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Mercerising
Mercerising treats cotton fibres with a concentrated sodium hydroxide solution under tension. The fibre rounds and swells: lustre, tensile strength and dye uptake increase, and the fabric keeps its shape. The caustic soda is recovered and reused in the process.
Suitable articles
- Cotton garments
- Fabrics for dyeing
- Upholstery
- Premium yarns and fabrics
What you get
- Permanent silky lustre
- Higher mechanical strength
- Deeper colours when dyed, lower dye consumption
The process
- 01Reception
- 02Pre-treatment and alkaline scouring
- 03Sodium hydroxide treatment under tension
- 04Rinsing and neutralising
- 05Caustic recovery
- 06Drying
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