Advantages and disadvantages of acrylic fabric

Widely used in clothing, home textiles, decoration, industry and other fields, it is most widely used in carpet production.

The use of acrylic fiber:

Usage 1: Acrylic can be blended with wool to make yarn, or woven into blankets, carpets, etc.

Usage 2: Acrylic can be blended with cotton, synthetic fibers, and other synthetic fibers to weave various fabrics and indoor products.

Usage 3: Expanded acrylic wool strips can be spun pure or blended with viscose fibers and wool to obtain various specifications of medium coarse and fine yarn "cashmere".

Advantages of acrylic fiber:

Advantage 1: The performance of acrylic fabric is similar to wool, but its elasticity is much better than that of wool. With an elongation of 20%, the rebound rate can still be maintained at around 65%.

Advantage 2: Acrylic fabric has better warmth retention than wool. Acrylic fiber has a fluffy and curly appearance, and feels very soft to the touch, so its warmth retention is much better than wool fabric. It was once called "synthetic wool".

Advantage 3: The strength of acrylic fabric is higher than that of wool. Currently, the strength of acrylic fiber is around 22.1-48.5 cN/dtex, while wool is about 1 to 2.5 times lower than acrylic fabric.

Advantage 4: Acrylic fiber has strong resistance to sunlight, which means it has excellent sun resistance. If you expose acrylic fiber to the sun for a year, there will be no problem. Experiments have shown that the strength of items made from acrylic fabric only decreases by less than 20%, indicating its high practicality

Advantage 5: Products made of acrylic fabric are generally not afraid of acid invasion, and have excellent performance in acid resistance, oxidation resistance, and general organic solvents.

Disadvantages of Acrylic Fiber

Disadvantage 1: Acrylic fabrics also have certain shortcomings, such as poor alkali resistance. When using alkaline cleaning products during washing, attention should be paid. At the same time, relatively high temperatures can also have a significant impact on acrylic fiber fabrics. At high temperatures of around 190 to 230 degrees, acrylic fibers in women's clothing fabrics will soften. In addition, the moisture absorption of acrylic fabric is also relatively poor.

Disadvantage 2: Acrylic belongs to short fibers, which are prone to pilling. Therefore, low-quality acrylic fabrics will have small fluffy balls after prolonged use, which looks very unsightly. Therefore, many acrylic sweaters now add some wool to prevent pilling.