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Knitted wool and wool/nylon blend dyed fabrics were treated with low temperature plasma (LTP) to achieve optimum shrink-resistance without impairing surface topography, colour or fastness to washing of the fabrics. As LTP tends to impair handle of the fabrics, both wool and wool/nylon blend fabrics were submitted to industrial softening and/or biopolymer treatments after LTP treatment, leading to hydrophilic wool and wool/nylon blend fabrics with improved shrink-resistance without any colour changes and good fastness to washing. The results obtained were compared with those obtained by an industrial shrink-resist treatment.
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Canal, C., Molina, R., Bertran, E. et al. Effects of low temperature plasma on wool and wool/nylon blend dyed fabrics. Fibers Polym 9, 293–300 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-008-0047-8
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