Prepared For Dyeing
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Prepared for dyeing - a fabric or garment that is specially made to be dyed; sometimes “preferred for dyeing”; usually abbreviated pfd or p.f.d. PFD fabrics have been desized, scoured, and fully bleached, but have been processed without optical brighteners or softeners which can interfere with dye uptake. Often called ‘prepared for garment dyeing’ or PFGD, such fabrics are usually only carried by specialty suppliers. Most fabric is prepared for dyeing at the same facility that does dyeing. Any fabric can be prepared for dyeing and sold as such, but types other than cotton are extremely rare, and often available only by special order of large quantities. PFD cotton garments are made with PFD fabrics and sewn with cotton thread, so that the thread will dye similarly to the fabric. Sometimes they are made oversize to allow for shrinkage in dyeing processes. A few large manufactures of t-shirts offer PFD shirts. It may be advisable to wash PFD products before dyeing, mostly as a hedge against contaminants picked up in handling or to remove thread lubrication oils that might have been used in garment construction. [1]
