Why are cotton clothes not strong enough?

I believe most people’s first reaction to 100% cotton fabrics is that they are healthy, green, and can be close to the baby’s delicate skin... And under the guidance of some businesses, 100% cotton clothing has also become a pursuit of simplicity and authenticity. symbol of life. So, are cotton clothes necessarily the best? Listen to me slowly.

There are two misunderstandings in this way:

Blindly emphasizing the advantages of cotton while ignoring the disadvantages

Ordinary cotton fabrics are generally easy to wrinkle. Making a coat is very troublesome. You have to iron it frequently before you can wear it out. It is also easy to shrink and pill. Generally, the shrinkage rate of cotton fabrics is 2 to 5.

It is too extreme to blindly deny chemical fiber fabrics. However, in some developed countries, the opposite is true. Most people believe that chemical fiber fabrics have more advantages in terms of comfort, functionality, and high sensitivity. In the early stages of development, chemical fiber has three major advantages: it is strong and durable, easy to care for, and has anti-wrinkle and non-iron properties. Secondly, it also has some special properties such as corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, flame retardancy, high strength and so on.

For example, fabrics such as triacetate are stain-resistant, easy to clean, soft to the touch, and not easy to wrinkle. They are suitable for clothing fabrics, underwear, and dresses. It can also be mixed with other fibers to weave into various satin products. The feel and luster are quite good.

Of course, objectively speaking, the weaknesses of chemical fiber fabrics such as poor hygroscopicity and poor comfort cannot be pretended to be invisible. Therefore, the best way is, of course, to join forces and complement each other's advantages, and choose different blended fabrics according to needs.

Let’s talk about several common cotton and chemical fiber blended fabrics for your reference.

Cotton and nylon blended fabrics

Cotton and nylon blended fabrics are relatively common fabrics in our daily lives. Nylon can increase the wear resistance of cotton and add the hygroscopicity of cotton and breathability. The combination of the two is not only comfortable and breathable, but also resistant to deformation.

Cotton and polyester blended fabric

Polyester is also called polyester fiber and is really good. Polyester blended with cotton can make up for the tendency of cotton to shrink easily, with relatively stable dimensions and low shrinkage. It has good elasticity and wear resistance in dry and wet environments. The clothes made are tall and straight, not easy to wrinkle, easy to wash, and quick to dry. They completely make up for the shortcomings of cotton fabrics, right? Of course, nothing is perfect in the world. The feel of polyester-cotton fabrics is generally slightly worse than that of pure cotton. However, advanced modern technology can also solve this shortcoming.

If you like plant fibers and don’t like cotton and chemical fiber blends, you can also try cotton and linen blends, which also have good results.

Cotton and linen blended fabric

This fabric maintains the unique rough and stiff style of linen fabric in appearance, but also has the soft characteristics of cotton. It is also dimensionally stable, has low shrinkage, is tall and straight, is not easy to wrinkle, is easy to wash, and is quick-drying.

Combed cotton is also called "fine cotton". Simply put, it is a fabric that is better woven, better processed, and is a "whole cotton" fabric. This type of fabric provides maximum resistance to pilling.

Knitted cotton is made by bending cotton yarn into loops with knitting needles and then stringing them together. Because of the use of textile technology, the surface is smooth. Compared with pure cotton, it is moisture-absorbent, breathable, comfortable and warm, and not prone to pilling.

Finally, to sum it up, we cannot praise cotton to the sky, and there is no need to beat it to death with a stick.