Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 279
234 WOOLEN AND WORSTED FINISHING plaids, is easily detected. The pieces then go to the fulling mill,and, as they are made quite wide on the loom, are shrunk to widthand length according to requirements. A good bodied soap is needed,bnt too much alkali should not be used or it will spoil the… … Fig. Birch Bros. Sewiug MacLiue. After washing, which is conducted in the usual manner, thegoods are extracted and folded, and then run on the steamer. Theyare steamed for about five minutes on each cylinder, the brushbeing set off so as to touch the pieces very lightly. They are thenready for the…
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