Drill (fabric)

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Drill is a strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave. It can be used unbleached, although it is more often bleached or dyed.

The lighter weights are used in such clothing items as shirts, safari jackets, blouses, playwear, and martial arts wear.

Khaki drill is made into uniforms; boatsail drill is made into sails for sailing craft and is unbleached; drill is also made into pocket linings. The cotton drill is made of 100% cotton, it is widely used for making cook uniform (chef wear)because it is thick enough to protect from heat. TC Drill (Tetrone Cotton) is mixture of cotton and Polyester, it also very common for making uniforms like worker shirt and kitchen uniform.

100% cotton drill characteristic are much more cooling and comfortable touching feeling compare to TC Drill, but it has a weakness of 100% cotton drill is it has shrinkage problem if the finishing handling is not good enough.

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