FIELD: light industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves steaming through semi-finished article; pressing article in 3/4 of steaming-through time; subjecting article to mechanical loading for time interval equal to 1/4 of steaming-through time; stopping steaming-through procedure and holding under load while acting upon it with upper surface of pad heated to temperature not in the excess of 200 C for preliminarily drying; stopping drying procedure at the initial stage of unloading process. EFFECT: intensified drying and moisture removal processes and improved quality of wet-thermal treatment. 1 ex
