Sateen Fabric

Sateen fabric is often confused with satin but these are two different types of fabrics. Sateen is mostly applied to cotton and rarely rayon. In most of the cases sateen is the cotton fabric whose luster resembles that of satin. Luxury sateen fabric is used for making bedsheets and apparels.

Sateen is a very famous fabric that is made from cotton but it is much cheaper than the silk and satin. Sateen is very durable and machine washable.

How Sateen Fabric is Made?

To make luxury sateen fabric first of all the long and combed fiber of cotton are taken. These cotton fibers are then mercerized to get the sheen. In the process of mercerization the cotton fibers are soaked in sodium hydroxide and then in an acid bath. This process makes the cotton fiber very strong and gives an extra luster that is the property of sheen fabric.

Sateen Weave

Weaving is one of the factors that helps in recognizing the sateen fabric. In sateen weave, one vertical thread is woven for four or more threads that are horizontal. Because of this weaving, more number of threads are exposed to the surface making the sateen fabric very smooth and soft.

Sateen Fabric Application

• Luxury sateen fabric is a very lustrous and heavy fabric so chiefly used for making bed sheets.
• Sateen is also used as an inner lining in jackets as it stops the air.
• Many vintage dresses and other types of vintage clothes are made from sateen fabric.
• Spun Polyester Sateen is used for making abrasion material for sand paper and for filtering liquids.