Durable press treatments to improve the durability and wrinkle resistance of cotton and other fabrics

Durable press' has been used to treat fabric, especially cotton, foralmost a century. Various treatment reagents and methods have beendeveloped to achieve wrinkle resistance. This chapter provides a brief historyof durable press treatments and presents the fundamental principles ofdurable press treatment, then focuses on the development of durable presstreatment reagents. Fabric properties affected by durable press treatments arecovered, assessment methods listed, and recent developments and futuretrends discussed