The document provides an introduction to textile finishing processes. It discusses that finishing makes fabrics suitable for their intended end uses by making them shrinkproof, softer, stiffer, water repellent, or crease resistant. Finishing improves appearance, feel, wearing qualities, and imparts special properties to fabrics. Finishes are classified as mechanical or chemical and can be basic, special, functional, aesthetic, internal, or external. Pre-treatment processes like scouring, bleaching, and singeing prepare fabrics for dyeing and finishing. Resins are widely used finishing chemicals that can stiffen fabrics and make them wrinkle resistant but also reduce fabric strength.
The document provides an introduction to textile finishing processes. It discusses that finishing makes fabrics suitable for their intended end uses by making them shrinkproof, softer, stiff…