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Recommended exhaust dyeing process for EcoFRESH

yarn
NOTE :THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED PROCESS ,DYE MILL MUST ADJUST AND MAKE THE CORRECT
PROCESS ACCORDING THE EQUIPMENTS,DYES AND AUXILIARIES.

(1) Scouring or Bleaching Pre-treatment: Perhaps you need

choice one method from below for your yarns.
Regular EcoFRESH greige cotton fabric pre-treatment:95 degrees Celsius,about
30 minutes

-NONIONIC PENETRATING OR WETTING AGENT , ABOUT 1 G/L

-SCOURING AGENT , ABOUT 1-2G/L
-CAUSTIC, ABOUT 2-4G/L
-HYDROGEN PEROXIDE(H2O2,27.5%), 1-4G/L(ACCORDING TO THE REQUIRED WHITENESS
YOU WANT)

Black EcoFRESH(the greige EcoFRESH yarn including black cotton fiber) greige
cotton fabric pretreatment: 85 degrees Celsius ,about 45 minutes
-NONIONIC PENETRATING OR WETTING AGENT , ABOUT 1.5G/L
-SCOURING AGENT , ABOUT 0.5G/L

EcoFRESH

Viscose ( or Tencel

or Modal) greige fabric pretreatment: 80

degrees Celsius ,about 20 minutes

-NONIONIC PENETRATING OR WETTING AGENT , ABOUT 1 G/L
-SODA ASH, ABOUT 1G/L

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(2) Neutralization &

Hydrogen peroxide removing

neutralize with citric acid and remove the residual hydrogen peroxide with
deoxidation enzyme.

(3) Exhaust Dyeing with reactive dye

NO SALT AND ALKALI are needed in the dyeing process with reactive dye (dye
liquor pH=6.5-7.0)
The rate of dye up take of yarn is as high as mercerized cotton, the dye should
be added slowly at

30 degrees Celsius .The feeding time of dye is 20minutes,

then keep running for 20-30minutes.After that ,slowly heat up to 60 degrees

Celsius with the rate of 1 degrees Celsius / minute ,then keep running for about
20-30minutes.
The good compatibility, synchronization and reappearance of reactive dyes
combination are preferred, especially for sensitive color (coffee).
The dyed color depth of the yarn is decided only by the percentage of modified
fibers (cotton/ modal/ tencel), so the dye amount need to be properly sufficient.
Lower dye amount trends to result in uneven color ,however over will cause the
color fastness issue if we do not soap enough .BROS will provide individual
EcoFRESH yarn s dyeing saturation value and buyers can ask for it from sales.

(4) After-treatment: Soaping, , Softening process.

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After the exhaustion dyeing, the yarn should be rinse twice and soaped at 95
degrees Celsius for 5-15min, then rinse once or twice, finally adding softener to
improve handfeel as needed .
For some color with unsatisfactory colorfastness, hot water rinse at 60 degrees
Celsius can be added after the soaping process.
Softening process can be performed either in batches or on padding when heat
setting

PICTURE 1-SCOURING &BLEACHING PROCESS OF ECOFRESHYARN

Sourcing&Bleaching

9530-60

35

30 1010

-Caustic

H2O2

10

Citric acid

Rinse

10

deoxidation enzyme

twice

-penetratin
g agent
-scouring
agent

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PICTURE2: EXHAUST

DYEING OF ECOFRESH YARN(DARK COLOR)

60

30

1/min
30

20

30

dyestuff

PICTURE 3:AFTER-TREATMENT OF ECOFRESH YARNDARK COLOR

Soaping 9510

Hot water 6010

Softening 5515

Rinse twice

Rinse once

Rinse once

Notes:
1. PH Value: the dyeing batch must be keeping neutral or weakly acidic.
2. Penetrating auxiliaries: try best to use nonionic auxiliaries in
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pre-treatment and dyeing bath .

3. capillary effect:good capillary effect is key to avoid uneven color
occurring, so pretreatment should be handle sufficiently.
4. We suggest soaping process for all EcoFRESH yarns after dyeing
process to wash off the uncombined dyestuffs to keep good
colorfastness,although the color is lighter as BX02.
5. Color removing: Just like normal color removing process, sodium
hydrosulfite and caustic and help to remove the color ,but dosage
should be controlled to avoid much loss of color depth after
re-dyeing .However if the EcoFRESH yarn has been pre-added the
black cotton or colored cotton ,then it cannt do color removing due
to this may cause the colored cotton removing also.
6. Regular EcoFRESH yarn s dyeing saturation is as below chart.
BX03
BX04

0.15%
0.23%

BX05

0.30%

BX06

0.38%

BX07
BX08

0.53%
0.75%

BX09

1.13%

BX103

0.30%

BX104
BX105

0.45%
0.68%

BX106

0.98%

BX107

1.13%

BLACK TYPE

0.08%
NORMAL TYEP

BX02

For examplethe dyeing saturation of BX02 is 0.075%,it means that we need 0.075KG
dyestuff to make 100KG BX02 YARN dyeing saturated.
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