Fabric Finishes –Adding Color, Design, and Finishes to Fabric Surfaces

Appearance Finishes

Dyeing – Different fibers require different typesCotton, rayon, linen, hemp use fiber reactive dyesWool, mohair, angora use acid dyes Silk dyed with fiber reactive or acid dyesSynthetic fibers dye depends on type of fiber

Appearance Finishes

Woodblock Printing Roller Printing Screen PrintingStenciling Wax

Performance Finishes

•Anti-Bacterial (Anti-Microbial)•Antifungal - Inhibits or kills fungi.   •Anti-Static

Performance Finishes

Durable Press Durable Water Repellent (DWR)

Encapsulation

Performance Finishes & Fabrics

Flame Resistant Flame Retardant

Performance FinishesMercerization

•Perspiration Resistant - A treatment on a fabric which allows a fabric or a dye to resist perspiration.

•Phase Change Materials

Performance Finishes & Fabrics

Repellency - The ability of a fabric to resist such things as wetting and staining by water, stains, soil, etc.

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Performance Finishes & Fabrics

Soil Release Some soil release finishes provide resistance to soiling as well as ease of soil removal.

Stain Repellent - Ability of fabric to resist wetting & staining by water.

Stain Resistance - A fiber or fabric property of resisting spots and stains.

Performance Finishes & Fabrics• Wind Resistant• Windproof - The ability of a

fabric to be non-permeable to wind and air. • Wrinkle Free - A resistant to

wrinkling created through the use of a variety of finishes and treatments.

Texture Finishes

• Abrasion Resistance• Brushing• Burn-out - A brocade-like pattern effect

created on fabric through application of chemical, instead of color, during the burn-out printing process.

Texture FinishesDotted SwissEmbossingFlocking

Texture Finishes

Metallic

Napped fabric

Texture FinishesNovelty Yarn - Yarn intentionally

produced to have special effect.Plissé - Lightweight, plain weave

characterized by a puckered striped effect, usually in the warp direction.

Texture Finishes

Seersucker - A woven fabric which incorporates modification of tension control.

Texture FinishesVelvet - A medium weight cut-pile constructed fabric in which the cut pile stands up very straight.