Arif Taner ÖZGÜNEY (Ege University, Turkey), Cankut TAŞKIN, Gonca ÖZÇELİK (Ege University, Turkey), Pelin GÜRKAN ÜNAL (Ege University, Turkey), Arzu ÖZERDEM (Ege University, Turkey)
The target of the current work is to examine the effects of different kinds of finishing treatments on the hand properties of the woven fabrics produced with compact spun yarns. Plain, twill and satin fabrics were produced with 100% cotton compact yarns in two yarn counts of 20 tex and 12 tex. All the fabrics were divided into two groups and mercerization process was applied to the one of the groups. The mercerized fabrics were dyed and printed with reactive dyestuffs. The other non mercerized groups of fabrics were divided into three such as reactive dyed, reactive printed and pigment printed. As a result, 30 different fabrics were obtained. In order to measure the handle properties of the fabrics objectively, Shirley stiffness tester, circular bending rigidity tester and thickness tester were used. It was determined that yarn count, fabric weave and finishing treatment have a statistically significant effect on handle properties of the fabrics woven with compact spun yarns.
