Lab Report (6)

Title: APPLICATION OF RESIN WITOUT SOFTNER ON WOOVEN AND KNITTED FABRIC

Tasks

 To learn application of resin.

 To find properties of after treated fabric such as:
 Wrinkle recovery
 Tear strength
 Shrinkage %age

Route

Pad è Dry è Cure

Materials and equipments

 Weighing balance
 Beakers
 Stirrers
 Graduated cylinder
 Padder
 Dryer

Chemicals used

 Fixapert ECO (DMDHEU based resin)

 MgCl2

Recipe

 Resin = 100 g/L

 MgCl2 (catalyst) = 20 g/L
Procedure

1. Required chemicals were weighed.

2. All chemicals were diluted separately in beakers.
3. Chemicals were mixed and beaker was filled up to 1 liter.
4. Knitted and woven fabrics were padded separately.
5. Fabrics were dried at 120oC for 90 sec.
6. Fabrics were cured at 170oC for 90 sec.

Results

Shrinkage %age

Shrinkage %age = [(L1- L2)/L1]* 100

Where,

L1= Original dimension

L2= dimension after boiling in water at 60 0C for 12 minutes

Sample type Shrinkage (%) Shrinkage(%)

Warp Weft
Knitted without softener 10 10

Wrinkle recovery ratings

Sample type Unwashed sample

Woven without softener 2
Knitted without softener 2
Tear strengths

Properties Warp tear strength (g) Weft tear strength (g)

Untreated sample 980 580
Treated sample 560 230

1200

1000

800

600 Untreated sample

Treated sample

400

200

0
Warp tear strength (g) Weft tear strength (g)

Samples

Woven without Knitted without

softener softener
Conclusion

1. After application of crosslinking agent tear strength was reduced because of cross linking
of fiber polymer chains.
2. Resin finish resists water to interact with fiber polymer chains so it resists shrinkage, that
is why shrinkage is very low.

Textile finishing lab report (6)

Title: APPLICATION OF RESIN WITOUT SOFTNER ON WOOVEN AND KNITTED FABRIC

Submitted by

M.Abu Bakar Zafar 06-NTU-001

M. Afzaal Sadiq 06-NTU-077
Adnan Latif 06-NTU-103
Asad Jamil 06-NTU-107
Farooq Zia 06-NTU-121
Kashif Hayat 06-NTU-123

Submitted to

Sir. Kashif Iqbal

NATIONAL TEXTILE UNIVERSITY FAISALABAD

Abstract

Durable press finishes can be defined as those chemicals used to improve the properties and
performance of washable fabrics. Resin finish second mostly use finish in textiles. It crosslinks
the polymer chain and resist them to slide across eachother imparting durable press features and
shrink resitance at the expense of strength loss and yellowing of fabric.