APPAREL INDUSTRY (WASHING)
Hello Everyone !!!! today we are going to discuss another element of apparel industry. Which helps to get a new effect in terms of hand feel , appearance . today we are going to discuss regarding washing dept.. So lets see work process and different types of washes..

The technology which is used to modify the appearance, outlook comfort ability and fashion of the garments is called garment washing.


Garment washing machine
Depending on garments construction different types of washing process can be done.
1.      Twill/Canvas/Knitted/Corduroy - Normal wash, Pigment wash, Caustic ,Si wash
2.      Denim/Jeans/Gabardine - Enzyme wash, Stone wash, Bleach wash , Acid wash
3.      Grey fabric- Super white wash
Objects of Garment Washing:
Garment washing is the best touch of a garment. Same type of garments can produce several effects for severalwash .Likethis:

1.        To create wash look appearance, seems the new touch of fashion.
2.        By the washing technique, faded/old, color or tinted affect .
3.       Washing technique creates new fashion such as tagging, grinding, destroy, blasting, whickering, permanent wrinkle, deep dye, tie dye, p.p spray, hand crapping, p.p spoonzing etc.
4.        To reduce size materials that imports soft hand feels.
5.        To attraction the customers/buyer by different types of fashionable washing and market development.
6.        Due to washing, shrinkage occurs in the garments. There is no possibility of further shrinkage of the wash garments.
7.        Any dirt, spot or germ if added in the garments during manufacturing is also removed due to washing.

AdvantagesofGarmentWashing

1.      Starch materials is present in the new fabrics of he new garment are removed, hence feels soft during use.
2.      Softness feeling of garments could be further increased.Washed garment could be wear directly after purchase from store.
3.      Fading affect is produced in the garment in regular or irregular pattern.
4.      Fading affect could be produced in the specific area of the garment as per specific design.
5.      Different outlook of garment could be produced in the garment by different washing techniques.
6.      Similar outlook can be produced in the garments by different washing techniques.
7.      Initial investment cost to set up a garment washing plant is comparatively lower.
8.      Dirts and spots if present in the garment are romoved.
9.      Shrinkage occurs in the garment washing, hence no possibility of further shrinkage.

Typesof GarmentWash:

1.       Normal wash/ garment wash/rinse wash
2.        Pigment wash
3.        Caustic wash
4.        Enzyme wash
5.        Stone wash
6.        Stone enzyme wash
7.        Tinting (Tie) & Over Dyeing(Dip Dyeing)
8.        Super white wash
9.        Bleach wash
10.    Acid wash
11.         Silicon wash
Those are discussed in the following:

1. Enzyme Wash:

The wash in which enzyme is used called enzyme wash. This enzyme may be neutral or acid depends on the requirement of shed. In this wash, enzyme is used for producing different types of abrasion for the garments. As a result, the garments are looking very nice to see. The main target of enzyme wash is to change the outlook of any knit garments.

2. Stone Enzyme Wash or Heavy enzyme wash:

In this wash, enzyme and stone are used together for producing heavy abrasion for the garments. Here, the wash technician should have taken some precaution to avoid the damage of the garments. For avoiding this case, its prefer to be used the very small stone. The main target of this wash is to produce heavy abrasion on knit garments.

3. Rubber Ball Wash:

Rubber ball wash is nothing but a garments and softener wash. In this process, garments will more soft and at a time seam abrasion will come. When any knit garments needed more hand-fell with seam abrasion that time we will use this process.

4. Hot Wash:

Normally in knit fabrics, hot wash is used to prevent the shrinkage problem after completing different treatment of that garments. Hot wash should be done before making any garments. It’s should be noted that, When a garment have any treatment such as- Garment dye, Cold dye, P.P spray etc. then it’s a mandatory process to complete fabrics hot wash before making of that garment. Otherwise, it will create problems during measurement.

5. Softener Silicon Wash:

When any knit garments needed more hand-fell and softness in the same occasion, in that case, this wash will be used. For this wash, softener and silicon both will be used together where silicon will be used for softening the cellulose and silicon for surface slipper. The softener nay be cationic or nonionic.

6. Acid Wash:

The main target of this wash is to produce uneven look on knit garments. Acid wash is done by potash and stone. At first, we have to dip the stone in potash solution then slight dry the stone and wash in a washing machine. After all we will get an uneven look on garments.

7. P.P Spray:

P.P Spray means potassium permanganate spray on the specific area of a garment. This chemical is used to reduce the color from the knit garments. At first, knit garments have to take by two person in two sides, then this chemical will be applied with the help of P.P gun by air pressure. This spray is done on the scrapping area and after neutralize by sodium meta-bi-sulphite chemical in washing machine, a white look on the spray area will be achieved.

8. Garment Dye:

Garment dye process is done all time after making the garments. Traditional garments are made from fabric that is pre dyed. Garment dye can be pigment dye or cold dye which is totally depends on the buyer’s instruction. The main advantage of this process is the cost effectiveness of much producing identical garments of particular colors. Also it has another advantage, due to garments dyeing; it becomes softer and feels more vintage which is one of the important factors to satisfy the buyer.

9. Cold Dye:

Cold dye is one kinds of garments dye. Cold dye is two types. One is “Inside cold dye” and another one is “Outside cold dye”. During cold dye process, buyer suggestion should be followed about inside/outside cold dye. If buyer doesn’t mention about it, then you have to do just outside cold dye. The main target of this process is to produce uneven shade on knit garments.

10. Pigment Dye:

Pigment dye is also one kinds of garment dye. After completing this process, knit garments will achieve the even shade. The main difference between cold dye and pigment dye is, in cold dye, knit garments will achieve uneven shade and in pigment dye, will achieve the even shade.

11. Tie Dye:

This is the dyeing process which is applied on the knit garments by using tie. At first, the knit garments have to tie with string or rubber bands then its send to the dyeing. In this process, dyes percentage should be set previously. By this dyeing process, the knit garments achieved an uneven dyeing shade. Where some area of the garments absorbed dyes and some of the area did not absorb. The main target of this process is to produce an uneven dyeing shade in all parts of knit garments.

12. Deep Dye:

This is also one kinds of uneven dyeing process. By this process, a knit garment will achieve various uneven shades in part by part. To produce such kinds of uneven shade, dyeing bath should be made firstly, and then garments have to put into the dyeing bath by a dip dyeing machine. This machine dip the garments for certain time then put out the garments from the bath. Using this process, it’s seen that, one area of the knit garments absorbed one color and another portion of that garments absorbed another color. For this type of dyeing process, reactive dyes are used due to good color fastness. The main target of this process is to achieve more than one color in same Knit garments.


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