Polyester Mesh Fabric for Shoe Lamination Bolt Mesh circular knitted fabric — everything a bulk buyer needs on GSM, meters/kg, price and where it's used.

If you manufacture shoes, bags, or laminated fabrics, the lining you choose quietly decides how your final product looks, breathes, and lasts.

One of the most dependable, cost-effective options in this space is circular knitted polyester mesh fabric — known in the trade as Bolt Mesh. This guide breaks down what it is, how it's specified, what it costs, and where it's used well beyond footwear.

01What Is Bolt Mesh Circular Knitted Fabric?

Bolt Mesh is a 100% polyester, circular knitted mesh fabric engineered as a backing and lining material for lamination. The open, uniform mesh structure is what makes it useful: it bonds cleanly to foam and face fabrics, allows breathability, and adds structure without adding weight.

Because it's knitted in a continuous circular tube rather than woven flat, the fabric has a slight natural stretch, consistent loop formation, and no woven selvedge waste — all of which matter when it's fed into a lamination line at scale.

02The "3 Meter" & "3.5 Meter" Quality

Why bulk buyers talk in meters per kilogram — and how to choose.

Buyers of mesh and lining fabrics rarely talk in GSM alone — the trade language is meters per kilogram. This is simply how many running meters you get from one kilogram, and it's a direct proxy for how light or heavy (and therefore how dense) the fabric is.

03Price

Since the material is priced and sold per kilogram, your effective cost per meter simply depends on which quality you pick — the 3.5 m/kg quality stretches further per kg. For current stock position, roll sizes, and dispatch timelines, call Mr. Tilak Raj Gupta — 9416100913 / 9812080940.

04Primary Use: Shoe Lamination

Upper & inner lining — where the fabric earns its name.

In footwear, the fabric is used as the laminating backing for shoe uppers and inner linings, serving several purposes at once:

• Bonding base — laminates cleanly to foam and face materials to create composite shoe-upper fabric.
• Breathability — the mesh structure lets the shoe breathe rather than trapping heat.
• Structure without weight — adds dimensional stability to the upper without making the shoe heavy.
• Comfort lining — as an inner lining, it gives a smoother contact surface against the foot.

Solid black, navy, and grey are the workhorse shades here — they disappear into almost any shoe design and suit sports shoes, casual shoes, sandals, and safety footwear alike.

05Beyond Footwear: Other Uses

Why this fabric is such a safe stock item to keep on hand.

Any application that needs a light, breathable, laminatable, or lining-grade mesh is a candidate:

• Bags & luggage lining — backpacks, trolley bags, laptop bags and school bags use mesh lining in exactly these shades and qualities.
• Lamination & foam bonding — a backing base for foam-laminated fabrics in furniture, automotive trim and seat covers.
• Caps & headwear — inner lining for caps and sports headwear.
• Sportswear backing — a breathable backing or mesh panel in activewear.
• Sports & gym kit — gym bags, kit bags and equipment padding.
• Storage & utility — laundry bags, storage pouches and packaging linings.

This versatility means the same roll that goes into a shoe factory can just as easily go into a bag manufacturer's line — which is why buyers across industries keep it on standing order.