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2. Waxed cotton - Wikipedia

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   Waxed cotton is cotton impregnated with a paraffin or natural beeswax based wax, woven into or applied to the cloth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Popular from the 1920s to the mid-1950s, the product, which developed from the sailing industry in England and Scotland , became commonly used for waterproofing .

3. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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   A spool of 30/3 thread has a single's equivalent of 10, because a single strand or ply of that thread has a cotton count size of 10. A 20/2 spool has the same single's equivalent as a 30/3, but a 30/2 spool has a single's equivalent of 15, which means it is composed of individually heavier plies than a 30/3.

4. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   Eisengarn, meaning "iron yarn" in English, is a light-reflecting, strong, waxed-cotton thread. It is made by soaking cotton threads in a starch, paraffin wax solution. The threads are then stretched and polished. The end result of the process is a lustrous, tear-resistant yarn which is extremely hardwearing.

5. Eisengarn - Wikipedia

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   A Marcel Breuer chair, with Grete Reichardt's 'eisengarn' fabric, 1927. Eisengarn, meaning "iron yarn" in English, is a light-reflecting, strong, waxed-cotton thread. It was invented and manufactured in Germany in the mid-19th century, but owes its modern renown [1] to its use in cloth woven for the tubular-steel chairs designed by Marcel Breuer while he was a teacher at the Bauhaus design school.

6. Mercerisation - Wikipedia

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   Mercerized cotton yarn reels Spool of a two-ply mercerized cotton thread with a polyester core. Mercerisation is a textile finishing treatment for cellulose fabric and yarn , mainly cotton and flax , which improves dye uptake and tear strength , reduces fabric shrinkage , and imparts a silk -like luster .

7. Cord (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   In sewing, cord is a trimming made by twisting or plying two or more strands of yarn together. [1] Cord is used in a number of textile arts including dressmaking, upholstery, macramé, and couching. Soft cotton cord forms the filling for piping. [2] A type of cord, ordinarily being used as a decoration for a peaked cap.