Our team of experienced printers and engineers will work with you to create any finishing style possible. We have the technical experience and machinery to create various finishing styles to suit your needs.

Sanforization

Sanforization is the process of pre-shrinking the fabric before it is washed. Unsaforized fabrics may shrink 10% ’till the third wash.

It is also used as a softening method as it pulverizes the pigments of the fabric.

Softening

To improve the “hand”, “feel” or softness of fabric, Prima-Tex can soften it three ways:

• surface softness
• surface smoothness
• elasticity

Prima-Tex can use mechanical, physical, chemical or combined techniques.

The different fabric softening methods are:

• sanding
• brushing
• Biancalani
• silicon
• sanforizing

To determine the best softening method for your fabric, get in touch with us.

Biancalani

Prima-Tex is the only provider of Biancalani finish in the US. With Biancalani, it is possible to achieve different types of finish on different types of fabrics including:

• knitted fabrics
• non-woven fabrics
• synthetic leather
• natural fibers (cotton, linen, ramie, silk, jute, wool, and mixed)
• artificial fibers (viscose, cupro, polynosic fibers, polyamide, Tencel, Lyocell, Modal)
• synthetic ones (PES, nylon, acrylic, PP, PU, PVC)
• different types of blend fabrics

With Biancalani’s continued R&D and partnership with Prima-Tex, you will enjoy the most advanced fabric finish.

UV Coating

UV and Ultraviolet coating gives your fabric a shiny and glossy feel. When applied on dark-colored fabrics, it achieves a “wet” look. It is commonly used by marketing companies for their banners, posters and billboards both for aesthetics and functionality. A UV coat makes the fabric resistant to abrasions and other markings.

Prima-Tex’s UV solvents are environmentally friendly.

Waterproofing

Polyurethane coated fabric is usually used for to make a fabric water- and abrasive-resistant on one side and keep the original hand or feel of the fabric on the other. Prima-Tex, as one of the earliest, UV Coating providers in the California has experimented with different fabrics to achieve a more breathable feel on the fabric even after being PU coated.

Prima-Tex also has some proprietary formulations that allows the UV coating to stick to the fabric longer than usual even after some really hard use.

Foil

For those “metallic” effect, foiling is most commonly used. Patterns appear reflective. Although the most common colors are gold and silver, various colors are starting to become popular.

Sanding/Peaching

If you want to make your fabric soft to the touch, Prima-Tex can sand or peach your fabric whether it is a natural or synthetic fabric. Prima-Tex produces peached and sanded fabrics that hold the shape well without sacrificing the softness.

It is often used by clothing brands that aim to set provide their customers a higher level of softness without sacrificing the brightness of their prints. It is also used by hotels for their bed sheets and curtains.

Calendaring

Calendaring is used to achieve a temporary luster effect. Prima-Tex has proprietary formulations to achieve different effects such as:

• watermarked – compressing threads on one portion leaving some on its original place to create thicker portions and other parts flat
• embossed – by creating engraved patterns, the design may appear to be embedded on the fabric
• Schreiner or glazed – this creates a very lustrous look on the fabric

To determine the best finish for your fabric and for other details, get in touch with us sales@prima-tex.com or call 714-521-6104.