1.02 Fabric Finishes

A fabric or metal mesh screen is stretched on a frame and the design is traced onto the screen. The color is pressed through the screen onto the fabric. Need a separate screen for each color.

• Roller Printing

• Resist Printing

• Screen Printing

• Crease Printing

The trademark name of Lyocell. It is biodegradable, strong, very absorbent, but tends to wrinkle. Used in fabric blends for blouses, sport shirts, dresses, jackets, ... ect.

• Finishes

• Tencel

• Lyocell

• Bleaching

Prevents fabrics from clinging.

• Printing

• Weighting

• Biocotton

• Antistatic

Produces a raised, fuzzy fabric surface by pulling up fiber ends. Nap appears different when the fabric is viewed from various directions because fiber ends lying at diverse angles reflect different amounts of light.

• Napping

• Printing

• Sizing

• Bleaching

Provides extra body and weight to fabric with a starch solution. Usually only a temporary finish.

• Weighting

• Sizing

• Napping

• Printing

A finish applied to fabrics to increase performance.

• Performance Finish

• Mildew Resistance

• Body Imaging/Scanning

• Discharge PRinting

An assurance that the fabric will not shrink more than one percent in washing. Used on washable wool fabric. If a fabric is preshrunk, then some shrinkage process has been applied.

• Crease Resistance

• Rotary Screen Printing

• Screen Printing

• Shrinkage (sanforizing)

A raised surface of loops or yarn ends.

• Printing

• Pile

• Sizing

• Dyes

A chemical process that removes any natural color from fibers or fabrics. Done to create whites or remove impurities.

• Printing

• Weighting

• Bleaching

• Finishes

Yarns are dyed before they are woven or knitted into fabric. This method is used for plaids, checks, and stripes.

• Finishes

• Yarn-Dyed

• Fiber/Stock Dyed

• Piece Dyed