Silk coated and/or infused performance materials and apparel, and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, leather, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of recombinant silk-based protein fragments, such as recombinant spider silk-based protein fragments, having low, medium, and/or high molecular weight in various ratios.
