Method of treating polyester fabrics
AssigneeNovozymes North America, Inc.
InventorsJoe Jump, Stephanie McCloskey
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of reducing the pilling propensity or color clarity of polyester containing fabrics and/or garments, which method comprises treating the fabric with a polyester hydrolytic enzyme without the presence of a detergent.
Claims17
A method of reducing the pilling propensity of a polyester fabric or garment, which comprises treating the fabric or garment with an enzyme selected from the group consisting of a terephtalic acid diethyl ester hydrolytic enzyme (ETE hydrolytic enzyme), an ethyleneglycol dibenzyl ester hydrolytic enzyme (BEB hydrolytic enzyme), and combinations of the foregoing, wherein said method is carried out without the presence of a detergent.
A method of color clarification of a polyester fabric or garment, which comprises treating the fabric or garment with an enzyme selected from the group consisting of a terephtalic acid diethyl ester hydrolytic enzyme (ETE hydrolytic enzyme), an ethyleneglycol dibenzyl ester hydrolytic enzyme (BEB hydrolytic enzyme), and combinations of the foregoing, wherein said method is carried out without the presence of a detergent.
A method of bio-polishing polyester containing fabrics or garments, which method comprises treating said fabric or garment with an enzyme selected from the group consisting of a terephtalic acid diethyl ester hydrolytic enzyme (ETE hydrolytic enzyme), an ethyleneglycol dibenzyl ester hydrolytic enzyme (BEB hydrolytic enzyme), and combinations of the foregoing, wherein said method is carried out without the presence of a detergent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.