What Were The Problems That Flax Faced In The Past In The Apparel Industry? What Was Done To Overcome Those Problems?

There were some problems that were associated with flax in the apparel industry. For instance the material produced from the spinning and amalgamating of other fibers with short-staple flax fibers was not a very productive outcome. The reason attributed to this lack of productivity in outcomes was the particular percentage of trashy and coarse fibers (which was a direct result of the dearth of quality control standards) that contributed towards reducing the effectiveness of high-speed spinning of flax with those materials.

This problem was given a solution by a group of researchers who collaborated with the microbiologist Danny Akin to set quality benchmarks, which would determine the class and value of each fiber. Moreover they also came up with a process called retting that involves the separating of fibers from stalks. A sub-category of retting is traditional dew retting that is employed in the field. However after getting the flax out of the field, another sub-category of retting is applied, which is called enzyme retting, which leaves very little scope for coarse or impure fibers.

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