What is satin? Is satin or pure cotton better?
Everyone can still have a basic difference between the concepts of cotton and Tencel, but when it comes to satin, it is blurred.
“Gongsatin” is a satin weave fabric, which is a relatively complex weaving process. The warp yarns float on the surface of the fabric, so combed yarns are generally used. “Gongsatin” was named “Gongsatin” because it was once a “tribute” to the emperor. Many consumers who don’t understand the fabric misunderstand that it is not 100% cotton. Therefore, they repeatedly ask: Is satin a good fabric or 100% cotton?
I would like to emphasize that satin is 100% cotton!
In addition, the quality of the fabric is not directly related to its thickness (satin fabric is thin and light compared to ordinary cotton). Silk is very thin, but very expensive. We Something to note is the quality of the fabric (satin fabric is compact, soft, and shiny).
The satin material is made of Xinjiang long-staple cotton. Compared with ordinary cotton, the quality is superior. Consumers often mistakenly think that long-staple cotton is long-staple cotton. In fact, Not long. Long-staple cotton takes a long time to grow and requires a lot of heat energy. The growth period is 10-15 days longer than that of ordinary cotton. Because long-staple cotton has long cotton fibers and good strength, it can be woven into finer and better products. of yarn.
Gongsatin has thick texture, smooth and delicate surface, soft hand feel, bright color, excellent elasticity, tight texture and not easy to deform. It has positive and negative staggered points, long floating threads, and the surface of the fabric is almost entirely composed of floating threads in warp and weft. Satin fabric has good luster and reflective effect. It is similar to satin, has high grade and high cost.
Both are made of cotton. First of all, there is no comparison in terms of materials. They are only different in quality. Compared with ordinary pure cotton fabrics, satin is more delicate and smooth. The gloss is better, the hand feel is better, the color fastness is good, the shrinkage rate is low, the overall bedding is beautiful and pleasing to the eye, and it is more classy.
What is satin?
Gongsatin is not a kind of fabric, but a weaving method of fabric.
There are three main organizational structures of bedding sets currently on the market: plain weave, twill weave and satin weave. The popular name for satin weave is “satin”. The difference between these three organizational structures lies in the different methods of interweaving warp and latitude lines.
Plain weave is made by interweaving warp and weft yarns every other yarn. Twill weave is formed by interweaving every other two yarns of warp and weft at a 45° angle. Satin is a fabric structure in which warp and weft yarns are interlaced at least every three yarns.
The fabric density of satin weave is higher than that of plain weave and twill weave, and the shrinkage rate is smaller. Under the same size and count, satin weave is thicker and thicker. , the hand feel is smoother and more delicate like silk, and the texture is softer and shiny.
This weaving method also determines that satin has higher requirements for fiber length, so pure cotton satin is generally made of high-quality cotton yarns such as combed cotton and long-staple cotton. In textiles, due to the complex technology and fine materials used, the price of satin products will be higher than that of pure cotton plain weave and twill.
