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MATERIALS WARNING! Avvertimento

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WHY IS THIS WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT!?

SUEDE & PROBLEMS HAPPENING MAKE A
NUBUCK TESTING! HERO?
CHANGE!
Watch for * Change the material to wet-type Sticking with suede/
Fibers in Suedes & Nubucks nubuck?
are saturated with dye, and the CROCKING & smooth synthetic leather or PU
buffing process opens up those COLOR FASTNESS coated leather * LOWER COLOR
fibers, allowing excess dye to results and check * Use RP EMBOSS R231, SAHARA, or SATURATION
escape, causing bleeding * CHANGE COLOR
category MPS SWAN BLOCKING
CROCKING &
COLORFASTNESS

Unlike multifilament yarns, * Watch for * Blend monofil with multi-filament Sticking with monofil?

MONOFILAMENT vs
which will fray before breaking,
monofilament (one continuous
filament) will break once a small
LTWT results
* Keep an eye
on MULLEN
Polyester yarns to keep translucency
but increase strength
* Bump up the
denier of the
monofil
tear occurs. VERY DANGEROUS BURST * Switch to open net mesh with
* Modify to a
FOR FLEX ZONES & STOLL multifilament which mimics structure of knitted structure
BREAKAGE ABRASION mono-mesh to provide
results * Look into TPU, TPE, or Hotmelt Yarns ($$$) mechanical
stretch

* Watch for * Switch Sticking with monofil?

MONOFILAMENTS are one
smooth continuous filament and BONDING on to open * Incorporate fine details into structure
vs so have less texture and surface assembly and no- net mesh creating micro-depth, mimicking
area for cement to bond to sew areas which mimics textured surface
* Request BONDING structure of * Enhance bonding area with additives or
BONDING mono-mesh
test AT FACTORY other materials
SPECIAL SURFACES:
* REFLECTIVE
* FOIL Watch for
BONDING
FOIL: Choose
similar RP
Sticking with
REFLECTIVE?
Sticking with
FOIL?
Sticking
with
* LENTICULAR on assembly Embosses with Carefully
BUFF at
STITCH foil
pieces on the
LENTICULAR?
STITCH
and no-sew METALIC or
bonding area upper lenticular
areas ANODIZED FINISHES pieces on the
When used as an underlay, The smooth, micro- HF Welding & No-Sew Remove from Remove from
BONDING GLASS BEADS on the thin metal foil does PRESSURE & HEAT will onto No-Sew or bonding area bonding area upper
surface of reflective not provide any damage the lenticular Synthetic Leather Remove from
materials must be BUFFED texture for primer or structure, losing the bonding area
prior to bonding cement to adhere to desired effect

REFLECTIVE & FOIL incorporate a layer of special material Watch for PLY Choose similar Avoid using these
bonded on top of a base layer. This has less structural integrity ADHEASION RP Embosses materials in TOE AREA
than the base layer itself and will eventually wear off (think: & BALLY FLEX with METALIC or and OTHER FLEX
grit on a nail file or sandpaper or your kid’s macaroni art!): between the layers ANODIZED FINISHES ZONES
REFLECTIVE: Layer of microscopic glass beads of the material onto No-Sew or
ABRASION FOIL: Micro-thin metal foil layer Synthetic Leather

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NYLON- & Color contamination
between Nylon or * Switch to
SPANDEX- Spandex and Polyseter
can occur due to different
Polyester
* Lower color
MELTING POINTS

CONTAINING CROCKING &

dyeing temperatures saturation NYLON 6 215c

TEXTILES COLORFASTNESS
[explanation text]
* Avoid using white
or light Nylon or
NYLON 6/6
SPANDEX
250c

232-271c
Spandex next to
darker materials CDP 232-271c

POLYESTER 250-288c
YELOWING
NO SEW SUBLIMATION
Nylon yarns have low melting * Reduce percentage ###c ###c
points & post processes (i.e. of Nylon or Spandex [Development has requested a chart like
no-sew & HF welding) can yarn to Polyester this - I’m unsure of range of temps and
damage Nylon & Spandex which yarns to include]
yarns, leaving unwanted marks
MELTING w/ HF
WELD & NO SEW
Sublimation printing’s * Switch to
high heat & pressure
may damage & shrink DIRECT
the textile PRINT process
NO SUBLIMATION
OILED LEATHER PRINTING
*NOTE:
Waxes and oils in the leather * BUFFING on the bonding surface is a MUST! These are
* Lower the WAX% of the leather. Use caution,
prevent cements & primers
from penetrating the fibers. at lower % you will lose the the deep natural GUIDELINES. For
ESPESCIALLY WITH ANILINE
LEATHER
leather aesthetic more info and details,
BONDING * Avoid bonding area or stitch only
CHECK WITH YOUR
MATERIAL DEVELOPER