The print method used when the design is printed onto a white fabric.
What is direct print?
100
The print method that produces the fewest
yards of second-quality fabric.
What is heat-transfer printing?
100
The federal agency that protects the environment and workers
What is EPA?
100
Chemicals that do not remove soil, but only mask the soil while making yellow or dingy fabrics look white.
What are fluorescent brighteners?
200
The class of coloring that can be used on any fiber
What is pigment?
200
The printing technique that is produced through a two-step process:
In the first step, the fabric is piece-dyed a solid color.
In the second step, the fabric design is printed onto the fabric.
What is discharge printing?
200
The printer’s first run of the printing process using the new design/color
What is a strike-off?
200
This indicates an approach to environmental stewardship that looks at the full environmental impact of the systems and processes over the lifetime of a product.
What is sustainability?
200
Substances that lower or reduce the surface tension which allows the water to penetrate soil for easy removal.
What are surfactants?
300
The condition that occurs when two colors match each other under one light condition but look different from each other in a different light
What is metamerism?
300
This occurs when colors overlap in a print pattern when they should be separate.
What is off-register?
300
The three categories of screen printing
What are hand screen, automatic flat screen, and rotary screen?
300
It regulates solid- and hazardous-waste disposal in the U.S.
What is The Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976?
300
The most common method of renovation for washable textile products; uses water combined with cleansers and other additives for soil removal.
What is laundering?
400
The dyeing method that obtains good colorfastness on
cellulosic fibers
What is vat dyeing?
400
The three predominant commercial methods of printing
What are roller, screen & heat transfer
400
The finish used on faille fabric to give it a water-stained or tree bark appearance.
What is moire?
400
Cotton which is certified by the U.S. Government that organic farming practices have been used for at least three years.
What is organic cotton?
400
Water that contains dissolved calcium or
magnesium salts.
What is hard water?
500
The dye method that would be used to produce a green and white plaid pattern in a 100% cotton broadcloth
What is yarn dyeing?
500
The method of printing likely to be used to produce a drapery fabric with a large repeat pattern in an exclusive, limited-production design
What is flatbed or automatic screen printing?
500
A finish that would ensure that a 100% cotton woven fabric would not shrink during laundering
What is compressive shrinkage?
500
Three pollution problems that can occur during textile production
What are
a. Airborne contaminants (e.g. lint and dust)
b. Exhaust fumes
c. Noise pollution
d. Chemical usage (which pollutes the water)
e. Hazardous waste
500
A condition caused by an insufficient quantity of soap or detergent