Alcoguard

Ironing Aid Polymer

Whats Easy and Neat?

Alcoguard series has been developed as a special film forming agent
designed specifically for aid of ironing outperforming conventional starchbase film former.

To Answer to Common Customers Needs

Alcoguard can deliver :
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Clarity of finished goods

Minimum whitening flake on dark color cloth
Stain removal assistance
Wrinkle resistance
Easy to formulate without special equipment
Minimum time and energy to produce

Guide Formulation Offer

Ironing Aid
Guide Formulation based on Alcoguard series

INGREDIENT
DI Water
Alcoguard
DC 193 (as lubricant, DOW)
Synperonic NP 9 (as solubilizer)
Grotan TK2 (as preservative)

%
1.8

as active
0.5
as supply
0.5
as supply
0.1
as supply

Remark : It is essential to strictly follow all additives recommended to avoid

incompatibility issue in final formulation due to anionic charge of Alcoguard . Level of
stiffness could be adjusted to preference by varying polymer dose rate.

How to prove the product will work in

accordance with customers needs?
Oven aging stability test
Slippery and ease of ironing test
Flaking test
Stiffness test
Staining test
Wrinkle resistance test
Soil removal test

Clarity of Finished Product

Figure-1 : Comparison of clarity appearance

between the Prototype formula (ALG series)
and the commercial speed starch formula

Low Whitening Flake on Dark Color Cloth

The whitening flake usually
happens right after ironing
by using speed starch
formula.
It can be demonstrated to
minimize this feature with
the prototype ALG formula.

Figure-2 : Whitening Flake after ironing,

left (ALG) right (starch)

Stain Removal Assistance

Test Procedure :
1.
Apply Prototype ALG or a speed starch
on cotton cloth. (~100 cm2) at
coating weight 5 g then do ironing at
max. temperature till dry.
Note : The control sample is also
prepared by not applying any.

Figure-3 : Mustard stainbefore washing

Figure-4 : Mustard stain after washing

with detergent

2.

Apply Mustard, Chili sauce, Ketchup,

Sour sauce, Mixed fruit juices and
Coffee at coating weight 1 g/ circle 2
inches.

3.

Dry the cloths in oven 50 C for 1 hr.

4.

One set of specimen is to be washed

by Electrolux, Aquashower 500, 2 hrs
with detergent (Attack Colortec)
and another set is to be washed
without any detergent.
It appear the Prototype ALG is likely
higher performance as stain removal
assistance

Wrinkle Resistance
As the pictures indicate,
the shirt treated with AlcoGuard has superior
wrinkle resistance/recovery
over conventional ironing
aids

Figure-6 In Example 1 (Sample A) a white cotton (100%) shirt was

washed at a commercial dry-cleaner and starched to a medium stiffness.
A similar shirt (Sample B) was treated with AlcoGuard (5% spray
concentration) and ironed to reach the same stiffness level.

Ease of Ironing and Slippery Test

Figure-7 : A Simulation of Ironing Slippery Test

IRONING SLIPPERY TEST PROCEDURE :

1. Prepare new cloths on a wooden support where is sloped 20o and 60 cm. in length.
2. Keep cleaning surface of the iron and maintain temperature as maximum scale.
3. Spray the sample 15 times homogenously on the cloth.
4. Release the iron from the top end and measure a using time when the iron reach the
down end.Each sample are to be test 10 times X 4 sets then to find an average result.
5. The less time used is considered to be higher ironing slippery.

Stiffness Test

Figure-8 : Visualization Test for Stiffness, Coated

weight has been controlled as std. Condition.

Thank You