Many different methods of washing garments are available to meet the needs of today’s fashion trends. In particular, denim garment washing has developed into a crucial process for creating fashionable pieces of leisure wear. There are several effects of garment washing, including colour fading (perhaps in patches), creasing, seam puckering, hairiness, depiling, a softer hand feel, and stabilised proportions.
The laundry industry relies heavily on chemical products. To achieve the necessary cleanliness, different chemicals are used at various points in the garment washing process. Certain chemicals, in certain combinations and under specific conditions, may alter the look of textiles. Now I will list some of the most common chemicals found in laundry facilities.
There is discussion of the following chemicals and their functions in the laundering of clothing:
Enzyme
The cellulose is hydrolyzed by the enzyme during the wash process. At first, it seeks for the possessing projecting filaments and hydrolyzes them. Then the yarn of the fabric is singled out for hydrolysis. Because of this, the yarn’s portion loses some of its original colour.
Detergent
As a detergent, fatty alcohol polyglycol ether is the chemical fingerprint in an aqueous glycolic solution. All fibre types and blends benefit from detergent usage in both continuous and discontinuous pretreatment processes. The garments need to be cleaned to get rid of the impurities, mineral oil pollutants, and sizes.
Whitening agents
Substances used to brighten whites in laundry are called “whitening agents” for obvious reasons. Whites might be made even whiter using this chemical. Optical brightener, 4bk, and other similar chemicals are used as bleaching agents. The molecules of the optical brightener we used become embedded in the fibres of the garments after washing. Clothing appears whiter and brighter due to molecular emission of light when exposed to light.
Antistain
Weft yarn of denim (white yarn), white pockets of garment, levels, and contacted textiles of garment all benefit from antistain treatment, which also increases fabric brightness and acts as an antistatic agent.
Acetic Acid
Acetic acid is used to lower the pH of the wash water and neutralise alkaline fabrics.
Wetting agent
To lower the surface tension of a liquid, a chemical called a wetting agent is used. Liquids have surface tension because their molecules tend to stick together. A liquid may spread more easily across any solid surface if it contains a wetting agent, which lengthens these linkages and reduces the molecules’ tendency to cling together.
Desizing Chemicals
Desizing chemicals are used on denim, twill, poplin, and canvas to remove starches, cmc, waxes, lipids, pectins, minerals, and unfixed indigo colour, among other things.
Hygroscopic
The sixth kind of hygroscopic agent is one that may rapidly take in moisture from the surrounding air. If the weather forecast calls for rain, we may use this chemical to protect our clothes. Crystalline calcium chloride, amylopectin, and similar compounds.
Bleaching
Bleaching powder is an oxidant and hence the ninth ingredient on the list. Color is bleached off of denim garments with this in industrial garment washing facilities. A wide range of colour options, including dark, medium, and light, may be available for the garments we manufacture.
Caustic Soda
Caustic soda, which does not alter the colour of the garment and has excellent cleaning properties, developed the bleach procedure. Because of how rapidly clothing ages, this is a critical precaution to take.
Soda Ash
Soda ash creates an alkaline medium for pigment colour deterioration. Use of soda ash in a bleach bath ensures uniform bleaching. It may be used to wash clothes and help colours fade without damaging them. It’s also put to use in dye baths as a colour fixative.
Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate is utilised in the bleach bath with bleaching powder in the Denim Light shade washing plant because it efficiently eliminates colour in a short amount of time. Costs have gone down while production has gone up as a result.
Potassium permanganate
Potassium permanganate is used in acid washes with Punic stone to bleach fabrics and remove dyes. It may also be sprayed into a chamber to remove colour (create a whitewash) from textiles.
Flax Softener
Cationic, non-ionic flax softener gives garment-treated textiles a luxuriously silky texture and excellent lubricating properties.
Emulsion Silicon
Amino Silicon is mostly amino modified silicone and is used in the textile finishing industry. Softness, lubricity, an elastic handle, anti-pilling, dimensional stability, rip resistance, the ability to cut and sew the fabric with ease, and increased wear and care qualities are just some of the benefits it brings to textiles when applied.
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