A Guide to Textile and Clothing
A Guide to Textile and Clothing
Introduction Colorfastness is a term used in the dyeing of textile materials color to fading or running. The term is usually used in the contact of clothes. In general, clothing should be tested for colorfastness before using bleach or other cleaning product. Lightfastness, wash fastness and perspiration fastness are the main ones that are standardized[…]
Definition of Pilling Pilling is a fabric surface fault characterized by little ‘pills’ of entangled fibre clinging to the cloth surface and giving the garment an unsightly appearance. It is bunches or balls of tangled fibres which are held to the surface of a fabric by one or more fibres. The pills are formed during[…]
Treating fabrics to withstand water. Proofing against water. The acts of making fabrics impervious to water with use of substances like rubber etc. Methods of impregnating or coating fabrics with substances like oil, wax, rubber, resin etc. Water-Proof Fabric Fabric where in the pores, the open spaces between warp and weft yarns and also between[…]
To identify the cotton fibre a number of test methods can be applied. The methods stated below are most commonly exercised: Burn Test The burn test is a quick way to determine the fibre content of a fabric. It is so simple that an inexperienced person can still determine the difference between many fibres to narrow the[…]
Definition of Inspection and Testing In order to maintain the required quality in the product it is necessary to have a well-defined quality control system to validate the quality of the various materials purchased and produced. Quality control is done through inspections and testing. Inspection Inspection is the process of visual identification of defects or[…]
Definition Sample is a product which represents a group of product or lot or batch, in order to assess their quality, style or design or any other characteristic of the product. Based on the samples, the buyer will give approval or comments for any alteration in design or style or quality. Samples will reflect the[…]
