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Wet Spinning

In the wet spinning process, the polymer solution (also known as "dope") is spun into a spin bath containing a liquid chosen for its ability to extract the solvent from the...

White-on-White

Some fabrics, such as men's shirtings or broadcloth, poplin, madras, etc. , are made on a dobby or jacquard loom so the white motifs will appear on a white...

Welt

A piping covered with fabric. Eastern Accents offers three sizes of piping; small . 25", medium . 5" and large (jumbo) 1. 5". The finished welt size depends on the fabric used. Welts are sawn into...

Weft

Often referred to as "filling", it is the yarn that traverses the warp yarns (horizontally) during the weaving...

Weight of Cloth

There are three ways by which fabric is sold. 1. Ounces per linear yard: a 14-ounce covert topcoating, a 22-ounce melton overcoating. 2. Yards to the pound: a 3. 60 airplane cloth, a 4. 00 filling...