Fabric Types - Control - Quality - Cleaning

Fabrics Fabrics Types Types Control Control Quality Quality Cleaning Cleaning Fabric Fabric  Definition Definition  Fabric or cloth is a flexible artificial material that is Fabric or cloth is a flexible artificial material that is made by a network of natural or artificial fibers. made by a network of natural or artificial fibers.  Example: The example is thread or yarn which is Example: The example is thread or yarn which is formed by weaving or knitting as in textiles. Cloth is formed by weaving or knitting as in textiles. Cloth is mostly used in the manufacturing of clothing and mostly used in the manufacturing of clothing and household furnishings etc. household furnishings etc. A small fabric shop [...]... it How to control fabric quality Fabric Quality Inspection:  Fabric Quality Inspection:  The quality of a final garment depends on the quality of a fabric when it is received as a roll Even the most outstanding manufacturing methods cannot compensate for defective materials We inspect 10% of the rolls and evaluate them based on a four-point system This way, we can avoid fabric related quality problems... textile is enough to split the fabric Finally, many textiles shrink and distort as they dry Fabric Cleaning  Dry cleaning  Dry cleaning is generally only used for oil stains, as it is a very stressful process of the textile Commercial dry cleaners should never be used, as the chemicals used in the process are too strong for old fabrics to withstand without damage If dry cleaning is absolutely necessary,... as polyamides How to control fabric pilling  Pilling happens because of rubbing or abrasion of the fabric during normal wear and use You'll find pilling most often on man-made fibers particularly polyester and polyester blends  Pilling occurs during wearing or washing when groups of short or broken fibers on the surface of the fabric become tangled together in a tiny ball - a pill  Prevent Pilling... on the fibers which heat, water and agitation cause to stick together  Other fabrics are stretched by mechanical forces during production, and can shrink slightly when heated (though to a lesser degree than wool)  Some clothes are "pre-shrunk" to avoid this problem  Pre-Shrinking  Pre-shirking is needed almost on all fabrics because most textile materials shrink when washed However preshrinking... also pull the fabric taut over a curved surface and carefully cut off the pill with scissors or shave the fabric surface with a safety razor You must be extremely careful and weigh the value of the garment before tackling the job! How to control fabric shrinkage  Shrinkage is the process in which a fabric becomes smaller than its original size, usually through the process of laundry  Causes  For wool... before adding garments  Line dry woven fabrics Dry knitted garments on a flat surface If using the dryer, remove as soon as possible to lessen abrasion from other fabrics  Remove Pilling  One of the most effective ways to remove pills is to use a fabric comb or a battery operated pill remover that shaves the pills from the surface of the garment You can also pull the fabric taut over a curved surface... especially in regard to cotton linens such as bed sheets, and has been known to be used in the classification of towels Thread count is often used as a measure of fabric quality, so that:  “Standard" cotton thread counts are around 150  good -quality sheets start at 180 and a count of 200 or higher is considered percale  Some, but not all, of the extremely high thread counts (typically over 500) tend... threads) For marketing purposes, a fabric with 250 two-ply yarns in both the vertical and horizontal direction could have the component threads counted to a 1000 thread count  According to the National Textile Association (NTA), which cites the international standards group ASTM, accepted industry practice is to count each thread as one, even threads spun as two- or three-ply yarn Image showing how to... Criteria and Calculation:   40 points per 100 yards is the acceptable defect rate # of Points per 100 yds = # of penalty points x 100 Yds inspected Fabric Cleaning  Vacuuming  One of the safest and easiest ways to clean textiles is to vacuum them The fabric is placed on a clean, flat work surface If the specimen is particularly delicate, or simply as a precaution, a fiberglass screen edged with twill... garment is damp and allow it to dry that way, rather than subject it to the added stress of ironing Fabric Thread Count  Thread count or threads per inch (TPI) is a measure of the     coarseness or fineness of fabric It is measured by counting the number of threads contained in one square inch of fabric or one square centimeter, including both the length (warp) and width (weft) threads The thread . Fabrics Fabrics Types Types Control Control Quality Quality Cleaning Cleaning Fabric Fabric  Definition Definition  Fabric or cloth is a flexible artificial material that is Fabric. it. How to control fabric quality How to control fabric quality  Fabric Quality Inspection: Fabric Quality Inspection:  The quality of a final garment depends on the quality of a fabric when. job! How to control fabric shrinkage How to control fabric shrinkage  Shrinkage Shrinkage is the process in which a fabric becomes smaller than its original is the process in which a fabric becomes