What kind of fabric are Tencel jeans? What are the characteristics of Tencel jeans? In fact, it can be understood as an innovation in cotton denim fabrics. Tencel is used to replace traditional cotton, thereby achieving improved functionality and performance. promote. At present, common Tencel denim mainly includes pure Tencel denim and Tencel cotton denim, accounting for more than 70% of the current total production capacity of Tencel denim. The design and innovation of Tencel denim is not complicated.
Pure Tencel denim fabric uses indigo or black yarn as the warp and is interwoven with blank weft. The weaving pattern is mainly twill, mainly using 21S, 30S, 16S yarn, the thickness is mostly between 4.5-8.5 ounces, mainly used for casual pants, shorts, skirts, dresses and casual shirts in spring, summer and autumn. The vast majority of pure Tencel denim fabrics are made from garments that have been sand washed, making them softer, fluffier, skin-friendly, and more comfortable to wear.
Features of Tencel jeans:
1. Has fiber Excellent properties of plain fiber: Tencel denim feels cool, has good moisture absorption and breathability, and has a silky drape. The feel of the skin can change from cotton to wool or silk.
2. Tencel fabric has high tensile strength: The dry strength of Tencel is close to polyester fiber, and the wet strength is in the range of 14-16%. Its tensile properties are higher than those of viscose fiber.
3. Tencel fibrillation: When the Tencel fabric is wet and the fabric yarn is rubbed by hand, the surface of the yarn will be pulled out from the fine fibers. , which will change the surface properties of Tencel denim. Through mercerization, the long velvet on the surface of the cloth is removed. After the second mercerization, the surface effect of the cloth is very beautiful.
4. Tencel denim has good width and dimensional stability: the shrinkage rate of denim is controlled within the standard range.
