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Wrinkle-resistant or permanent press or durable press is a finishing method for textiles that avoids creases and wrinkles and provides a better appearance for the articles. Most cellulosic fabrics and blends of cellulosic-rich fabrics tend to crease or wrinkle. A durable press finish makes them dimensionally stable and crease-free.
Wrinkle-resistant finish is a finish that capacitates treated fabric with wrinkle resistant. [38] Deweighting, or weight reduction, is a treatment for polyester to make it like silk. The treatment peels the surface and reduces the fiber weight and strength while making them softer and finer.
Fluorine-containing durable water repellent makes a fabric water-resistant. Chemical finishing of textiles refers to the process of applying and treating textiles with a variety of chemicals in order to achieve desired functional and aesthetic properties.
Benerito found a way to chemically treat the surface of cotton that led not only to wrinkle-resistant fabric but also to stain- and flame-resistant fabrics. The invention was said to have "saved the cotton industry." [10] [11] While she is publicly credited for the invention of wrinkle-free fiber, she did not believe she singlehandedly invented it.
Crease-resist finish or "wash-and-wear" or "wrinkle-free" finishes are achieved by the addition of a chemical resin finish that makes the fiber take on a quality similar to that of synthetic fibers. Anti-microbial finish causes the fabric to inhibit the growth of microbes. The humid and warm environment found in textile fibers encourages the ...
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.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle Booksellers talk about “handselling” a book, which means putting a title they love into the hands of readers and explaining why they have to read such ...
Permanent press clothing was developed to reduce the ironing necessary by combining wrinkle-resistant polyester with cotton. [3] The first known use of heated metal to "iron" clothes is known to have occurred in China. [4] The electric iron was invented in 1882, by Henry W. Seely.