What is difference between PFD, White, and Scour?
- Let's begin with PFD/RFD/PFP, as it has the most names. At Greene Textile, we refer to it as PFD (Prepared for Dye). PFD is an off-white color, with the greige goods treated with a small amount of bleach to create a blank canvas that allows the fabric to absorb color during dyeing. Most of our customers who PFD are looking to do garment dyeing and/or plan to screen on the fabric. I like to think of PFD as a blank canvas.Now, regarding White, we call our white fabrics Bleach Optical White. In contrast to PFD, white fabric is a true bright white, to a sheet of printing paper. When you buy a piece of clothing that is bright white, that’s what we refer to as Bleach Optical White.Lastly, Scour/Natural is aptly named. The fabric is finished to its natural tan hue. Many of our customers appreciate the soft tan color and use it without dyeing. If you decide to dye Scour/Natural fabric, be aware that you may need to adjust your formula to account for the yellow undertone in scour fabrics.
French Terry vs Fleece
- Fleece is made from French Terry, but not all French Terry qualifies as fleece.To clarify this riddle, let’s define French Terry. It consists of two sides the front, which is typically flat and made from a Jersey knit, and the back, which features loops. These loops can vary in style, such as high loop and low loop.So, how is all fleece French Terry? The process of creating fleece involves brushing the fabric. Fleece begins as French Terry, and instead of leaving it in that form during dyeing, we brush the loop side to achieve the fluffy, soft texture.
What is the difference between knit and woven?
- Fabrics are generally divided into two categories: Knits and Wovens. In simple terms, your t-shirts are made from knits, while your button-up shirts are crafted from wens. Woven fabric is created by weaving two sets of yarn together, with examples including broadcloth, denim, drill, poplin, cotton sateen, flannelette, lawn, and corduroy. woven fabrics are manufactured outside of the U.S. Knit fabric, on the other hand, is made by interloping (or knitting) a single set of yarn, with everyday items typically made from French Terry, Jersey, Thermal, and Rib.
Different minimums and how to know which best fits your compay.
We offer sample yardage of any of our PFD fabrics minimum 1 yard maximum 10 yards. All samples are $10/yd
Here at Greene Textile our stock items are the most popular styles that we manufacture. We decided to start a stock program so small business' can have access to fabric at wholesale pricing. As wells as a new business' who is interested in us but would like to try a few different styles. All of our stock we sell at a minimum of 1 roll in PFD as is. Most of these styles we replenish once out. Every once in a while we will have a "limited stock item" which means we do not restock this style regularly or it is only a stock item while supplies last such as; thermals, black or white fabric etc. All stock styles can be ordered as production as well.
We define our production minimums as how much of that fabric you need to order. They will range from 800-1200 yards or 20 rolls per style. You must meet production minimums in order to move forward with dye and printing minimums. For most of our styles listed under "Popular" we are able to work with you to lower those minimums.
Dye minimums: 800-1200 yards per color. You can have 1 base and the standard rib. EX:800 yards of either French Terry, Waffle, Jersey and 200 yards of match rib. For any of our styles listed under "Popular" you have the option to do two or more colors 1,200 yards per color but the opportunity to pick 2 styles + rib EX: 600 French Terry 600 Jersey 200 rib.
Weight of fabric
Here at Greene Textile, we use ounces per yard (oz/yard or oz/linear yard): this is the weight of one yard of fabric, listed in ounces. That means if you cut a yard of fabric and weighed it in ounces, you'd get this number.
oz per square yard (oz/sq yard): this is the weight of one square yard of fabric, listed in ounces. That means if you took a square piece of fabric that was one yard wide by one yard tall, and you weighed it in ounces, you’d get this number.
Grams per square meter (gsm): this is the weight of one square meter of fabric, listed in grams. That means if you took a square piece of fabric that was one meter wide by one meter tall, and you weighed it in grams, you’d get this number.