INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE USE OF BAMBOO AND SILVER YARN ON TOWEL FABRIC ON ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY

Towels in home textile products are surfaces that frequently used daily life. Towel generally to remove moisture and water from the body. In this context, main performance feature expected terry fabric due contact of product with skin is softness, fast drying antibacterial properties. Due on towel fabrics, it provides a suitable environment for bacterial growth. For reason, studies carried out properties towel. study, aimed conduct research activities within scope developing fabric. purpose, different productions were made using silver yarn, bamboo chemicals, their examined. chemical finishing process, known as classical method, was applied towels, which first woven 100% cotton yarn. addition, fabrics produced by 70% bamboo-30% yarn 92% cotton-8% Antibacterial obtained samples against S.aureus K. pneumonie bacteria according AATCC 100 standard According test results, activity level blended towels close observed trials.