Glow in the dark net stockings are quite hot recently. Is this a new technology? How does it work? This is a quite interesting story. Let’s dig this with Thriving, the leading hosiery manufacturer.
Traditional Way
First, glow materials on apparel is not a new thing. People did this for a long time. Mostly this is done by printing. To be specific, by screen printing. See the below( https://www.ebay.com/itm/223480048651).
The theory behind this is simple. Mix the illuminate material in the printing and it will do the work. The side effect is also obvious. It is chemical. It does harm to human body. Maybe it won’t have too much affect on an outer cloth, say jacket or jeans. These are not next to human’s skin. However, if we are talking about pantyhose, or tights, it will be a different story. This remains as an issue till the new illuminate comes out.
New Illuminate Yarn
Before we move further on this yarn, let’s take some steps back to the production of nylon. See the below picture. Basically people boil nylon chips to liquid with heat. Then nylon fibers are extruded from it in a special device. This is the most simple way to describe the whole process.
Strontium aluminatemade from rare earth is luminescent. Scientist add strontium aluminate powder into nylon salt. In this way, we get the luminescent nylon salt. With the final extrusion process, illuminate nylon comes to the world as a result. Two main benefits for this way: the illuminate function is both permanent and healthy.
First, mixing the two in early chip stage ensures the permanent function. Unlike the screen printing way, this is done much earlier so the two is actually one thing. So no matter how you handle this yarn, wash or iron, this illuminate function will last for ever.
Second, this illuminate yarn is healthy. Healthy is not only in production site but also in materials.(See Thriving’s healthy production workshops https://ytthriving.com/)It is neither chemical nor radiation. All in all, it is just earth fundamentally. So whether they are in outer clothes or inner layer, it does no hard to human body.
Thriving, the leading hosiery manufacturer, makes glow in the dark net stockings in this illuminate nylon. Let’s enjoy some pictures of this style.
