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2. Wrinkle-resistant fabric - Wikipedia

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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.

3. ICI Laboratory - Wikipedia

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   It is a thick, polyester yarn used to make a fabric of the same name. The resulting cloth is heavy, wrinkle-resistant and retains its shape well. Britain's defunct ICI Laboratory developed the fibre in the early 1950s and named it after the Crimple Valley in which the company was situated.

4. 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 ...

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   The 100% cotton fabric has a soft, buttery feel that’s dreamy to slip into at night, and the best part is that the sheets are wrinkle-resistant, so they’ll come out of the dryer looking neat ...

6. Imperial Chemical Industries - Wikipedia

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   During the 1950s, ICI developed a material as Crimplene, a thick polyester yarn that was used to make a fabric of the same name. [15] The resulting cloth is heavy and wrinkle-resistant, and retains its shape well. The California-based fashion designer Edith Flagg was the first to import this fabric from Britain to the United States. [16]

7. Finishing (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Peach Finish subjects the fabric (either cotton or its synthetic blends) to emery wheels, making the surface velvet-like. This is a special finish used mostly in garments. Fulling or waulking was a method of thickening woolen material to make it more water-resistant. Decatising to bring dimension stability to woollen fabrics.