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Pre-treatment
Pre-treatment is done for grey melange fabric. However, the bleaching and scouring process of grey melange is done during the pre-treatment. I have written about the scouring and bleaching process of grey melange yarn in one of my blog posts.
Whitening Recipe For Grey Melange
Here, I have given a scouring and bleaching process for grey melange with a whitening recipe. I think this will help you get better pre-treatment results.
| Ingredient | Amount |
| Detergent | 0.5 g/l |
| Sequestering agent | 1.0 g/l |
| Anti-creasing | 0.8 g/l |
| Stabilizer | 0.8 g/l |
| Caustic soda | 3 g/l |
| Per oxide | 3 g/l |
| Brightening Agent | 0.1 g/l |
Scouring And Bleaching Process Of Grey Melange Fabric
Grey melange fabric is pre-treated in the following way.
Fabric received from the batching section
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Water load
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Fabric load
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Run 5’ at normal temperature
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Drain
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Water load
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Sequestering, anti-creasing and stabilizer are added at normal temperature
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Run 5 minute
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Caustic dosing10’ at 40 0C
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Steam rise to 700C
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Peroxide (600C x10’ dosing)
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Temperature 950C
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Run time 40’ at 950C
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Whitening agent dosing 20’
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Run 10’
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Fabric Unload
So, that’s all about the scouring and bleaching process of grey melange fabric.
1 comment
Inna
Your hand-dyed fabrics are just beutiufal, and I love the Christmas Poinsettias pattern. I try to do at least one applique project a year, and I might give this one a try, in a smaller version. Thanks for a chance to win.