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.
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