What are the advantages and disadvantages of mercerized cotton?

1. Although mercerized cotton is smooth, soft and has a good texture, it is easy to shrink and difficult to take care of.

2. The mercerized cotton towel made of mercerized cotton yarn is thicker than pure cotton and other fiber products, but relatively speaking, the towel made of other fibers is durable, easy to dry, and will not grow spots after long-term use.

3. Mercerized cotton has poor shape retention, and it is easy to deform and become larger when worn for a long time. It needs to be watered to restore the original tightness and shape.

4. Lack of elasticity, not stiff enough, easy to wrinkle

5, the color fastness is not high, wearing for a period of time or excessive sun exposure, it is easy to cause fading

6. Afraid of acid. If vinegar and other acidic substances are used in daily wear, they should be washed in time to avoid damage to clothes.

Improved resilience of mercerized cotton

Can be improved by rebound silicone oil and rebound silicone resin respectively

1) High resilience mercerized silicone oil: It is a special modified organosiloxane polymer. It is suitable for elastic, mercerizing and toning finishing of high-end fabrics such as cotton, rayon, tencel, brocade and modal. At the same time, it has excellent high stability, high wrinkle recovery, anti-curling, easy to cut, hydrophilic and washable. Provides excellent skin-to-skin comfort to fabrics.

2) High resilience silicone resin:

It is a new type of epoxy, polyether and resin cross-linked polymer silicone with special structure. The spider web-like molecular structure and large molecular weight can give the fabric a soft, slippery, skinny, plump and thick delicate hand, and has good touch and washability. At the same time, it has excellent high stability, high wrinkle recovery, anti-curling, easy to cut, hydrophilic and washable.

It is suitable for the rebound finishing of most cotton textiles, especially for the rebound feel processing of high-end fabrics such as mercerized cotton, nylon ammonia, viscose, cotton-like Tencel, and silk.