Sustainable Water Resistant Finishes And Low-Impact Textile Waterproofing Techniques
The SFC Team
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
The ability to make fabrics water resistant - especially for use as garments and outdoor textiles - is crucial to the textile industry. However, as we have already established in our lesson on traditional coatings and finishes, many of these coatings are not without their harmful consequences.
This lesson will take you through some new, ethical solutions to waterproofing fabrics.
In this lesson you'll learn:
- About companies developing new solutions for waterproofing fabrics
- How to waterproof garments using natural materials, like wax
- The waterproofing properties of certain fibres, like wool
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