#apretaj
- Textile finishing — The totality of chemical or mechanical technological operations executed in the final stage of textile production to provide fabrics with the desired commercial appearance, enhanced durability, and superior tactile qualities. This structural process includes sizing, calendering, shearing, or applying waterproofing treatments.
- Fabric sizing — A final technological finishing operation for textile materials, consisting of applying a thin layer of sizing agent or starch; it also defines the chemical colloidal mixture used for this purpose or the resulting protective film on the fabric surface. This structural process serves to provide the cloth with controlled stiffness, a pleasant hand, luster, waterproofness, or wrinkle resistance according to commercial standards.