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GARMENT WASHING

The technology which is used to modify the appearance, outlook comfort ability and fashion of the garments is called garment washing. 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: 1. 2. 3. 4. To create wash look appearance, seems the new touch of fashion. By the washing technique, faded/old, color or tinted affect . To reduce size materials that imports soft hand feels. To attraction the customers/buyer by different types of fashionable washing and market development. 5. Due to washing, shrinkage occurs in the garments. There is no possibility of further shrinkage of the wash garments. 6. Any dirt, spot or germ if added in the garments during manufacturing is also removed due to washing. Types of Garment Wash: 1. Normal Wash: Process in which heavy or slight soiling is removed and transferred to the water in the form of a solution or dispersion. Washing has the effect of cleaning surfaces. The resulting effect is several physical/ chemical processes (Washing process). Washing and cleaning constitute a complex process, during which soiling is removed by means of physical separation, with or without substance conversion, from a substrate. Industrial washing processes can be categorized as solution washing, dispersion washing and reaction washing. 2. Pigment wash : Pigment wash generally doing on pigment dyed or printed Garments by pigment washing technique. Pigment wash is required for the following reasons: To fading affect/old looking affect on Garment and also seam area. For soft feeling to wear the garment after purchasing. To achieve the buyer washing standard. To increase the colour fastness & rubbing fastness. 3. Caustic wash :

Caustic wash generally doing on Reactive dye, Sulpher dye, Direct dyed or printed Garments. Caustic wash is required for the following reasons: To fadding/old looking affect on Garment and seam abrasion affection seam area. To remove the size materials, starch from the garments. To increase the colour fastness & rubbing fastness. For soft feeling to wear the garments. To increase the hairiness on garments. To achieve the buyer reference sample. 4. Enzyme wash : Enzyme washing is a laundering process which uses enzymes to clean clothing or to finish fabric, especially in the case of jeans and other garments with a worn-in look. Various enzymatic cleaners are available from stores which specialize in laundry supplies, and can also be special ordered. For regular cleaning, enzymes carry numerous economic and environmental benefits. On an industrial scale, enzyme washing has replaced laborious laundering techniques such as stonewashing, saving money and environmental impact for companies 5. Stone wash : Stone washing is a textile manufacturing process used to give a newly manufactured cloth garment a worn-out appearance. Stone-washing also helps to increase the softness and flexibility of otherwise stiff and rigid fabrics such as canvas and denim. The process uses large stones to roughen up the fabric being processed. The garments are placed in a large horizontal industrial clothes washer that is also filled with large stones. As the wash cylinder rotates, the cloth fibers are repeatedly pounded and beaten as the tumbling stones ride up the paddles inside the drum and fall back down onto the fabric. 6. Sand washing : Sand washing is basically a garment washing process that is intended to remove any residual stiffness from the material used to make the clothing item. The aim of the sand washing is not to produce a garment that will wrinkle easily. Rather, the focus is on ensuring that the clothing feels soft to the touch. After being treated for softness, the sand washed garment can still undergo anti-wrinkling treatments and manage to retain the soft-brushed feel created by the treatment 7. Super white wash : Super white wash is done on the garments made from cotton grey fabrics. Due to this type of wash, the garments becomes extremely white.

Objects of Super White Wash: To make white the garments. To achieve the buyer washing standard. For soft feeling to wear the garments. To remove size materials from the garments, etc.

8. Bleach wash : Bleach wash or light stone wash refers to light blue shades of denim. The additional step is bleaching to stone wash. This bleaching is usually carried out by strong oxidizing agents. In industry, most widely used chemicals are sodium hypo-chlorite, calcium hypo-chlorite, hydrogen per oxide and Potassium Permangate. 9. Acid wash : Acid washing is also known as acid etching. It involves using muriatic acid to remove stains from concrete, preparing the surface for staining or creating designs for aesthetics. This is not to be confused with acid staining, which can be done after preparing the concrete floor by muriatic acid washing. 10. Silicon wash : Silicon washes generally doing on all type of fabrics i.e. Twill, Denim, Canvas, Knit, Corduroy. Silicon wash is required for the following reasons: It gives durable softness, elastic handle, It helps to anti pilling affects, dimensional stability, tear resistance. It helps to fabrics to be cut and sewn more easily allows and improving wears and easy care properties. Advantages of Garment Washing 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 removed. 9. Shrinkage occurs in the garment washing, hence no possibility of further shrinkage.

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SUBMITTED BY : AJAY KUMAR AMM-3 IAM, GURGAON

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