Pilling is a severe concern for blended fabrics. The
aesthetic look and smoothness are the buyers’ prime requirements. The main focus
of the study was to see the pilling behavior from various percentages of
polyester fiber blend ratio as well as the different pilling cycles on blended
fabrics. The cotton, polyester, and elastane prepared the study fabrics. These
fabrics are (90% Cotton/5% Polyester/5% Elastane, 90% Cotton/6% Polyester/4%
Elastane, 90% Cotton/7% Polyester/3% Elastane, 90% Cotton/8% Polyester/2%
Elastane, and 90% Cotton/9% Polyester/1% Elastane, 85% Cotton/10% Polyester/5%
Elastane, 85% Cotton/11% Polyester/4% Elastane, 85% Cotton/12% Polyester/3%
Elastane, 85% Cotton/13% Polyester/2% Elastane, and 85% Cotton/14% Polyester/1% Elastane,
80% Cotton/15% Polyester/5% Elastane, 80% Cotton/16% Polyester/4% Elastane, 80%
Cotton/17% Polyester/3% Elastane, 80% Cotton/18% Polyester/2% Elastane, and 80%
Cotton/19% Polyester/1% Elastane). The selected polyester blend ratios were 5%,
6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 11%, 12%, 13%, 14%, 15%, 16%, 17%, 18% and 19%
respectively. The study used the Martindale pilling tester with 2000, 5000, and
7000 cycles, respectively. The evaluation followed the ISO 12945-2:2000. The
study findings are that the polyester fiber blend ratio did not influence the
pilling grade on blended fabrics for pilling cycles 2000, and the pilling grade
remained constant at 4-5. The pilling grade
started to deteriorate in pilling cycle 5000 for the fabrics 85%C/10%P/5%E,
85%C/11%P/4%E, 85%C/12%P/3%E, 85%C/13%P/2%E, 85%C/14%P/1%E showed the pilling grade 4,
and the fabrics made from 80%C/15%P/5%E, 80%C/16%P/4%E, 80%C/17%P/3%E, 80%C/18%P/2%E, 80%C/19%P/1%E
showed the pilling grade 4, 3, 3, 3, and 3 respectively. For the pilling cycles
7000, the pilling grade further deteriorated for
the fabrics 80%C/15%P/5%E, 80%C/16%P/4%E, 80%C/17%P/3%E, 80%C/18%P/2%E, 80%C/19%P/1%E
showed the pilling grade 3, 3, 2, 2, and 2 respectively. The study finds the
dominance of polyester fiber throughout the
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