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Pigment Printing Pigments are mainly synthetic organic materials. It has no affinity to the fabric. For this reason, the binder is used for making a film on the pigment surface. A 3-dimensional cross-linking is produced between fiber and pigment. After drying, curing is done at 150 – 180 degrees Celsius for fixing the pigments on … Read more
Pigment Pigments are mainly synthetic organic materials. Pigment printing is done to produce attractive designs by applying pigment paste on the fabric surface. Pigments have particle states and the particle size range should be in the region of 0.1 – 3 microns. Pigment Printing Process Pigment printing is done with a binder system. We know … Read more
Flock Printing Flock printing is done by depositing various flocks on the surface of the fabric. Flocks mean small finely cut natural or synthetic fibers. These flocks are applied on an adhesive-coated surface to impart a decorative or functional characteristic to the surface of the fabric. Flock printing has great scope to produce various attractive … Read more
Foil Printing Foil printing is a sublimation transfer printing process. Basically, this printing is done with the help of paper. When foil paper is a solid color that is made by buyer requirement. Therefore, printing is done at high temperatures and pressure. Through this printing process man-made and natural both fabric types can be printed … Read more
Crack Printing Crack printing is a printing method to produce an attractive design on the fabric surface. Here rubber is used as the printing paste. It is near similar to the rubber printing process but additional crack paste is used before applying rubber printing paste by the screen printer on the cotton fabric. Here, I … Read more
Rubber printing is one of the important printing processes. After apparel manufacturing, printing is done on the surface of the fabric. Here, I have given the process sequence of rubber printing with the recipe. Recipe: Rubber: 60% Clear: 38% Fix: 2% Flow Chart Of Rubber Printing Process: Rubber printing is done in the following way … Read more
Jute Fabric Printing Jute is a natural bast fiber. When this fiber is spun for producing jute yarn. However, various types of jute fabrics are made from jute yarn. We know that jute fabrics are three types such as Sacking, Hessian, and C.B.C. Jute fabrics are courser than cotton or other fabrics. For this reason, … Read more
