Eco-Friendly Pretreatment for Printing Fragrant Textile

I. Abd El-Thalouth, J.; S.El-Hawary, Nancy; Mohamed Mahmoud, Marwa Saied

doi:10.21608/jtcps.2023.236229.1237

Eco-Friendly Pretreatment for Printing Fragrant Textile

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Helwan University, Faculty of Applied Arts, Printing, Dyeing and Finishing Department, Giza, Egypt

² National Research Centre, 33 El-Behouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/jtcps.2023.236229.1237

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to investigate the effect of treating different kinds of fabrics (wool, cotton, and linen) to enhance their printability and introduce multi-function products like fragrant and soft handle.
The pre-treatment samples were subjected to two baths the Mordant bath and the fragrant bath with different factors studied in which the examination was carried out with different concentrations for improving the printability of three kinds of natural fabrics i.e., cotton, wool, and linen to apply with natural dyes printing Measuring their K/S values, Handle test, fastness properties, absorption, and Ability to keep fragrances (Percentage of loss in weight.

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