Abstract: An padding-steaming anti-crease finish in the moist state has been studied in this article in order to reduce the damage to the breaking strength and whiteness in the cotton fabric’s traditional padding-baking anti-crease finish process. Some factors such as the concentration of polymaleic acid and catalyst, the temperature and time of steaming, which influenced the wrinkle recovery angle, breaking strength and whiteness, have been discussed. Compared with the general padding-baking anti-crease finish process, the mosit anti-crease finish process could not only obtain the equivalent anti-crease propety but also be superior to padding-baking process in other property indexes such as breaking strength and so on.

Key words: cotton fabric, anti-crease finish, the moidt state, fabric property