What makes Wickers’ FR Wool underwear superior?

“The only Top Dyed wool and Lenzing FR for underwear and base layer garments made in America.”

Both the fibers are completely sustainable, they do no harm to the environment. FR Lenzing fibers earn Prestigious USDA Certification for Sustainability. Both fibers Fine Micron Merino Wool and FR Lenzing are top dyed to insure color integrity and to establish its eco-friendly production processing (from fibers to garments.

After dyeing the tops of wool and separately the tops of FR Lenzing fiber, the yarn manufacturer then mixes the two fibers together, using its manufacturing skills to spin the fibers into very fine long staple yarns. The manufacturer is awarded the ISO Certificate for the field of Dyeing-Spinning-Twisting and awarded Certification by Oeko-Tex Standard 100 (no harmful substances) authorizing them to use the Oeko-Tex mark.

To further emphasize the importance of the environmental friendly character of Wickers fabric, Lenzing FR fiber has been certified as 100% Bio based by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Bio based products are made of ingredients from renewable sources such as wood from trees and fine Merino wool from sheep.

Lenzing FR is a high performance cellulose fiber that delivers unique and highly valuable benefits to make Wickers wool garments safer, cooler, drier and more comfortable for those who are expected to perform under strenuous and challenging conditions.

After receiving this highly valuable yarn, Wickers production of its fabric and garments does no harm to the final product. There are no harmful substances that are in Wickers fabric and garment manufacturing processes. When you are finished using our Wickers FR garment they will bio-degrade naturally.

Wickers FR underwear has been tested at 500 degrees Fahrenheit for five minutes in an over with no ignition, melting, dripping or separation. Because the garments are non-toxic, under direct flame or excessive heat, they produce no toxic pyrolysis gases.

For superior FR performance, protection and reduction of fatigue resulting from heat stress, turn to Wickers.Com.

Happy Veterans Day from All of Us at Wickers

The U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said:

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."

The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting that the President Calvin Coolidge issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday; "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'."

In 1953, an Emporia, Kansas man named Stephan Riod the owner of a shoe repair shop, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who died in World War I. Riod had been actively involved with the American War Dads during World War II. He began a campaign to turn Armistice Day into "All" Veterans Day. The Emporia Chamber of Commerce took up the cause after determining that 90% of Emporia merchants as well as the Board of Education supported closing their doors on November 11 to honor all veterans. With the help of U.S. Representative John Salper, also from Emporia, a bill for the holiday was pushed through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on May 26, 1954. Congress amended this act on June 1, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with "Veterans," and it has been known as Veterans Day since.

Although originally scheduled for celebration on November 11 of every year, starting in 1971 in accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. In 1978, it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11.

The Family at Wickers Performancewear would like to wish a very happy Veterans Day to all who have served our great nation. Thank you for your courage and dedication and for giving so much to pay for the freedom we enjoy today.

Below is a list of resources for Veterans:

Restaurants Offering Veterans Discounts

Entertainment Discounts for Veterans

Veterans Career Fair

More About Wicking - Akwatek

Akwatek is Wickers unique process that actually alters the fabric to "wick" perspiration away from the body to cool or warm and keep you dry, not only in extreme outdoor conditions, but in everyday activities, anywhere.

Unlike the capillary action of other fabrics that need to be worn close to the skin to transport moisture, the revolutionary Akwatek process pulls moisture away from the body much faster. It actually duplicates and enhances the thermoregulatory actions of the body creating a vapor barrier to keep you cool when the weather is warm, and warm when the weather is cold.

The patented Wickers process does not use any add-on chemicals, but instead effects a molecular change in the polyester material, which remains for the life of the garment. Its anti-bacterial barrier helps to control odor, and, the process stays locked in for life, even after repeated washing.

Stay cool when it's warm
The more you perspire in warm temperatures, the more Wickers fabric moves moisture from the body. As activity decreases, the fabric will reduce the evaporation process, leaving a constant water barrier between the fabric and your skin.

Stay warm when it's cold
Akwatek creates a layer of 100% relative humidity between the fabric and your skin, creating an area of moist air that holds more heat during cooler temperatures. It pulls moisture away, increasing the heat capacity of the trapped air next to your skin.

Electrostatic vs. Capillary
Akwatek is unlike fabrics that need to be worn close to the skin to create humidity, relying on capillary action. If the capillary fabric gaps, the draw is broken and becomes ineffective. As a result, heat is lost for the wearer. With Akwatek, individual molecules are separated, thus favoring evaporation.

 

Wickers is Underwear for Anywear.

What Is Wicking?

People understandably find it odd to hear "wick" used as a verb. A "wicking" shirt? Sounds strange at first. Wicking will absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. Here's an explanation of this phenomenon for nonscientific minds:

Candle Wicks -
Think of a candle wick—usually a braided, wax-coated cord of cotton. When lit, the wax coating melts away. Melted wax becomes the fuel source for the flame, and the wick draws ("wicks") melted wax to the flame, where it vaporizes. The flame continues to burn because the wick steadily draws more liquefied fuel to it. An oil lamp works on the same principle, drawing (wicking) fuel to the flame. This act of wicking a liquid along a fibrous path is known as capillary action.

Wicking: Synthetic Fabrics -
Capillary action also occurs with synthetic performance underwear. Here's how: An active person wearing a polyester T-shirt begins to sweat. A high-humidity "microclimate" is created between the person's sweating skin and the shirt covering the skin. Perspiration vapor and moisture condense on the garment's interior (its underside). Because everything in nature moves toward equilibrium, the high-humidity air mass between skin and garment will seek a path to a lower-humidity environment. The difference (gradient) between temperature and humidity on both sides of the garment becomes the driving force that moves the warmer, wetter air beneath the garment toward the cooler, dryer air on the outside. Wicking takes place when perspiration moisture travels along the surface of the fiber but is not absorbed into the fiber. (Synthetic fibers are, essentially, plastic—and virtually nonabsorbent). Moisture escapes to the outside through the interstitial spaces (the miniscule holes) between the knitted yarns. Moisture is dispersed across the fabric's exterior, where it evaporates after contacting the lower-humidity environment outside the shirt.