Cotton Fabric Tear Strength Under the Influence of Different Permanent Press Finishes

Muhammad Qamar Tusief; Nasir Mahmood; Muhammad Saddique

Muhammad Qamar Tusief Department of Fibre and Textile Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Nasir Mahmood Department of Fibre and Textile Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Saddique Department of Fibre and Textile Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan

Keywords: permanent press finishes, finish applying techniques, cotton fabric, fabric tear strength and wrinkle free

Abstract

Today is the time of fashion in dressing. It is the desire of every one to wear a dress that retains just iron shape. Permanent press finishes meet this demand by providing a wrinkle free and soft look to the fabric. The current study was made to manufacture fabric free from wrinkle using permanent press finishes. Texicil DC, Knittex RCT, Arkofix NEC and Arkofix ELF, anti-wrinkle finishes were applied on the fabric with different concentrations. Pad-dry, pad-dry cure and pad-flash-cure finish applying techniques were used to apply these finishes on pure cotton fabric. The process optimization was obtained regarding the tear strength of the fabric. The overall results revealed very minor impact of various finish applying techniques and finish types on the tear strength of the fabric however, pad-flash-cure method showed fairly better results for both warp wise tear strength (8.0556 N) and weft wise tear strength (7.0607 N) of fabric as compared to other techniques. Similarly, Arkofix ELF permanent press finish put slightly better impact on the tear strength of the fabric (8.1251 N and 7.3186 N) for warp and weft wise respectively at low concentration (60 g/L).