Quick-drying clothes are clothes that dry faster. Compared with wool or cotton clothes, under the same external conditions, it is easier to volatilize water and dry faster. It does not absorb sweat, but quickly transfers to the surface of clothes and evaporates through air circulation, thus achieving the purpose of quick drying. Generally, the drying speed of quick-drying clothes is 50% faster than that of cotton fabrics.
Why do quick-drying clothes dry quickly?
This is a very professional problem. Different fabrics adopt different principles, including the principle of using similar shape memory polymers. There is also the principle of using microporous membrane; There is also the principle of using the molecular diameter difference between water droplets and water molecules and air molecules and so on. The principle of using microporous membrane will be emphasized here. Fast-drying fabrics based on microporous film principle are very common in the market. The principle of quick drying is to use a film with a pore size between the maximum diameter of water molecules and air molecules and the minimum diameter of water droplets, and then compound the film with the outer fabric, so the fabric has waterproof and breathable effects.
Gortex
The principle is somewhat similar. The fabric using this principle plays a role in the membrane with micropores, which not only plays a role in preventing water splashing, but also plays a role in ventilation. Whether using microporous membrane principle or other principles, they are actually chemical fiber fabrics with different fibers.
On the fabric of quick-drying clothing
polyester fiber
100% contains polyester fiber, which will make consumers feel as uncomfortable as wearing a layer of nylon. In order to avoid this situation, different brands have their own solutions according to their own functional positioning. Some change the discomfort caused by polyester fiber after water absorption through different weaving methods; Others pay more attention to comfort and life, adding some ingredients such as cotton; Others can make cotton fiber and other fabrics have good quick-drying function.
COOLMAX quick-drying clothes COOLMAX is one of the most common and widely used fabrics, developed by DuPont. The outstanding feature of this fabric is its strong sweat absorption and perspiration function, which is attributed to the hollow structure of COOLMAX.
MONY-DRY MONI-DRY is a moisture-absorbing and quick-drying fabric, which was developed by Columbia Company. Its main feature is super volatility and water absorption, which is 2 to 3 times stronger than ordinary cotton cloth, thus effectively ensuring the comfort and dryness of the wearer of the quick-drying clothes.
ACTIVENT is a chemical material produced by Gore Company in the United States, which is windproof, breathable and waterproof. It is a kind of film that needs to be pressed together with other nylon materials, which is more suitable for bicycle lovers to choose quick-drying clothes.
The early fabrics of quick-drying clothes are mostly polypropylene, which is easy to pilling, and the more times it is washed, the more obvious it is, and it is easy to age when it is dried or near the fire source. Later, polyester was used instead of polypropylene, which was characterized by not easy pilling and aging. When washing these two fabrics, don't rub them hard. If you wash them by machine, you should set them to "soft" position. Like hiking shoes, it is best to avoid direct sunlight when drying, and synthetic fibers are easy to age under direct sunlight. In addition, almost all the fibers used in quick-drying clothes are not refractory materials. A single spark may destroy your carefully selected quick-drying clothes, so remind everyone to pay attention to fire prevention when smoking or playing bonfire parties.
It is best not to wear quick-drying clothes. After all, quick-drying clothes are chemical fiber products, and they don't feel very good when worn. Secondly, judging from the effect of perspiration, many quick-drying clothes have splash-proof coatings. The quick-drying clothes made of these materials have poor sweat absorption ability, and the quick-drying ability after all soaking is ok, but the sweat on the body can not be absorbed by the clothes.
You can't wear ordinary cotton T-shirts inside. Once you sweat, it is difficult for cotton to sweat. If it is attached to your body and blown by the wind, it is easy to catch a cold.