What is the difference between cotton, satin and percale?

You have to choose between cotton, satin and percale and not  you know  orient you? Here is some useful information about these fabrics.

Let's start with the basics: they are all cotton fabrics. But what are the differences?

Cotton is worked with a plain weave which is the simplest and most used. This weave makes cotton the most compact and resistant fabric as it has the greatest number of binding points.

This technique provides for a perfect perpendicularity between warp and weft. The fabrics worked with this texture do not have a right and a reverse, the two sides of the fabric are the same. 

For our 100% cotton products we use 27/30 canvas.

Satin

Percale cotton is a particularly fine fabric, it is made with the same technique as cotton but is made up of finer and quality yarns. The greater the quantity of threads used and, consequently, the quality.

The result is a soft and velvety fabric to the touch, used to make high quality linen.

The count of the yarns is the conventional notation referring to the fineness, i.e. the thickness.

With the Indirect Counting system, the count of the yarns is obtained from the ratio between a length (variable) and a weight (fixed). The higher the number expressing the count, the higher the fineness of the yarn.

By "textile finishing" we mean those treatments to which the textile material being processed is subjected to improve subsequent processes such as dyeability, color or final performance.

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