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QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF LARGE BLOTCH PRINTED POLYESTER/COTTON BLEND FABRIC WITH DISPERSE/REACTIVE DYE OVER PIGMENT DYE (Pages : 1 - 7)

Widely uses of blended fabrics were subjected to dyeing and printing as well. However the dyeing quality stood as satisfactory quality comparing with non-blended fabric but not the printed blended fabrics. Nowadays the blended fabric was printed by pigment color which incapable to offer the superlative quality of printed fabrics in respect to fastness properties, the luster and fabric bending. Looking for a better and technically feasible option disperse/reactive dyes were applied for printing a polyester/cotton blend and were examined for the yield printing quality. Investigation for fabric quality of three shades on three categories, light, medium and dark for both colorants were printed with appropriate process and then testing were done as per relevant standard methods. In case of fastness properties except light fastness disperse/reactive printed fabrics yield upto 20% better result with appreciable luster and around 15% better bending properties. But in case of wash fastness properties disperse/reactive printed fabrics shows approximately similar result in compare with pigment printed samples. The study revealed that there were some encouraging properties over each other which indicate the selection of the colorants and their appropriate process depends on the end uses of the fabrics. The study also showed that for printing the disperse/reactive dyes for polyester/cotton blend fabric was better than pigment in technical and qualitative aspects.Download