Today in the fabric market you can find any kind of synthetic combinations. However, they are practically indistinguishable from each other. Of their positive qualities, one can name only a variety in colors. But that doesn't make them unique either. After all, synthetic fiber does not hold color well, sheds and rolls up. What fabric can surpass synthetic fiber?! Only natural cotton or linen. But among the quality materials, there are several special fabrics that are distinguished by strength, wear resistance, beauty and softness. One of them is percale.
What is percale?
Percale is a natural cotton fabric woven by a unique interweaving of special, non-twisted threads.This method helps to create the highest quality fabric with the following properties:
- softness and strength of the material;
- color fastness;
- the ability to absorb moisture and retain heat;
- breathability, and
- resistance to multiple washes.
To achieve such properties for percale, not only natural cotton threads and a special adhesive composition used for gluing fibers, but also the method of weaving them, help. Percale is distinguished from other fabrics not only by its high quality, but also by the weaving itself, in which the threads, located at a very high density, do not twist into bundles. This provides the aforementioned softness of the fabric. The density of percale threads also deserves special attention. After all, about 100 - 150 untwisted threads go to 1 centimeter of the canvas! This density, as opposed to softness, makes percale one of the most durable materials.
Composition and types of percale
Any material created by combining natural and synthetic fibers can no longer bear the appropriate name. Therefore, the material with the brand name "percale" is distinguished by the fact that it contains 100% natural threads. However, in addition to cotton fiber, linen, processed to a perfectly soft state, can also be used in percale.
Percale production process
Modern technologies make it possible to weave absolutely any fabric using special machines. And percale is no exception. And in addition to the warp threads for the fabric involved in the production, sizing is also involved in it (a special adhesive solution for the so-called fabric sizing). Sizing is the gluing of fabric threads, providing them with strong adhesion to each other.The dressing material is fat, glycerin and ordinary potato starch.
The very process of weaving the sized non-twisted threads of the future percale practically does not require human participation, however, the result obtained meets all the quality requirements established for handmade products! Therefore, a fabric such as percale is perfect for many products that require only the highest quality, as well as for making the best bed linen.
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