50/50 Hair & Fibre Mix

🐴 50/50 Hair & Coir Blend – Traditional Upholstery Filling

A carefully balanced 50/50 mix of natural animal hair (horse & hog) and coir fibre – this carded blend offers the best of both worlds. It’s softer than pure coir but firmer and more structured than 100% animal hair, making it a superb choice for traditional upholstery work.

👉 All prices include VAT.

£69.99£170.99

£69.99£170.99

Description

🐴 50/50 Hair & Coir Blend – Traditional Upholstery Filling for Authentic Comfort

Looking to restore furniture the proper way? This classic 50/50 Hair & Fibre Mix (horse & hog) and natural coir fibre delivers a perfect balance of firmness, spring, and breathability. Carded and blended for consistency, it’s an ideal stuffing for those wanting a more structured feel than pure hair, but softer and more pliable than 100% coir.

This blend has long been a favourite with professional upholsterers, antique restorers, and furniture makers who want authenticity without compromise.


✅ Key Features

  • Traditional Fill Material – Trusted by upholsterers for generations

  • Balanced Comfort – Coarser than 100% hair, but softer than pure coir

  • Excellent Support – Ideal for areas that need structure and resilience

  • Carded Consistency – Easy to work with, evenly mixed for clean stuffing

  • Breathable & Resilient – Keeps its shape and resists moisture build-up

  • Natural & Sustainable – Fully biodegradable, no synthetics added


🪑 Best Used For:

This hair and coir blend is especially well-suited for:

  • 🔹 Seat pads – Firm yet forgiving

  • 🔹 Back cushions – Great spring and resilience

  • 🔹 Arm padding – Soft to the touch with natural give

  • 🔹 Traditional and antique furniture restoration

  • 🔹 High-end custom upholstery work


🧵 How It Compares:

Material Feel Structure Breathability
100% Animal Hair Soft & springy Medium High
50/50 Hair & Coir Firm but flexible High High
100% Coir Firm & coarse Very high High

This 50/50 blend gives you the sweet spot – structure where it’s needed, comfort where it counts.


♻️ Natural, Ethical & Sustainable

Made using reclaimed hog and horse hair and coir fibres from coconut husks, this blend is entirely natural and biodegradable. No chemicals. No synthetics. Just proper materials that stand the test of time – the way it used to be done.


📦 Supplied As:

Available in loose carded bales or compacted packs – easy to pull, tease, and stuff into shape. Perfect for both hand-stitched and machine-stuffed upholstery projects.

Need help calculating quantities for your project? Give our team a bell – we’ll talk you through it.


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🔗 Related Tools & Accessories

🧩 Complete your traditional upholstery project with the tools professionals trust — designed for precise shaping, stuffing, and securing of natural fillings.

🧰 Make the most of your 50/50 Hair & Fibre Mix with the right tools for the job. Our full range of Upholstery Tools & Equipment helps you achieve clean, accurate results when working with natural and blended upholstery materials.

🔪 For trimming hessian, scrim, or support layers before stuffing, explore our Knives & Foam Cutters — ideal for preparing fabrics and forming tight, even edges.

🔫 When securing webbing, base cloth, or top coverings, our Pneumatic Staple Guns & Tackers make fixing materials fast, tidy, and professional-looking.

💡 Designed for both DIY upholsterers and trade professionals, our upholstery tools and accessories make stuffing, shaping, and finishing traditional fillings simple, consistent, and reliable.

All prices include VAT.

Additional information

Size

10kg, 3.25kg

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