Wool treated with chlorine loses its felting property, and hence becomes unshrinkable, a fact of which advantage is taken in preparing unshrinkable woollen fabrics.
The scaly structure of wool is of great importance in regard to what is known asfelting property.
Wool is of a very permeable character, so that it is readily penetrated by dye liquors; in the case of wool fabrics much depends, however, upon the amount of felting to which the fabric has been subjected.
On account of this feature the process cannot be adopted for wool which has to be fulled, but it is of service where felting of the goods is to be avoided, for worsteds, underwear, woollen and half woollen hosiery, etc.
Ammonia has not so strong a felting action as the other alkalies.
Although not deteriorated in strength, it almost entirely loses its felting properties.
There is one feature of wool that must be alluded to here, and that is itsfelting property.
The wool often becomes injured by felting while it is on the sheep's back.
In addition to its length, this wool is characterized by its strength, its transparency, its comparative stoutness, and the slight degree in which it possesses the felting property.
The felting property of wool is a tendency of the fibres to entangle themselves together, and to form a mass more or less difficult to unravel.
The fulling of flannels and broadcloths is effected by the felting principle.
This feltingproperty is one of the most valuable qualities possessed by wool, and on this property are the finer kinds of wool especially valued by the manufacturer for the finest broadcloths.
It is of coarse quality, and little used in the manufacture of cloth, on account of its length, and that deficiency of felting properties common, in a greater or less extent, to all English breeds.
These projections, or serrations, which vary in number in different specimens of wool, are what it depends on for its felting properties.
Some kinds of hair, however, have a slight felting property, and if sufficiently fine may be spun and woven.
The hair of the Bactrian camel, and also that of the llama, alpaca, and vicuña is soft and fine, possessingfelting qualities that make it very superior as a textile.
Thus the principles involved in felting are also applied in the manipulation of long fibre fabrics.
Defn: A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.
This is the grand felting operation; the cause of which was so long considered a mystery, and now ascertained to result from the peculiar natural construction of the animal fibre, as already explained.
The lamina of such fur seem to rise and erect themselves upon the stem of the hair by being kept, which may account for its better felting quality.
The hat with this surface covering is wrapped very carefully in a piece of cloth or coarse hair-cloth, and operated on very lightly, and nearly in the same manner as when felting the body.
Such is the making department of the trade, the felting process, where a firm piece of cloth (for such is the body of a hat) is manufactured from loose wool or fur, independent of either spinning or weaving.
The use of the inclosed paper is to prevent the inner surfaces from felting together, and to keep the inside open.
It is generally resorted to by the men in sizing WOOL hats, as it facilitates the felting operation.
Cook reported that "that there felting wouldn't come right nohow.
The girls adjourned into the drawing-room to investigate the difficulty, and found the felting neatly fastened at three sides, but steadily refusing to come within inches of the fourth wall.
It is probable that the quality of felting must be attributed to the scale structure and waviness of the wools, furs and hairs referred to.
The shape is further controlled and developed in the fulling or felting operation.
When it is desired to incorporate non-felting fibres in felt cloths, wool must be employed to "carry" them.
This is not because they are really clean--some are dirty--but because the felting property is liable to be interfered with in the scouring operation.
It is interesting to note that it is not usual to scourfelting wools.
It was also introduced into Saxony and was highly bred there, and Saxony soon came to surpass Spanish wool in fineness, softness, and felting properties.
They are generally strong and of an elastic character, possess numerous serrations, and are of good color, with good felting properties.
The short wool is combed for thick counts for weft and hosiery, and is also used for shawls and cloths where felting is not an essential feature.
In good felting wools the scales are more perfect and numerous, while inferior wools generally possess fewer serrations, and are less perfect in structure.
This felting property from which wool derives much of its value, and which is its special distinction from hair, depends in part upon the kinks in the fiber, but mainly upon the scales with which the fiber is covered.
The fiber is short in staple, possesses good felting properties, and is strong and elastic.
Venetian cloth has not so much feltingas broadcloth; it shows the weave more, but has the same lustrous finish.
The chief characteristic of wool is its feltingor shrinking power.
In the process of felting the fibers become entangled with one another, and the little projecting scales hook into one another and hold the fibers closely interlocked.
They are lacking in felting properties, but are lustrous and possess strength, and are most valuable in the manufacture of fabrics where strength and luster are required.
The fleece of this breed is fine, strong, elastic, and of good color; it also possesses a high felting power.
They are of good length, sound staple, have good felting properties, and are of good color.
The hot acid water promotes in a high degree the felting powers of the short-staple wool or fur, and, to a lesser extent, the thinly proofed ends of the fibres projecting from the surfaces of the proofed hat-forms.
When acid is added as well, the felting is still further increased, and shrinking also takes place.
We will now see what the effect of water is in the felting operation.
Now I come to a matter of great importance, as will later on appear in connection with means for promoting felting properties.
Sidenote: Flannel Hems] Flannel hems should not be twice folded, for there will be a ridge instead of a flat surface after the garment has been laundered, owing to the felting properties of the wool.
Hair as distinguished from wool has little or no scaly structure being in general a smooth filament with no felting properties and spinning only with great difficulty.
Fur is the undergrowth found on most fur-bearing animals and has in a modified way the scaly structure and felting properties of wool.
The wool fiber is distinguished by its scale-like surface which gives it its felting and spinning properties.
When well moistened and heated, they are placed between boards, and subjected to a rubbing action sufficient to harden them for bearing the subsequent strong planking or felting operations.
These fibers are picked apart and interlaced by a felting process into thin layers, which are placed one upon the other.
The development of inner springs and the felting of upholstery materials are of recent origin.
The adhesion of the latter to the surface of the brown paper is practically perfect, and the weight of the couch and press rolls ensures uniform felting of the fibres.
The paper falls to pieces if slightly damped, the felting power of the fibres being rendered of no effect owing to the weakening influence of excessive mineral matter.
A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.
The ever-imperious instinct for gathering cotton and felting it into purses and heaping it into barricades persists, fruitlessly, until life fails.
At the beginning of this work, the insect takes care to join the two storeys by felting the ceiling of the first to the floor of the second.
An insect excellently equipped for gathering and feltingcotton is ill-equipped for cutting leaves, kneading mud or mixing resin.
This debased article does not seem to have got into use; cotton, from its want of the felting property and inelasticity, being very ill-adapted for making hat-stuff.
Illustration] Glueing and felting play an important part in the work of the weavers.
The fiber cells or cellulose, must be of a highly resistant character, and must have length, strength and good felting qualities.
The Simmons process does no damage to the fibers, which though short, possess excellent felting properties.
This pulp contains practically all the constituents of the original wood, has little strength, inferior felting properties, and is not of permanent character.
There are light and dark areas, and these are called the felting pattern.
The hatters have a tradition, that the art of feltingoriginated with St. Clement, the fourth bishop of Rome.
The principle of felting is said to have been suggested to his mind by the following circumstance; while fleeing from his persecutors, his feet became blistered, and, to obtain relief, he placed wool between them and his sandals.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "felting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
