How To Recognize Bamboo Material

How to recognize bamboo material

How to recognize bamboo material reasonably?Let's learn of its advantages & disadvantages.

Advantages of bamboo fiber:

1. It is a natural renewable fiber, which has certain advantages of environmental protection and sustainable regeneration of raw materials compared with chemical synthetic fiber;

2. Staple fiber of the same length, easy to spin, small loss;

3. Recycled fiber style, good drape, good feel;

4. Not easy to wrinkle, easy to take care of;

5. Dyeing general colors usually do not need very heavy pretreatment, saving energy;

6. Hygroscopicity is better than cotton, but the condition is to pay attention to the protection of dyeing and finishing, do not add water repellent softener.

Disadvantages of bamboo fiber:

1. The strength is obviously worse than cotton, the durability is not good, and the dyeing production is prone to trouble due to broken cloth;

2. The dimensional stability is worse than cotton, and the shrinkage is larger;

3. Color fastness is worse than cotton, easy to fade;

4. Alkali resistance, can not use mercerization to obtain the corresponding style;

5. Viscose route is used in fiber production, which causes great pollution. Therefore, the particularity of bamboo fiber is not recognized in Europe and The United States, and it is required to be marked as "viscose fiber" like ordinary cotton.

6. No antibacterial properties, but easy to mislead consumers.