EFFECT OF LAUNDERINGS ON THE PILLING PROPERTIES OF COTTON AND POLYESTER WEFT KNITTED FABRICS
Keywords:
knitted fabric, pilling, weft knit, laundering, textile surface appearanceAbstract
Pilling is one of the fabric faults that originally found in knitted woolen goods especially made from
soft twisted yarns. The rubbing action on loose fibres that is present on the fabric surface gives a high
tendency to form pills which gives poor appearance to the fabric. This study was carried out to
investigate the effect of repeated launderings on the propensity of pilling formation by using pill grade
machine. The primary objective of this study was to determine the pilling behaviour of different types
of weft knitted fabrics after a repeated number of laundering cycles. The study was conducted using
two types of knitted fabrics; cotton and polyester with three types of knitted structures; interlock, 1x1
rib and plain jersey. The various number of laundering cycles were given on the fabrics and followed
by 15,000 revolutions of ICI pilling box. The results showed that polyester fibre has better pilling
resistance due to its exceptional strength, whilst in terms of fabric structure, plain jersey showed an
excellent resistance. This is due to the higher density and compact structure that it possessed.
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