{"id":63156,"date":"2010-07-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/summertime-a-true-test-for-textiles\/"},"modified":"2010-07-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T00:00:00","slug":"summertime-a-true-test-for-textiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/07\/summertime-a-true-test-for-textiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime: A true test for textiles"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. – July 28, 2010 – When he drives by the local beaches during the summer months, 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Martin Bide sees fashion coming under attack. Bide isn\u2019t judging the content of the fashion, mind you. Rather, he sees materials that are being assaulted by nature\u2019s elements from all angles. <\/p>\n


\nAs the former president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), the textiles, fashion merchandising and design professor had a direct impact on setting the standards that all clothing materials and dyes must meet in this country and around the world. The AATCC – founded in 1921 \u2013 is the world\u2019s leading not-for-profit professional association for the textile design, materials, processing and testing industries. <\/p>\n


\nWith the summer season in full swing, we sat with Bide to discuss the science of swimwear to find out what works when it comes to beating the heat. <\/p>\n


\nWhen it comes to an effective bathing suit, nylon is the way to go. \u201cNylon is an effective material for swimwear because it stretches and it recovers very well,\u201d said Bide. \u201cIt allows for more comfort whether wet or dry.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nNylon also is more effective at blocking abrasive materials, such as sand and saltwater, from the skin. <\/p>\n


\nCotton, on the other hand, changes drastically based on its condition. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cCotton is very comfortable as long as it stays dry and doesn\u2019t get too hot,\u201d Bide said. \u201cWith heat, an individual is going to sweat, which makes the material very heavy and absorbent. Cotton becomes very abrasive to the skin when it gets wet, especially if the material is taking in sand or saltwater from the beach.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nMore challenging than the sand and saltwater found at beaches is the chlorine found in pool water. The chemicals that keep a pool clean relentlessly attack the materials and dyes in swimwear. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cChlorine is an oxidant that is used in bleaches,\u201d Bide said. \u201cIt is a challenge to the bright colors and the spandex in bathing suits. The colors suffer significant fading the more they are exposed to chlorine. This is why bathing suits that are solid in color do much better than the multi-colored or print-style bathing suits. When you have multiple colors, you will notice the fading much sooner because the colors are more likely to bleed, or one part of the suit fades faster than another. When you have one solid color, the fading is more consistent throughout and less noticeable.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nAll students in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s textiles program are required to take laboratory classes to gain better understanding of durability for materials and dyes. Among the tools the students work with is a Q-Sun Xe-3-HS Xenon Test Chamber, donated by Cleveland-based Q-Lab Corporation in 2009. <\/p>\n


\nWith the Q-Sun, Bide and his students are able to test for resistance to damage from light, heat and moisture of virtually any material used indoors or outdoors. Its three xenon-arc lamps simulate full-spectrum sunlight, and different filters produce the wavelengths necessary to test each material with the light conditions of its service environment. Since moisture is an important factor in damaging textiles, the Q-Sun also has relative humidity control and water spray. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhether they are looking to go into designing, dyeing, quality control or retail, our students have the experience to understand whether fabrics are going to fail or survive in a given environment,\u201d Bide said. \u201cIn the lab, they learn the various elements that impact the materials. If they are working as a designer, they\u2019ll be able to communicate with a manufacturer in China to identify the dye level needed for a piece to work. Likewise, if they are a dyer, they can help a designer understand why something will or will not be effective from a materials perspective.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nStudents today also must account for a material’s ultraviolet protection factor (UPF). With skin cancer awareness increasing in the last decade, the textiles industry rates clothing for its UPF. Hats and other accessories have become far more prevalent in beach fashion as a result. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe UPF of fabric is impacted if it is wet or dry,\u201d Bide said. \u201cWhen material gets wet, its UPF goes down, leaving the individual more susceptible. Materials that hold out water, rather than soak it in, are more protective.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nOne important factor to keep in mind is that swimwear is meant to be a temporary piece of clothing. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhether it is sunlight, sand, saltwater or chemicals, swim wear is under constant assault,\u201d Bide said. \u201cThe more it is exposed to the elements, the less effective it becomes. That\u2019s why you don\u2019t buy bathing suits and expect them to last for years.\u201d\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 28, 2010 – When he drives by the local beaches during the summer months, 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Martin Bide sees fashion coming under attack. Bide isn\u2019t judging the content of the fashion, mind you. Rather, he sees materials that are being assaulted by nature\u2019s elements from all angles. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}