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With the development of textile and garment industry, new textile fabrics and new technologies emerge in endlessly. Consumers also have more pursuits for clothing when they choose. In addition to meeting the basic requirements, they can also reflect noble temperament and unique style. The cloth has luster, good texture, good pattern, no wrinkle. The most important thing is to wear it comfortably. Nowadays, mercerized cotton, which often appears in high-end clothing, has become the favorite of fashion

Mercerized cotton

According to the division of two mercerizing processes, mercerized cotton can refer to either the cotton yarn treated by the mercerizing process or the cotton fabric treated by the mercerizing process.

Yarn mercerizing: refers to a special kind of cotton yarn with the original characteristics of cotton and the general luster of silk after the treatment of concentrated caustic soda under the condition of tension.

Fabric mercerizing: refers to the cotton fabric in the case of tension, after the treatment of concentrated caustic soda, so that the fabric glossiness is better, more crisp, better shape retention.

The complete technological process of the fabric commonly known as double mercerizing is: cotton spinning → combing → yarn singeing → yarn mercerizing → yarn dyeing → mercerizing cotton yarn formed after fixation, softness and rewinding → color yarn knitting forming fabric → fabric dyeing (if the previous yarn is not dyed) → fabric mercerizing → fabric preshrinking and setting → forming double mercerizing cotton fabric, which can be cut to make clothes. And the main technology of general pure cotton fabric is usually: cotton spinning → weaving → dyeing and then clothing can be made. The raw materials of mercerized cotton are relatively high-grade. The conventional varieties from 60s / 2 to 120s / 3 of mercerized cotton generally use Xinjiang long staple cotton, American Pima cotton and Egyptian long staple cotton as raw materials, of which the best is Egyptian long staple cotton.

Mercerized cotton can be called the best cotton product because of its high-grade cotton raw materials, high-grade dyes and a series of strict processing procedures. It not only retains the natural advantages of soft and comfortable pure cotton, moisture absorption and air permeability, but also has many unique advantages.

Advantages of mercerized cotton yarn:

1. The yarn strength increases and is not easy to break;

2. The glossiness is increased, and the general brightness is silky;

3. Improved dyeing performance, bright color, not easy to fade;

4. The breaking depth of yarn decreases with the increase of tension, that is, it is not easy to stretch and change. The cost of mercerized cotton products is relatively high, and the end consumer products are generally high-grade polo shirts, T-Shirts, shirts and business socks.

Double mercerized cotton

Also known as double light cotton. The so-called double mercerizing refers to that the yarn is spun into cloth after mercerizing, and then the cloth is mercerized. Then the double mercerizing cotton is the whole cotton which is mercerized in the yarn dyeing and finishing steps. With cotton as raw material, high-quality mercerized yarn is made by spinning, and then by special processing procedures such as singeing and mercerizing, which is bright and clean, soft and wrinkle resistant. The high-quality knitted fabric made of this material not only retains the excellent natural characteristics of raw cotton, but also has a silk like luster. The fabric has a soft hand, moisture absorption and air permeability, good elasticity and draping feeling. The fabric is fresh, comfortable, soft, moisture absorption and air permeability, no deformation and excellent glossiness. This kind of mercerized cotton knitted fabric is mainly used for high-grade T-shirt, polo-shirt, etc.

Characteristics of double mercerized cotton

With cotton as raw material, high-quality mercerized yarn is made by spinning, and then by special processing procedures such as singeing and mercerizing, which is bright and clean, soft and wrinkle resistant. The high-quality knitted fabric made of this material not only retains the excellent natural characteristics of raw cotton, but also has a silk like luster. The fabric has a soft hand, moisture absorption and air permeability, good elasticity and draping feeling. The fabric is fresh, comfortable, soft, moisture absorption and air permeability, no deformation and excellent glossiness. This kind of mercerized cotton knitted fabric is mainly used for high-grade T-shirt, polo-shirt, etc.

Double mercerized cotton process

The complete technological process of double mercerized cotton fabric is: cotton spinning → combing → yarn singeing → yarn mercerizing → yarn stranding → forming mercerized cotton yarn after fixation, softness and reverse stranding → forming fabric by color yarn knitting → fabric dyeing (if the yarn is not dyed in the earlier stage) → fabric mercerizing → fabric pre shrinking and finalizing → forming double mercerized cotton fabric. The double mercerized cotton fabric is delicate. When making ready-made clothes, it is different from ordinary clothes in workmanship and printing and embroidery. It is recommended to find experienced manufacturers who focus on high-end clothing products.

Selection matters of double mercerized cotton

The high quality double mercerized cotton products are combed and singed double mercerized cotton made of high count and long staple cotton. When we purchase or make mercerized cotton products, we must find a manufacturer with high-grade products and reputation. Although experienced people can roughly observe the characteristics of clothing made of mercerized cotton through touch and vision, ordinary people should pay attention to identifying only mercerized cotton products made of opposite materials or low count cotton. Although these products have some characteristics of mercerized cotton, their value is far lower than that of double mercerized cotton products.

Double mercerized cotton washing attention

Many people buy double mercerized cotton clothes and throw them directly into the washing machine for washing. In fact, this is not appropriate. Double mercerized cotton fabric, especially knitted double mercerized cotton fabric, is soft and elastic, thin and delicate. If it is washed by washing machine, it is easy to be damaged; it is better not to use machine washing, hand washing is better, and the water temperature is not too high or too low.

Three mercerized cotton

That is to say, on the basis of double mercerizing fabric, there is an additional lubrication mercerizing process. Three mercerizing cotton is the best in cotton. It is lighter and thinner than ordinary cotton fabric, with soft hand feel, comfortable wearing, no skin irritation, good moisture absorption and air permeability. Three mercerized cotton fabric is made of cotton, which is spun into high-quality yarn, and then made into bright, soft and wrinkle resistant high-quality mercerized yarn through special processing procedures such as singeing and mercerizing. The high-quality knitted fabric made of this material not only retains the excellent natural characteristics of raw cotton, but also has a silk like luster. The fabric feels soft, hygroscopic and breathable. It has good elasticity and draping. The fabric is fresh, comfortable, soft, hygroscopic and breathable, does not deform, and has excellent luster. This kind of mercerized cotton knitted fabric is mostly used in high-grade T-shirt. A mercerized cotton fabric.

Three mercerized cotton has two characteristics:

1. It has silk like luster.

2. No shrinkage (because of alkali shrinkage).

Advantages of three mercerized cotton fabrics:

1. The fabric is bright in color and does not change color after long washing;

2. The fabric has the general luster of silk fabric;

3. The fabric size is relatively stable and the suspension is good;

4. The fabric is crisp, wrinkle resistant and not easy to pilling and wrinkling.

With the emergence of mercerized cotton, we have more choices. The improved cotton inherits the advantages of cotton and has more superior characteristics than traditional cotton. People prefer her to wear without wrinkle, stable size and keep silky luster all the time.