Fabric finish

The fabric finishing process adds color, hand, and other characteristics to the woven goods (grey or greige goods) at the end of the manufacturing process.   The finishing process may include scouring, bleaching, mercerising, singeing fibers, raising fibers, calendering, shrinking, dyeing, and/or printing.   According to the finishing processes actually used on each fabric, the same greige goods can come out looking, feeling, and behaving entirely differently.