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2. Bluing (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Laundry bluing kit from France, with the bluing pellets. White fabrics acquire a slight color cast after use (usually grey or yellow).Since blue and yellow are complementary colors in the subtractive color model of color perception, adding a trace of blue color to the slightly off-white color of these fabrics makes them appear whiter.

3. Stripping (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Stripping is a method of reprocessing employed in the textile industry, wherein the removal of color from fabric becomes essential during the dyeing process. This approach can be employed to rectify any complications encountered during the dyeing process or to alter the color of surplus fabric for subsequent utilization.

4. Colour Catcher - Wikipedia

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   It is sold in packets of 10-20 paper-like sheets that are intended to absorb the excess dyes released during the washing process by garments. There are several other products that are named Colour Catcher, including an oxi-action stain remover and a sheet that is claimed to restore and maintains clothes' whiteness. [6] [better source needed]

5. 11 Things You Can Clean With a Magic Eraser—and 6 You Can't ...

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   Lint creeps into all of our homes, making appearances on our clothes, couches, rugs, and blankets. As it turns out, a Magic Eraser is a surprising fix for lint removal.

6. Fabric treatment - Wikipedia

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   Fabric. Fabric treatments are processes that make fabric softer, or water resistant, or enhance dye penetration after they are woven. [1] Fabric treatments get applied when the textile itself cannot add other properties. [2] Treatments include, scrim, foam lamination, fabric protector or stain repellent, anti microbial and flame retardant. [2]

7. Finishing (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Textile finishing machinery, Red Bridge Mills, Ainsworth, 1983 In textile manufacturing, finishing refers to the processes that convert the woven or knitted cloth into a usable material and more specifically to any process performed after dyeing the yarn or fabric to improve the look, performance, or "hand" (feel) of the finish textile or clothing.