Finishing Requirements for Jacquard Fabrics
topic
Jacquard fabric finishing must preserve the figured design clarity that distinguishes the product while achieving the handle, lustre, and dimensional stability required for end-use performance, with finishing processes including careful wet processing that avoids the pattern distortion that excessive agitation causes in long-float figured weaves, back-coating for upholstery stability that prevents figured weave slippage, and careful raising and shearing for velvet-effect figured fabrics that develop surface texture without obscuring the woven pattern.
Role
Manages the particular vulnerability of figured Jacquard fabrics to finishing process damage from the long floats of satin-based designs that are susceptible to mechanical damage and from the precise pattern registry that incorrect dimensional changes would distort, requiring finishing process selection and control parameters specifically adapted for figured construction rather than applying standard finishing procedures that are appropriate for plain and twill weave fabrics.