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| x Dyeing |
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After the fabric has reached a satisfactory state of finish it is
either dyed or printed. Dyeing is a simple process. Usually the color
dye is mixed with water in the proportions desired and the cloth is
permitted to soak in this solution. Dyeing is...
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| x Fulling |
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Fulling or tucking or walking ("waulking" in Scotland) is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker. The worker who does the job is a...
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| x Carding |
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Carding is a mechanical process that breaks up locks and unorganized clumps of fibre and then aligns the individual fibres so that they are more or less parallel with each other. These ordered fibres can then be passed on to other processes that are...
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| x Textile bleaching |
Bleaching is then necessary to give the clean white appearance to
the cloth. Cotton is ordinarily bleached by using a solution of cloride
of lime. Linen comes off the loom much darker than cotton
and requires more time and care to bleach. Grass...
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| x Woodblock printing |
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Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.
As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest...
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| x Textile printing |
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The cloth to be printed is run through a
printing machine the rollers of which are engraved with the design to
be transferred to the fabric. There is a different roller for each
color used. Illustration XVII-12 is typical of the printed materials...
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| x Machine embroidery |
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Machine embroidery is now so heavily utilized for product branding, corporate advertising, uniform adornment and also for personal sewing and craft projects by hobbyists that the word "embroidery" is now generally more readily associated with forms...
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| x Batik |
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Batik (Javanese pronunciation: [ˈbateʔ]; Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈbaːtik]; English: /ˈbætɪk/ or /bəˈtiːk/) is a cloth which traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Due to modern advances in the textile industry, the term has been...
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| x Mercerizing |
Named after an English textile manufacturer who invented the process of strengthening a material, namely cotton, by treating with a substance that will give the material strength and in some cases lends a silky appearance.
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| x Suede |
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Suede is a type of leather with a napped finish. However, it can also refer to a similar napped or brushed finish on many kinds of fabrics. The term comes from the French "gants de Suède", which literally means "gloves of Sweden".
Suede leather is...
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| x Sizing |
Sizing or size is any one of numerous specific substances that is applied to or incorporated in other material, especially papers and textiles, as a protecting filler or glaze. Sizing is used in papermaking and textile manufacturing to change the...
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| x Calendaring |
The process of pressing fabric between rollers
or plates to smooth and glaze.
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| x Waterproofing |
Waterproof or water-resistant describes objects unaffected by water or resisting water passage, or which are covered with a material that resists or does not allow water passage. Such items may be used in wet environments or under water....
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| x Combs |
Combing is a method for preparing fiber for spinning by use of combs. The combs used have long metal teeth, and only barely resemble the comb used on hair. However, they are used in a similar fashion with one comb holding the fiber while the other...
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| x Acid Finish | ||
| x Moire |
A finish that gives to silk an attractive, watered effect.
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| x Felting | ||
