Pill (textile)

Lint or fluff, also Mutsel are fibers which have become detached from yarn of woven or knitted fabrics. For wool fibers, these lint often matted on the surface of the substance and form a " nodule ". The phenomenon of nodule formation is called pilling. The nodules are sometimes known locally as " Miezel ", " Möppchen " or " chunks ".

Formation

The mechanical and thermal load of clothes into the washing machine and tumble favors the solution of fibers from the threads. The already present on the surface or loose in the fabric lint are dissolved during washing or detected by the air flow of the dryer. Therefore, can be found in the fluff - especially the clothes dryer - in addition to dust and hair, many lint. So also explains why substances with increasing number of washes and drying processes are thinner and can eventually rupture.

Distance

If lint affect on clothing or furniture fabrics the look, these can be removed as follows:

  • Damaging easy removal without the substance: lint roller
  • Lint
  • Fusselstein ( lava stone )
  • Lint: the case of loose lint. The fabric is combed.

Prevention

The textile industry uses a chemical agent, such as silica, to reduce the lint from tissues and thus make it more durable. Such " anti-pilling equipment" that are advertised as " fluff ", but are of limited good. In addition, there are constructive ways to reduce the tendency to pilling through targeted fiber selection and editing, as well as changes in the rotation Garnbereich.

Effects on the environment

According to a study, published in the journal " Environment Science and Technology" rub washing machines more than 1,900 micro- particles - smaller in diameter than a millimeter -. Starting from per wash of fleece fabrics made ​​of polyester and acrylic textile fibers you will not be retained in sewage treatment plants Reach. these microparticles via sewage into the sea, so they form a part of the plastic waste in the oceans. such particles have been found worldwide in sediments of 18 beaches, not a single sample was free of it.

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