A textile fabric having improved properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a polymeric solution or a plurality of low-melting particles suspended in a liquid into the textile fabric while leaving a plurality of surface fibers exposed and maintaining a textile feel on the surface.

A textile fabric having improved properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a polymeric solution or a plurality of low-melting particles suspended in a liquid into the textile fabric while leaving a plurality of surface fibers exposed and maintaining a textile feel on the surface.

Systems for producing coated textiles using photo-initiated chemical vapor deposition is presented. The system includes a process chamber and a light source of ultraviolet light. The process chamber includes a transparent window, a substrate stage disposed below the transparent window and a plurality of ports. The ports include a first inlet port and a second inlet port. The first inlet port transports a vapor-phase monomer into the process chamber and the second inlet port transports a vapor-phase initiator into the process chamber. The process chamber is controlled to deposit the monomer and the initiator onto a textile substrate. The light source of ultraviolet light is positioned to introduce the ultraviolet light into the process chamber via the transparent window. The ultraviolet light polymerizes the monomer and the initiator to coat the substrate with a polymer.