How Does It Protect Against Ultraviolet Rays?
Basically, sun protective clothes perform the job by a variety of factors in the textile themselves. These factors include weave, color, weight, stretch and wetness as well as chemical ultraviolet absorbers added to enhance sun protection. With these clothes, the fibers are closely interwoven together (higher thread count per inch) such that these contain sun protective capabilities on their own even without the addition of UV chemicals and dyes. Most common example of these are the cotton and cotton blend textiles. Of course, color also plays a significant role in sun protection. Thus, darker colors will block ultraviolet rays better than their lighter colored counterparts albeit heat retention is consequently an issue. Fortunately, most sun protection clothes nowadays boast of ventilated weaves to counteract heat retention. You will also appreciate the sun protective clothes capability to protect against ultraviolet rays even when these are wet. This is especially useful for water-bo
