Well to be honest when I purchased this rug I specifically searched for rugs that said they were for the outdoors because I was concerned with them getting dry, brittle and most of all faded. Well they are not brittle, but extremely dry (and I used Scotch guard to protect them) the worst part is, within 4 months or even less, they were completely faded. The red strip around (which was main reason I picked this rug) was light orange within no time. They were not cheap so was a bit disappointed. Wish I had purchased the protection plan for these like I did all my furniture pieces. But since they specified for outdoors I guess I assumed they wouldn't fade, and especially in the amount of time they did fade:(