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Virtually all of the materials we use here at Pattaya Printspace can be described as moisture-wicking fabric.

Moisture wicking fabrics have two jobs: one is quickly moving (wicking) sweat to the fabric’s outer surface and the other is drying rapidly so that your sweat doesn’t saturate the fabric.

The result is that you’re more comfortable because your body can regulate its temperature efficiently and the fabric touching your skin has a dry, non-sticky feel.

How Moisture-Wicking Fabrics Work

Moisture wicking relies on “capillary action,” which is the movement of a liquid (sweat in this case) through tiny spaces within a fabric due to the molecular forces between the liquid and the fabric’s internal surfaces. Brands refine this process by carefully engineering the structure of the yarns within their fabrics, and by applying a variety of treatments to surfaces within that structure.

Don’t sweat the science,

Why Choose Moisture-Wicking Fabric?

When you’re breaking a good sweat, that sweat evaporates and produces a cooling effect. After skin temperature cools to a comfortable level, your body stops sweating. It’s a super-efficient process, and one that an effective moisture-wicking fabric will complement.

Generally, you want moisture-wicking fabric on any apparel that touches your skin. You also want it on clothes you plan to wear while you’re doing aerobic (sweat-producing) activities like hiking or running or indeed any sport and obviously if you live in hot climate moisture wicking fabrics are perfect.

Most moisture-wicking fabrics are synthetics:

When moisture gets absorbed into a fabric’s yarns, it’s trapped there instead of moving through the fabric. That’s a recipe for poor moisture-wicking performance. Synthetic fabrics are “hydrophobic,” which means they resist the penetration of water. That’s why you see a lot of synthetic fabrics, like polyester or nylon, excel at moisture wicking.
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