as a reflective property and protects the inner coloring, allowing you to clean any stains easily with a mild soapy solution without the worry of having the color fade or the weave crumple. The marriage between PVC and Polyester is the reason the sun control screen is the most durable of all screening material. Note that some manufacturers may add materials to increase efficiency and function, check with your local blinds provider.
A2. Fiberglass coated with PVC:
Take what I said about Polyester coated with PVC and apply it to Fiberglass. Some folk tend to shy away from Fiberglass due to its toxic nature, but note that since the weave is coated with PVC, the material would only become toxic if burnt.
A3. Any of the above, with an aluminum backing:
An efficiency step forward that is seen from several solar screen manufacturers is aluminum backing. While this relatively new technology is quite expensive, it squeezes out a bit more efficiency out of your blind as the aluminum backing repels more of the sun’s rays.
Dos. PRIVACY SCREENS
Privacy Screens provide can provide near equal solar protection to solar screens, except for one big difference: durability. Privacy Screens can be made of a variety of natural and synthetic materials: Fiberglass, Polyester, Cotton, Linen and many other materials. They are more apt for home use for some simple concern, they are not easy to maintain and their composition can affect their useful life. As such manufacturers to offer Privacy Screens in decorative and designer colors, which often gives them a softer look than sun control screens. Privacy Screens, depending on the material, can be very tough to clean once given a nasty stain.
Today Persianamania joins the set web trend of Blogging. Blogging allows for easy content management and its dispersion and such we will be taking full advantage of the technology.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Mitch, and I am the Manager and Owner of Persianamania.com- I have formal training in Information Technology but have worked prior to this venture as General Manager of an unnamed Blind factory here in Panama for nearly 4 years.
Expect detailed descriptions of new blind products, new product lines, and new blinds options here at Persianamania.com but also expect some insider information on the blind market as it evolves and new blinds and blind components come out that force the persiana marketplace to evolve. Additionally, expect installation and measurement anecdotes that might give you a heads up as to what to do or what to avoid, information about the Panamanian market, or even random musing from myself in related fields.