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2. Fabric softener - Wikipedia

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   Fabric softeners impart anti-static properties to fabrics, and thus prevent the build-up of electrostatic charges on synthetic fibers, which in turn eliminates fabric cling during handling and wearing, crackling noises, and dust attraction. Also, fabric softeners make fabrics easier to iron and help reduce wrinkles in garments.

3. Fabric treatment - Wikipedia

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   softener. Cationic softener is a fabric softening composition, which include fatty alkyl sorbitan ester component. [5] The fabric softening composition work effectively under the temperature at around 50 to 100 degree Celsius. [5] Permethrin is used to kill black flies, ticks, and mosquitoes by spraying it on the fabrics. [12]

4. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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   Fleas can be drowned by immersion for about 24 hours; they may appear to be dead if immersed for shorter times, but can revive after some hours. [11] Soaps and surfactants can facilitate the death of fleas in bathing. The process of washing the flea (and the pet) removes integumental waxes on the flea's body and it dies from dehydration. [12 ...

5. Chemical finishing of textiles - Wikipedia

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   Fabric softeners impart soft hand feel to the treated fabrics. [3] Silk surfacing a surface finishing of cotton to obtain an appearance similar to silk. [8] Plissé is chemical finish in which the fabrics are treated with sodium hydroxide to obtain a puckering effect. [9] Deweighting, or weight reduction, is a treatment for polyester to make it ...

6. Durable water repellent - Wikipedia

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   Fluorine-containing durable water repellent makes a fabric water-resistant. Durable water repellent, or DWR, is a coating added to fabrics at the factory to make them water-resistant (hydrophobic). Most factory-applied treatments are fluoropolymer based; these applications are quite thin and not always effective.

7. Comfort (fabric softener) - Wikipedia

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   Comfort was the first fabric softener to be launched in the UK in 1969. Today Comfort is a global brand, operating in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. 1984 saw the launch of the first concentrated fabric softener for Comfort, which was three times more concentrated than regular fabric conditioner.

8. Softener - Wikipedia

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   Softener may refer to: Fabric softener , a conditioner that is typically applied to laundry during the rinse cycle in a washing machine. Stool softener , anionic surfactants that enable additional water and fats to be incorporated in the stool, making it easier for them to move through the gastrointestinal tract.

9. Scouring (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Kier boiling and ''Boiling off'' is the scouring process that involves boiling the materials with the caustic solution in the Kier, which is an enclosed vessel, so that the fabric can boil under pressure. [48] [49] [50] Open kiers were also used with temperatures below 100 °C (at atmospheric pressure). [46]