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Decating is a textile finishing process used to enhance the appearance and feel of fabrics, particularly woollens, worsteds, synthetics, and knits. This process involves applying heat and pressure to the fabric.1

The primary goals of decating are to:
* Set the fabric, meaning to stabilize its structure.1
* Develop lustre, giving the fabric a sheen.12
* Soften the fabric's hand, or feel.1
* Even the set and grain of certain fabrics.1
* For double knits, it imparts a crisp hand and reduces shrinkage.1

In wet decating, fabric under tension is steamed over perforated cylinders, which gives a subtle lustre or bloom. The process originates from French terms related to steaming and pressing.12

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