Silk surfacing was a surface finishing of cotton to obtain an appearance similar to silk.
In contrast to other imitative finishes such as mercerizing, In Silk surfacing, real silk was used in this treatment. Cotton was treated with acid and then silk waste (mixed) solution cotton to provide a lustrous appearance.[1][2][3]
The steps are as follows:
The cotton is encased with silk. Although the finish was less durable, was adapted for selected products only that were less likely to wash. [4][1][2][3]
Silk - surfacing is a method of treating cotton yarn to make it look like silk . This is done by soaking smooth cotton yarns in a solution of pure silk made by dissolving silk remnants