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2. Fabric softener - Wikipedia

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   Cationic softeners are incompatible with anionic surfactants in detergents because they combine with them to form a solid precipitate. This requires that the softener be added in the rinse cycle. [6] Fabric softener reduces the absorbency of textiles, which adversely affects the function of towels and microfiber cloth. [7] [failed verification]

3. Pill (textile) - Wikipedia

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   Pills on a knit fabric. A pill, colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball, is a small ball of fibers that forms on a piece of cloth. Pill is also a verb for the formation of such balls. [1] [2] Pilling is a surface defect of textiles caused by wear, and is generally considered an undesirable trait. [3]

4. 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.

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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. Wrinkle-resistant fabric - Wikipedia

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   The use of titanium dioxide (TiO 2) (as a catalyst/ co-catalyst for these reactions) has become an alternative way to minimize the formation of free formaldehyde and fabric strength loss. [10] DMDHEU is the most commonly used durable-press finish. In this process, the chemical is first applied to the fabric.

8. Optical brightener - Wikipedia

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   These additives are often used to enhance the appearance of color of fabric and paper, causing a "whitening" effect; they make intrinsically yellow/orange materials look less so, by compensating the deficit in blue and purple light reflected by the material, with the blue and purple optical emission of the fluorophore.

9. 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.