The main features and fabrics of T-shirts are:
1. Cotton
Cotton is the most commonly used T-shirt surface.
Material characteristics: comfortable, good skin-friendly, good air permeability, good moisture absorption and environmental protection.
2. Tencel
Tencel is a lignocellulosic fiber, which is blended with wool, polyester or other blends, and is suitable for flat knitting T-shirt products.
Features: good hand feel and good drape; the disadvantage is that it is easy to fluff and has poor strength.
3. Australia Island Cotton
Australian Island cotton refers to cellulose acetate fiber, blended with Tencel, etc., it feels smoother and is suitable for flat knitting T-shirt products.
Features: It has a good hand feel and good drape, but it is easy to fluff and has poor strength.
4. Regenerated cellulose fiber
Cellulose fibers such as modal, bamboo fiber, and soybean fiber are regenerated cellulose fibers like Tencel and Australian Island cotton, which are suitable for flat knitting T-shirt products.
Features: good hand feel and good drape; shortcomings are easy to fluff, easy to deform, and poor strength.
5. 100% polyester
Polyester is also generally used for sports T-shirts. Features: Good color sense, strong wrinkle resistance, not easy to deform.
The disadvantage is poor air permeability and poor sweat absorption.
6. Nylon
Nylon is the most breathable variety among chemical fiber fibers, but it is still worse than pure cotton.
Features: smooth hand feeling, good color feeling, generally need to go through the fake knitting process to use on T-shirt products.
