As consumers’ demands for clothing quality increase continuously, whether the fabric is prone to pilling has become an important factor influencing the clothing grade and brand reputation. Especially in knitted garments, sportswear fabrics, woolen fabrics and chemical fiber blends, pilling problem not only affects the appearance but also reduces consumers’ recognition of product quality.
For dyeing mills, finishing mills and textile manufacturing enterprises, how to keep soft handle of fabric while improving the anti-pilling performance has become an important issue in finishing process.
Therefore, anti-pilling agent is becoming an increasingly important functional auxiliary in modern textile finishing.
Why Are Fabrics Easy to Get Pilling?
During the wearing, rubbing and washing of fabrics, the short fibers on fiber surface can be pulled out easily and tangled. Then they gradually form fuzz and pilling.
The following fabrics are more prone to pilling problems:
- polyester fiber and its blended fabrics
- knitted fabrics
- wool fabrics
- viscose fiber fabrics
- cotton blended fabrics
- elastic fabrics
Especially for sportswear, casual wear and frequently worn clothing, the pilling problem will be more obvious.
How to Achieve Anti-pilling Performance and Soft Handle Both at the Same Time?
Although the traditional anti-pilling finishing can improve the anti-pilling performance of fabrics, many products will easily make fabrics become stiff and have poor handle, influencing the wearing comfort. Especially for knitted fabrics, sportswear fabrics and high-end garment fabrics, the market not only focuses on anti-pilling grade, but also pays more attention to softness, skin-friendliness and natural drapability.
Therefore, modern anti-pilling finishing technology begins to pay attention to the balance between “anti-pilling performance” and “soft handle”.
By improving nonionic water-soluble high-molecular polymer, the new-type anti-pilling agent can improve wear resistance and reduce fuzz and pilling, and at the same time decrease the influence on original handle of fabrics as much as possible.
Comparing with traditional resin finishing system, this product can better avoid:
- stiff handle
- brittle fabric
- decreasing wearing comfort
- obviously decreasing hydrophilicity
To improve the anti-pilling grade and also keep soft and natural handle of fabrics is more suitable for the finishing of high-quality knitted fabrics, casual fabrics and export-oriented textile products.
Common Anti-pilling Test Method: Circular Trajectory Method Friction Test of Fabric
In order to evaluate the anti-pilling performance of fabrics, textile industry usually uses GB/T 4802.1 Determination of Fabric Pilling Performance: Circular Trajectory Method for testing.
This test method mainly makes the sample fabric continuously rub under specific pressure and motion conditions by the specific friction trajectory, thereby simulating the friction situation of the fabric during actual wearing, and then rating it based on the degree of pilling on the fabric surface.
Test Features
- suitable for knitted fabrics and multiple garment fabrics.
- can simulate the friction state during daily wearing.
- is one of the common anti-pilling test methods at present.
Test Time
According to different fabrics and customers’ requirements, the test time is generally:
- 10 minutes
- 20 minutes
- 35 minutes
evaluated at different stages.
Generally, the longer the friction time, the higher requirement for the anti-pilling performance of the fabric will be.
Recommend Product: Anti-pilling Agent GN-1298
GN-1298 is an anti-pilling agent mainly composed of multiple special water-soluble high-molecular polymers, which can improve the wear resistance of fabrics, thereby effectively reducing the pilling caused by friction.
Core Advantages of Product
- Effectively improves anti-pilling performance
GN-1298 can strengthen the wear resistance of fabrics, reduce fuzz on fiber surface and thereby improve 3~4 grades of anti-pilling grade.
According to actual testing application, in the circular trajectory method friction test, fabrics finished by GN-1298 is significantly improved the pilling phenomenon compared with the unfinished fabric sample. It is especially suitable for knitted fabrics that are easy to get pilling.
Effectively prevents pilling while basically not changing the handle
It can improve anti-pilling effect and at the same time has very little influence on soft handle of fabrics. It basically doesn’t change the handle. It is more suitable for the finishing of high-quality garment fabrics.
One agent for multiple functions. Suitable for various kinds of fabrics
The product is suitable for:
- cotton fabrics
- viscose fiber fabrics
- wool fabrics
- polyester fiber fabrics
- various blended fabrics
It is especially suitable for the finishing process of knitted fabrics and fabrics prone to pilling.
Basically not influences hydrophilicity
The product has very little influence on moisture absorption of fabrics. It can keep the comfort of fabrics well.
Good compatibility
It can be compatible with most:
- nonionic auxiliaries
- anionic auxiliaries
- cationic auxiliaries
It is more convenient for dyeing mills’ actual processing application.
More environmentally-friendly
This product contains no formaldehyde or APEO. It conforms to the development trend of environmental protection of modern textile industry. It is more suitable for export-oriented textile enterprises.
More suitable for padding process in stenter machine
GN-1298 is especially suitable for padding process in stenter machine. It can be separately added and used in finishing process to achieve more ideal anti-pilling effect.
The product has a certain viscosity. Kindly suggest diluting it with water by 1:1 and then using, which helps to improve processing stability.
Why Do Overseas Markets Becomes More and More Focus on Anti-Pilling Finishing?
With the growth in demand for fast fashion, sportswear and functional fabrics, international buyers are increasingly demanding higher durability and appearance retention of fabrics.
Anti-pilling performance has already become one of the important quality index of:
- sportswear
- knitted clothes
- home textiles
- woolen products
For export-oriented textile enterprises, stable anti-pilling finishing effect can not only improve customer satisfaction, but also help increase the added value of products and brand competitiveness.
Mengenai BLUELAKECHEM
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Our products include:
- alat bantu prarawatan
- bahan bantu pewarna
- functional finishing agents
- silicone oil dan pelembut silikon
- anti-pilling agent
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