Important Information about Cleaning the Cottons Clothes
Mitch Johnson
In this article you will find more info about cleaning the cotton
clothes, special the collar part which need to be put attention. Cotton
and linen clothes have different treatment as they are different
fabric. Here are some guides you can use to clean the cotton and linen
clothes.
SOILED COLLARS. Soil worn into the fabric on collars, neckbands, and
the cuffs of men's shirts must be loosened before washing. Using the
same detergent that you plan to use for washing the shirts, apply suds
to the soiled areas and work them in with a brush, a sponge, or by
rubbing the material between your hands.
THE NEWER COTTONS. To meet the demand for fabrics that do not need
ironing, textile engineers have been working on blends, finishes, and
weaves that enable cottons to drip dry, ready to wear. Seersuckers and
plisses are made of cotton plus Dacron or Orion, which eliminates
ironing, and special finishes are given to other weaves that make it
wrinkle-and-spot-resistant. Some of the new cottons are the equal of
the synthetics or close to them in their "no-ironing" quality and have
the advantage of being more absorbent. However, they do look better
with touch-up ironing.
WATER, OIL AND SOIL RESISTANT finishes are in the test stage for
cottons. A new device, simple and inexpensive, can be installed on a
standard loom to produce cotton cloth with a tight, tricky weave that
gives it wind and water resistance without the use of chemicals. In
addition to being practically waterproof the new cotton fabrics admit
cooling air and are thus more comfortable to wear than materials with
sealed pores. Since these advantages are achieved by a special weave,
there is no laundering problem involved.
A NEW WRINKLE-PROOF TREATMENT for cottons is also expected in the near
future. Such finishes today are always applied to piece goods before
they are made into clothes and are satisfactory only for simply-cut
garments because they resist not only undesirable wrinkles but
desirable creases, making flat seams, pockets, and pleats difficult or
impossible. A new treatment being tested lets a dry cleaner give the
crease-resistant treatment to the clothes after they are finished so
that seams and creases, once set, will stay. Tests have shown that
garments treated this way keep their creases after many launderings,
need little or no ironing, and resist unwanted wrinkles. Furthermore
they do not require starch. Nice going indeed. If it all works out you
can take your cotton dress to a dry cleaner and have it "set." But
chlorine bleaches will still not be usable.
"FULLY ACETYLATED" COTTON is also in the laboratory stage. This is
heavier than ordinary cotton but it dries faster and is stronger. Also
it is more resistant to heat and rot. In appearance it looks like
ordinary cotton but has a harsher feel, a matter that probably will be
corrected by chemical treatment. Pleats that stand considerable wear
can be ironed into acetylated cotton fabrics with a dry iron set for
wool. They are easily reset after laundering, but you can iron the
material flat if you wish, or you can pleat it a different way.
NEW PRETTY COTTONS. In another phase of current investigation are
extra-pretty cottons that are also very practical cottons that are
softer, smoother, and more lustrous than any of the materials being
woven today. Such cottons would be used for draped street dresses,
underwear, and for jacket and coat linings. Production of these cottons
involves chemical and mechanical treatment of the fibers, and
exhaustive tests for laundering, bleaching, dyeing, durability, and
tear resistance.
Collars, neckbands, and the cuffs mostly are parts are the most parts
which become dirty, to remove the soil worn on of men's shirts must be
loosened before washing; some of the new cottons are the equal of the
synthetics or close to them in their "no-ironing" quality and have the
advantage of being more absorbent. New wrinkle-proof treatment for
cottons will need little or no ironing. Fully acetylated cottons is
heavier than ordinary cotton but it dries faster and is stronger. Also
it is more resistant to heat and rot. Linen fibers are absorbent and
comfortable to wear in warm dry climates.
Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for http://www.curtains-n-drapes.com/
. His articles have also appeared on http://www.bedroommadeeasy.info/
and http://www.bedroommadeez.info/
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