New Wool Process
(N.Z. Press Assn.— Copyright) SYDNEY, Feb. 23. Shoppers who had turned from wool knitwear to seek the easy care and washability of other fabrics might soon be won back to wool by means of a new process developed in Australia, said the director of the Australian Wool Board's technical division (Mr A. J. Farnworth). The process has been developed and perfected on a commercial scale by a Sydney firm, Villawool Textile Company, in collaboration with the Wool Board and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. According to Villawool the process, originally conceived by the C.5.1.R.0., makes wool machine washable with no risk of shrinkage, felting or piling of the fabric surface. The treated wool retains all the traditional advantages of the fabric and results are better than for the all-chemical processes developed overseas, Villawool says.
Dyeing is done after treatment and the process increases wool's affinity for dyestuffs. Villawood believes that a fuller colour is developed in a wide range of shades.
Mr Farnworth said that Villawool would be able to offer completely washable yarn which could be manufactured into a whole range of knitwear.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31921, 24 February 1969, Page 8
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189New Wool Process Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31921, 24 February 1969, Page 8
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