RFD fabric
RFD (ready for dyeing), sometimes PFD (prepared for dyeing), is greige cloth that has been scoured and bleached to a clean, absorbent, dimensionally-settled base. It is prepared for dyeing or printing but not yet coloured.
Scouring removes sizing and natural waxes; bleaching evens the whiteness. RFD accepts dye and print predictably, which is why print bureaux and local dye houses buy it rather than raw greige. It is more finished than greige and less finished than dyed goods.
When you order from a mill
We supply RFD by the roll so you dye or print to your own colour card and artwork in your market, with no per-colour minimum from us.