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Acknowledgement
The authors would like to acknowledge the Australian Wool Textile Training
Centre 
(http://www.awttc.com.au),
 where some of this material was presented
during textile training courses held at CSIRO Textile & Fibre Technology,
Geelong, Australia, in October 2006.
© 2009 Woodhead Publishing Limited

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Wool finishing and the development of
novel finishes
J.   S H E N, De Montfort University, UK
Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of recent developments in wool
finishing. Since wool fabric finishing is a very extensive topic, this review
focuses on functional finishes such as shrink-resist, flame-retardant, insect-
resist, stain-repellent and stain-release finishing. In recent years, there has
been considerable interest in the use of enzymes to achieve a variety of
finishing effects on wool. Incorporation of enzymes into wool wet processes
to improve wool fabric softness, reduction of prickle and shrink resistance
are reviewed.