Mercerized wool is processed by treatment in dyeing and finishing craft in wool textile through which the mercerizing craft is carried out. The normal wool need treating by BasolanDC chlorinated or protease to destroy scales of the wool surface, reducing the coefficient of friction differences forward and reverse movement of wool. The wool treated has better luster, commonly known as mercerized wool. Mercerized wool can also be spun into pure mercerized wool yarn or mercerized blended yarn. The main feature of mercerized wool is the shrink-resistant, machine washable and pilling-resistant.
As a professional luxurious yarn manufacturer, CONSINEE applies mercerized wool in yarn spinning. Mercerized wool yarn is yarn made from mercerized wool. Mercerized wool can be blended spun with cashmere, silk, cotton etc. Consinee has stock service of 2/26 nm 70%Mer.wool(90's)30%Cashmere, 2/48nm 70%Mer.wool30%Silk(Semi-Worsted, 100% mercerized wool yarn etc. All these yarns are classic items and can be used in sweater and different knitwear knitting. Therefore they are favored by top designers and manufacturer for years.
Mercerized wool technology originated in the mid-nineties, which is a new dyeing process developed in the basis of traditional shrink-proof wool chlorination process. Wool fabric treated by the process has cashmere feel and silky sheen. For these characteristics, mercerized wool products (mercerized wool yarn, mercerized wool knitwear soon popped up. Now, mercerized wool has been very normal and popular and the market share of mercerized wool has exceeded possession of ordinary wool products.