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Saturday 16 March 2013

Instant Clothes



There is a fabric that you can spray onto your body--Instant clothes in a can!

Wouldn’t your mornings be easier if you could simply spray on your outfit rather than pick it out? Well a London organization may have made this dream a reality. In 2000, Fabrican Ltd, based at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Imperial College London, invented a spray-on fabric. The spray is instant and produces a non-woven fabric.


It was developed for household, industrial, personal, healthcare, decorative and fashion applications. The spray is used with an aerosol can or a spray-gun, and the fabric itself is formed by cross-linking fibers. These adhere to one another and create an instant non-woven fabric. Fabrican notes that the properties can be tailored to meet the needs of each user. They can be altered to produce different fabrics in varied textures and colors.

In the medical world, Fabrican could be used for new types of patches, wound healing products, dressings, bandages and casts, and slow release systems. In the fashion industry, Fabrican hopes this new fabric will free designers to try new ideas. The spray on fabric will also make it more possible to repair and recycle old clothing, make seamless garments and better customize pieces.



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