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A smooth texture in clothing is a desirable fabric feature today. This add value to a fabric: it is an aesthetically pleasing, comfortable, and a mark of good quality. To produce a consistently smooth fabric texture, one must invest in fibers and fine production controls. Tencel Modal has become one of the most desired fibers in modern fashion brands trying to achieve a silky smooth and consistent fabric surface.
A Naturally Smooth Fiber Surface
Tencel Modal fibers have an incredibly smooth texture at the microscopic level. The fiber has round, regular, symmetrical surface without coarse, angled surfaces that other conventional fibers often have. In knitted fabric construction, Tencel Modal fibers lie closely together to provide a consistently smooth surface feel.
This exceptionally smooth fiber texture can greatly simplify apparel manufacturing. Tencel Modal knits run smoothly through the cutting and sewing machines without problems like missed stitches, snags, and any production material wastage. Here at Ohyeah Textile, all our production processes utilize this feature. All of our over 100 circular knitting machines are fine-tuned and designed to keep fiber properties intact and ensure uniform fiber surfaces, producing a readily workable knit fabric for garment manufacturers and comfortable apparel for the end user.
Reduced Pilling for Longer Lasting Garments
Pilling has always been the mortal enemy of smooth fabric texture. Tiny fuzzy balls of fiber cluster on fabric surfaces, giving the garment an aged appearance and making it look unappealing. Tencel Modal possesses very good pilling resistant qualities due to its exceptionally long, smooth fiber structure. Unlike short fibers, these long fibers are harder to break and get entangled to give the fiber an overall clean surface.
The pilling resistant property of Tencel Modal helps maintain a smooth fabric texture. This ensures that your apparel can remain wearable and comfortable after use. The pilling resistance property is maintained by our production quality control specialists. The treatment and finishing stages are carefully controlled so that the properties of fiber are sustained after finishing. The low shrinkage (less than 5%) and colorfastness of levels 4 to 5 help maintain the fabric’s smooth texture throughout the product’s life.
Consistent Surface for Clean Printing and Dyeing
The smooth fiber surface quality is not only about the texture of apparel but also has a critical effect on the aesthetic design of the textile. Rough and uneven fiber surfaces absorb ink and dye inconsistently which has an immediate effect on dye vibrancy and design crispness. The smooth fiber surface characteristics of Tencel Modal provide an exceptional backdrop for any coloring application as they allow for evenly absorption of dye without splotching.
At Ohyeah Textile, our products mostly utilize digital printing technology. Combined with Tencel Modal, this technology is ideal because high definition printing results in sharp design elements, and the fiber renders fine details perfectly. Whatever the level of visual effect you seek – soft, subtle patterns or daring designs, the outcome of digitally printed apparel fabric manufactured with Tencel Modal fiber will result in a high professional quality garment. We offer coloring using any of the 20 dyeing vats. From the smallest batch to large orders, we ensure perfect color consistency according to your specified color standards.
Enhanced Comfort for Sensitive Skin Applications
For sensitive skin applications, fiber smoothness is highly important. For babies, children and even skin prone to allergic reaction and eczema the apparel must be skin-friendly and avoid any irritation. Starting with the basic fiber itself, the fiber must be smooth enough to provide a "slip effect" when the textile comes in contact with the skin which reduces friction; Tencel Modal achieves this through its round and symmetrical fiber surfaces. In a closed loop production system, less chemical finish remains on the fiber, reducing harmful residue that coulde be deposited on the skin.
These sensitive skin apparel products may include children's wear, pajamas and base layers. For this reason, Tencel Modal is a preferred choice for children's wear. At Ohyeah Textile, we ensure that every piece of fabric we provide is fully certified across the supply chain, including OEKO-TEX, and where applicable, GOTS, OCS and GRS. This guarantees that both manufacturers and brand designers can be assured that Tencel Modal fiber comes from environmentally conscious production methods and is completely safe and comfortable to wear.
Seamless Blending with Other Eco Fibers
Smooth fiber texture is a key feature of Tencel Modal and also one of its great advantages for merging with naturally sourced fiber materials like organic cotton, recycled polyester, bamboo and many others; it blends exceptionally well with them to give a soft and pleasant touch.
Among the most important knitted fabric categories we manufacture are bamboo viscose, bamboo lyocell, modal, recycled polyester, organic cotton, and various blend ratios of Tencel Modal fiber. There are customized to meet the manufacturing requirements and brand targets of apparel brands. We currently have five R&D personnel dedicated to our eco fiber range, who combine cutting edge research, product development and accumulated experience to create tailor-made fabric blends. Our warehouse is over one thousand square meters holding over a hundred bales. With over two hundred dedicated staff, we focus on developing smooth fiber textures for large-scale apparel production.
Professional Manufacturing That Protects Every Benefit
Advantages gained from the fiber qualities would be wasted if manufacturing does not uphold its benefits. Professional and well-trained staff is essential to Ohyeah Textile in maintaining fiber benefits like smooth fiber texture during production. Get in touch with one of our specialists today to know how Tencel Modal knit fabric can fit into your production process.
