Effects of laundering process on abrasion and wrinkle resistance of cotton plain fabric

Abstract

Textile products require laundering for a number of times throughout their service life. Textile products are damaged by the chemicals and the mechanical distortions they are exposed to during laundering. Dimensional change in fabrics is observed due to laundering process and this leads to deformation of clothes. This deformation tends to be greater when the selected laundering is not appropriate for the textile product. In this study, the effects of laundering parameters on abrasion and wrinkle resistance were investigated. The laundering parameters include duration, temperature and the number of repetitive laundering. According to the results, the increase of laundering duration, temperature and the number of repetitive laundering decreased the abrasion and wrinkle resistance of the fabrics. The effect of laundering duration on the abrasion and wrinkle resistance of fabrics was stronger than that of laundering temperature. The wrinkle resistance of the fabrics was more sensitive to repeated laundering than the abrasion resistance was. When the duration and temperature of the laundering were increased together, the decreases in the abrasion and the wrinkle resistance of fabric were substantial.