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How an elastic returns to its shape
Short answer: The molecule chains in elastane are coiled at rest. When pulled out, they lose their disorder, and when...
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How an elastane thread is built
Short answer: Elastane consists of long molecule chains with soft and hard segments. The soft segments stretch, while...
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How to tell whether a garment has lost colour
Short answer: Compare a spot that has been covered with a spot that has been exposed. The inside of a seam or the are...
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Why light colours show wear before dark ones
Short answer: On light fabric, dirt, stains and grey deposits show clearly, while on dark fabric you see fading and p...
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What makes a colour expensive to produce
Short answer: The price of a colour depends on the amount of dye, on how many times the fabric must be dyed, and on h...
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How a print wears off
Short answer: A print sits on top of the fabric as a thin layer. That layer is bent, rubbed and heated with every wea...
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Why stripes fade unevenly
Short answer: Each colour in a stripe has its own dye with its own light and wash fastness. When one stripe fades fas...
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Why warm air pulls colour out of fabric
Short answer: Heat makes the fibre swell, and dye that is not firmly bound can escape. At the same time the surface w...
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Why elastane does not take colour like viscose
Short answer: Elastane is a completely different material from cellulose. Reactive dyes cannot bond to it, so the ela...
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How colour and fibre fit together
Short answer: Each fibre type needs its own type of dye. Cellulose is dyed with reactive dyes, polyester with dispers...
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Why red and blue behave differently in the wash
Short answer: Dyes have different molecule sizes and different bonding strength. Red dyes are often smaller and bind ...
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What a colour catcher sheet does
Short answer: The sheet is filled with fibres and a substance that binds loose dye in the water. The colour settles i...
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