Without softness there is no comfort
Softness is the key to comfortable textiles. With Lenzing Modal®, MicroModal® and MicroModal® AIR fibers, softness can be obtained in textiles in a completely natural way. The higher the share of MicroModal® or MicroModal® AIR in the textile, the softer and suppler it becomes. Using a variety of different test methods, Lenzing has set a new standard, which gives new definition to softness and shows how Lenzing Modal® fibers can change a textile’s degree of softness. This test method combines the well-known ring method with a new technology specially developed for textiles with Lenzing – the TSA method (Tissue Softness Analyzer).
Softness is the key to comfortable textiles. And this is something the user has to be able to experience, both when deciding to buy a textile and when using it. Judging softness is an individual, dynamic process that results from the interplay between textiles and the skin. To depict this complex sensory interaction in an objective way, scientists are working on physical methods to measure softness.
MicroModal is the winner
Textiles of MicroModal attain the highest level of softness. Thanks to the low fiber rigidity and fiber cross-section, Lenzing Modal fibers are natural softeners. In 100% of cases, the fibers develop pure softness and produce wonderful textiles with outstanding comfort. They also last longer since textiles made with Lenzing Modal remain as soft as they were when they were new and do not harden after several washes.
Tactile softness
Physical measuring methods are one way to determine softness. However, the human hand should serve as the primary method to test softness. And here again, in touch tests MicroModal was convincing. A panel of 17 textile experts felt MicroModal and declared it to be the softest fiber among cotton, viscose, and Lenzing Modal fibers.
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