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what is a finish?
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a process before or after fabrication used to enhance apperance, hand, and/or performance of textiles
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what is an example of a permanent finish?
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mercerization
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what is an example of a durable finish?
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wrinkle resistance
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what is an example of a temporary finish?
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calendaring
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what is an example of a renewable finish?
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water repellent
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what are gray goods?
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unfinshed products
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what are the 7 steps of fabric preparation?
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handling, desizing, cleaning, singeing, biopolishing (use enmzyms to give sheen), scouring (treat w/ acid), whitening
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what is the carbonizing finish?
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treat wool with sulfuric acid for better texture
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what is the crabbing finish?
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treat wool through immersion in hot and cold water for calendaring effect to prevent felting
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what is the steam ironing finish?
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wool treatment to offer smoothness, luster, and lofty hand
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what is pressing finish?
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treat wool with steaming metal plates
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what are four reasons for aesthetic finishes?
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luster, drape, texture, hand
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what are luster aesthetic finishes?
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-surface glazing (friction calendar)
-cire (glazing w/ hot roller) -moire (woodwork or watermark apperance) -schreiner (roller w/ diagnoal lines) -embossing (raised effect) |
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what are drape aesthetic finishes?
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-crisp and transparent
-burned out -sizing (using starch) -weighting (silk) |
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what are texture aesthetic finishes?
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-shearing -flocking
-brushing -tufting -embossing -embroidery -pleating -expanded foam -puckering -napping -plisse -fulling -beetling -coronizing |
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what are hand aesthetic finishes?
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-emerizing, sueding or sanding
-enzyme washes -creping -silk boil-off -caustic treatment (sodium hydroxide treatment) -hand builders (for dryer hand) |
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what is relaxation shrinkage?
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when taken off loom and shrinks
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what is progressive shrinkage?
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each time washed
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what are apperance retention finishes?
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sizing, mercerization, soil release
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what are biological control finishes?
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antistatic finish
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what are saftey related finishes?
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flame retardant
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acid dye
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protein fibers
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basic
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other synthetic fibers
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reactive
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celloustic
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disperse
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acetate/synthetic fibers
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direct
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celloustic fibers
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what is the difference between dyed and printed fabrics?
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printed fabrics are lighter on face side
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what is direct printing?
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block, roller, duplex, warp
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what is discharge printing?
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it's piece dyed and color is removed from certain areas
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what is resist printing?
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batik, tie dye, ikat, screen, stencil
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what are other types of printing?
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jet, heat transfer, electrostatic, differential
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what are color loss problems?
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bleeding, crocking, migration, decstruction, frosting, fume fading, exposure to sun and sweat
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what are printing defects?
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off-grain printing, off-shade, consistency of color
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what is the permanent care labeling regulation?
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accurate permanent labeling wiht regular care information and instructions. must be legible for entire life of garment.
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what is the Consumer Product Saftey Commission?
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It develops flammability saftey standards
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What is Fifra?
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An act that protects from insects and requires to provide info on antimicrobial agents
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what does a souricing specialist do?
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knows about quotas and legislations
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what does product development person do?
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performs testing in lab
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what does quality assistance do?
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checks fabric quality, and performance
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what does research, development and evaluation do?
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test fabrics for various end uses from several different perspectives
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what does production do?
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knowledge about textiles, handling, care, structure, melting points....
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what does design do?
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knows components of yarns and fabrics and construction
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what does merchandising do?
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knowledge of various sources, fabric construction
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what does wholesaling do?
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show rooms and product knowledge
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what is the silk regulation?
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<15% weighting for black, and 10% for all other colors.
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what is detergent?
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a chemical compound specially formulated to remove sil or other material from textiles
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what is detergency?
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refers to the chemical action of a soap or detergent in removing soil from a textile
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what is soap?
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a cleaning compoind made from sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids
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what is bleach?
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a chemical that destroys the color compounds on fabrics. Destroys stains or yellowing.
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what is fabric softener?
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compound used in finishing and cleaning to improve hand.
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what are water softeners?
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compounds used to sequester minerals present in hard water
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what is sizing/bluing?
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a starch, resin, or gelationous substance added to yarns and fabrics to increase body and abrasion resistance
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what is sorting?
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the process of grouping textiles of similar characteristics to abiod creating problems in cleaning
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what is drying?
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the process of removing liquid water from a textiles
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what is dry cleaning?
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a fabric cleaning process that uses an organic solvent rather than water.
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