Some Printing Process of Different Fabric with Different Dyes
Shareful Islam Palash
Lecturer, Institute of Textile Engineering and Information Technology
Email: palash313@gmail.com
What is Printing Process?
Printing means partial/localized dyeing. Printing is a process where colorful designs are created which can be done by hand or machine. Textile printing produces more colorful effect on the fabric. Printing can be described as the controlled placing of defined areas of color onto a substrate.
Steps of Printing:
- Preparation of the fabric for printing.
- Preparation of the printing paste.
- Making an impression of the paste on the fabric .
- Drying the printed fabric.
- Steaming the printed fabric.
- After treatment.
Some Printing Process of Different Fabric with Different Dyes:
1. Printing of cotton fabric with reactive dye:
Style of Printing:
Direct style of fabric.
Method of Printing:
Screen method.
Thickener Use:
- Na-Alginate .
- Gum tragacanth.
- Guar Gum
- British Gum etc.
Printing Paste Recipe:
Procion -M ————————–10-80 parts
Urea———————————-50-75 parts
Na-Alginate thickener paste (6%)—400 parts
Regist salt—————————10 parts
Sodium bicarbonate—————-25 parts
Hot water—————————245-420 parts
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Total = 1kg
Process Sequence:
Thickener Preparation
↓
Printing paste preparation
↓
Printing
↓
Drying
↓
Steaming (102-105ºC temp. about 5-10 minute)
↓
Soaping and Washing
↓
Drying
2. Printing of cotton fabric with vat dye:
Style of Printing:
Direct style of Printing.
Method of Printing:
Screen printing method.
Thickener Use:
- British Gum.
- Starch.
- Gum tragacanth.
- Na-Alginate.
Print Paste Recipe:
Vat dye —————————100-125 gm
Glycerine ————————–50-75 gm
Solution salt ———————–30 gm
Starch-tragacanth paste———–500 gm
Potassium carbonate ————-80-120 gm
Rongolite C ———————–60-100 gm
Water ——————————210-250 gm
——————————————————————————————–
Total = 1 kg
Process Sequence:
Thickener Preparation
↓
Printing paste preparation
↓
Drying
↓
Steaming (At 100-102ºC temp. about 3-5 minute)
↓
Oxidation (By air or By chemical)
3. Printing of cotton fabric with azoic dye:
Style of Printing:
Direct style of printing.
Method of Printing:
Base printing method
Recipe for Naptholation:
Napthol AS————————–13 gm
T.R.O ——————————–15 ml
Sodium hydroxide——————-23 ml
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Total water to = 1 liter
Recipe for fast Base Paste:
Fast Scarlet RC———————-15 gm
Conc Hcl —————————14 ml
Cold water ————————-320 ml
Sodium nitrite ———————6 gm in 15 ml water
Sodium Acetate——————–12 gm
Water ——————————25 ml
Acetic acid ————————-8 ml
Starch tragacanth——————-500 gm
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Total = 1 kg
Process Sequence:
Napthol solution preparation
↓
Padding fabric with Napthol solution
↓
Drying
↓
Preparation of Base printing paste
↓
Printing Naptholated fabric with Base paste by screenor block
↓
Colour produce
↓
Soaping and Washing ( By 2 g/l detergent and 2 g/l soda )
↓
Drying
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4. Printing of polyester fabric with disperse dye:
Style of Printing:
Direct style of printing
Method of Printing:
Screen printing method
Thickener Use:
- Guar Gum.
- Starch.
- CMC
Printing Recipe:
Disperse dye (liquid)——————-50-100 gm
Thickener paste ———————–984-790 gm
Di-ammonium sulphate—————5 gm
Sodium chlorate———————–1 gm
Water ———————————50-140 gm
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Total = 1 kg
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Process Sequence:
Fabric preparation
↓
Thickener Preparation
↓
Printing paste Preparation
↓
Printing
↓
Drying
↓
Fixation (Steaming / hot air / thermo-fixation)
↓
Reduction cleaning
↓
Soaping ( By 1g/l soap at 60ºC about 15 minute)
↓
Washing
↓
Drying
5. Printing of wool with acid dye:
Style of Printing:
Direct style of printing.
Method of printing;
Screen method.
Thickener Use:
- Gum Tragacanth
- British gum
- Gum Senegal
Print paste Recipe:
Acid dye————————–30 gm
Glycerine————————–50 gm
Water —————————-320 gm
Gum Senegal——————-500 gm (50% paste)
Acetic acid ———————50 ml (40% )
Tartaric acid ——————-50 ml (50%)
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Total = 1 kg
Process Sequence:
Preparation of wool fabric
↓
Thickener preparation
↓
Print paste preparation
↓
Printing
↓
Drying
↓
Steaming (at 100-102ºC about 55-60 minute)
↓
After treatment (washed with running water)
↓
Drying
Conclusion:
Textiles printing means the localized application of dyes or pigment and chemicals by any method which can produce particular effect of color on the fabric according to design. We can printing by using different dyes and different method, on different fabric.
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