The Effect of Wrinkle Recovery Finishes on Shrinkage of Cotton Fabric for Different Finish Applying Techniques

Wrinkle Recovery Finishes of Cotton Fabric

  • Muhammad Qamar Tusief Department of Fibre & Textile Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Saddique Department of Fibre & Textile Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Nabeel Amin School of Textile and Design, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Zahid Hussain Interloop (Pvt) Limited Khurrianwala-Jaranwala Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.PHYS.SCI.59.3.2016.144.150
Keywords: non formaldehyde finishes, finishing techniques, cotton fabric, wrinkle free, fabric shrinkage

Abstract

This research study was conducted to make wrinkle free fabric by applying formaldehyde free anti-wrinkle finishes like Texicil DC, Knittex RCT, Arkofix NEC, Arkofix ELF. In this effort, various concentrations of these finishes were used by adopting three different finish applying techniques (pad-dry technique, pad-dry-cure technique and pad-flash-cure technique) on pure cotton fabric in order to optimize their application for best manufacturing results in sense of the shrinkage ability of the fabric. After making quality test of the resulting fabric it was depicted that pad dry method of applying finish proved itself better as compared to other techniques adopted in this research, while the finish Arkofix ELF and Arkofix NEC
at concentration level of 120 g/L gave better results in respect of shrinkage of the fabric. 

Published
2016-10-27
Issue
Vol 59 No 3 (2016): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
Section
Articles