What is Technical Textile? Textiles are divided into clothing, household fabrics, and technical textiles. Clothing and household fabrics (curtains, textile wallpaper, upholstery fabrics, carpet, and floor coverings) seem to be …
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What is Serviceability of Fabric? Serviceability is a relative term which is serviceable of performing useful service. Serviceability of a fabric is it’s length of life upto it’s end of …
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What is AQL in Apparel Industry? AQL is an abbreviation for Acceptable Quality Level or Acceptance Quality Level. AQL is one of the most used terms in the apparel industry when …
What is Chemical Spinning? Chemical spinning operations are generally used to make man made filament fibers to yarns by converting the fiber forming substance to a viscous fluid that is …
Acid washing: Pumice stones are first presoaked in a solution of a strong oxidising agent (either sodium hypochlorite (5–10%) or potassium permanganate (3–6%)) and are then applied to the garments …
Single Guide Bar Fabrics: Single guide bar fabrics are the simplest warp knitted fabrics, produced from one guide bar, usually by full threading. All yarns in such fabrics have the …
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Color Fastness to Rubbing / Crocking: Rubbing fastness means a change in color of the rubbed textile (by bleeding and fading). Crocking fastness is the migration of color from the …
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