Fabric short-circuited cotton: properties, varieties, advantages and disadvantages

Cotton fabric has a centuries-old history. Widely distributed material has acquired due to its unique properties, which we'll talk about in this article. Also we will consider features of care of products from a natural fabric, we will open advantages and lacks of a material.

Composition

Shirt cotton is made from cotton seeds. Since products made of material without foreign additives are rare, in domestic latitudes such a fabric is often called cotton fiber. In the international market, the fabric is known as a cotton.

A high- quality fabrics shirt is 95% composed of cellulose. The rest is accounted for by the impurity. Depending on the nature of the additional components, the material may be coarser or thin, soft, differed by a matte or translucent texture.

Types of Cotton Fabric

Cotton fabrics are divided into separate types, based on the way of interweaving the fibers, the nature of the yarn, the thickness of the material, the finish. Summer fabric shirts are presented in the market with chintz, eraser, bazyu, satin. Demi-seasonal variants of cotton fabric are cashmere, rep, garus, pongee, crepe. At the same time flannel and flannel fabrics are used for sewing winter clothes.

Scope of the material

Today, cotton fiber is widely used in the textile industry. So, in the United States cotton fabric is the number one for the production of clothes, upholstery of interior elements. Cotton fabrics traditionally produce bedding, medical accessories, draperies, book covers, industrial abrasives.

The fluff that forms on the cotton seed is used to make pure cellulose. This base is a part of plastics, high-quality paper, used for the manufacture of explosives. Crushed cotton seeds are included in some food products, in particular flour and vegetable oil.

Advantages and disadvantages

Cotton cloth is considered to be one of the most environmentally friendly materials. Among the advantages of cotton is worth noting:

• Pleasant to the touch texture;
• Hypoallergenic qualities;
• Good air permeability;
• Comfort in contact with the body;
• Ability to absorb moisture;
• No static electricity effect.

What are the drawbacks of the fabric of shirts? First of all, here we should single out a quick loss of the original appearance. The material easily crumples with the formation of permanent folds, gives an impressive shrinkage after the first wash, slowly dries.

Taking into account the above-mentioned drawbacks, shirts do not use too much demand. Many consumers prefer such a variant of high-quality synthetics, cotton substitutes made of artificial fibers.

Care of cotton fabrics

Features of care for cotton products depend on the composition of the material. Therefore, before resorting to washing or ironing things, it is worth reading the labels on the tag.

Color and white cotton fabrics, as a rule, are washed separately. Colored clothing is soaked in water at a temperature of no more than 40 ° C. In doing so, pre-check whether the fabric does not shed. To do this, moisten a small inconspicuous area, squeezing the last in a white rag. If the white material shows colored traces - the tissue is susceptible to molting. In this case, it should be washed separately from other things. White cotton clothes can be washed in water, the temperature of which is about 90 ^o C.

The thin cotton cloth should be ironed with slight heating. More dense material in the form of a flannel and a flannel base can be ironed with a hot iron.