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One-step flame retardant for cotton developed
April 1st, 2025
Left: Three uncoated cotton samples completely consumed during the ASTM D6413 12-second vertical flame test. Right: Three coated cotton samples that easily pass the vertical flame test. The treatment was dried/cured in a single step via ammonia evaporation. Images: Texas A&M University Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a nontoxic one-step flame-retardant coating process […]
A chalk-based coating for cooling
January 1st, 2025
The researchers tested the cooling abilities of fabric treated and untreated with a chalk-based coating on a day with temperatures higher than 90 F. They found that there was a maximum 15-degree difference between the treated fabric (right) and untreated fabric. Image: University of Massachusetts Amherst Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed […]
How far textile finishes have come
August 1st, 2024
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics began as a Graniteville Mill division producing coated striped awning fabrics, as in this 1947 photo showing a festoon oven range. Image: Graniteville Specialty Fabrics Fabric coatings and finishes have played a role in iconic pieces of America’s past and, with new technology, are poised to play a role in a more […]
Textile finishes reduce allergen load
August 5th, 2016
In a joint pilot study, scientists from the William Küster Institute at the Hohenstein Institute, Boennigheim, Germany, and CHT R. Beitlich GmbH in Tübingen, Germany, have established principles for pollen management on textile surfaces. Researchers developed two anti-pollen textile-finishing treatments. The biofunctional finishes work in opposite ways: either repelling the pollen or binding it in. […]