RESOURCES
Notes from the sizing box
Technical writing for the people who run warps. Compliance, chemistry and what actually changes on the shop floor.
What Is Greige Fabric? A Complete Guide for Textile Manufacturers
Loom state cloth straight off the loom: what it is, what is still on it, and why dye houses care how uniformly it arrives.
How to Test Quality of Desizing
The iodine test, TEGEWA scale, residual size and absorbency checks, and what each one does and does not prove.
What Is Lyocell Fabric?
How lyocell is made, what the closed loop solvent process does for its credentials, and how the yarn behaves in a warp.
What Are Compound Sizing Chemicals in Textiles?
What makes a size a compound rather than a recipe, what goes into one, and how it changes the kitchen, the size box and the ETP.
What Are Binders in Textile Sizing and Why Are They Used?
What a binder does in a size recipe, why PVA became the default, and what replaces it without giving up film strength.
Which Are the Most Expensive Fabrics in the World?
The fabrics that command the highest prices, what makes each scarce, and why the most fragile warps are the hardest to weave.
The Biggest Textile Markets in the World
The largest textile producing and exporting countries, what each competes on, and where the growth is forecast next.
Difference Between Greige and Finished (RFD) Fabric
What separates loom state cloth from finished fabric, the stages in between, and where the size has to be gone by.
How Does Sizing Complement Weaving?
Sizing is judged on the loom. How film strength, elongation and pickup show up in warp breaks, stops and fabric quality.
STAY IN TOUCH
New technical notes, roughly monthly
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