Two cotton fabrics, one a poplin and another a drill, were processed from the loom state to full bleach at the plant level through four different routes–viz. mercerize-scour (MS), mercerize-scour-bleach (MSB), scour-bleach (SB), and scour-bleach-mercerize (SBM). These were then finished with DMEU from the anti-crease to the durable-press level by the pad-dry-cure technique in the laboratory. Evaluation of these fabrics for resilience and strength-abrasion properties have shown that in the overall performance profile at the durable-press level, the order of preference for poplin among the four routes is MSB > MS/SBM > SB. Similar data on drill show the order of preference as SBM > SB > MS > MSB.
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