Combed cotton 40s and 50s which is thicker

Combed Cotton 40s.

40 count combed cotton, which can also be denoted by 40s combed cotton, refers to 40s yarn cotton threads that are combed using the combing process in China. The combing process refers to the process of removing impurities from cotton fibers by combing machines, making the fabric neat and smooth.

Fabrics can be distinguished by their length, and likewise by the thickness of the yarns that make them up. The unit of measurement for this distinction is the count, and the thickness of the yarn affects the thickness of the fabric, which can be 21, 32, 40, 50, or 60 counts, with larger numbers indicating that the finer the yarn, the denser the yarn, and the tighter the fabric will be.

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1, if the combed cotton alone as a fabric, it will affect the aesthetics, because the aesthetics is not an advantage, in order to build on the strengths of the shortcomings of the combed cotton, we generally use as a lining.

2, pilling is a lot of cotton material will have defects, once used for a certain period of time, it will lead to clothing pilling affect the appearance. Combed cotton in the combing process is very good to avoid this problem, the use of a long time is not easy to pilling.

3, combing is a weaving process, and combing is the opposite of combing. Basically, many cotton products will go through the process of combing. As for the combing process, not all products will be used, generally special requirements, or for the quality requirements of higher products will be carried out process. The combing process can use machines, but still need to manually test, if found unqualified, re-combing, until qualified.

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