Glossary

Mercerization

Mercerization refers to a process that eliminates all of the small "hairs" of yarn, which adds to its luster. This yarn is then additionally run through a caustic solution, which further smoothes and adds gloss to the yarn surface by burning off additional fabric hairs.
Ref: 86451/2006-09-14

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