System and methods for garment printing pretreatment
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorMichele Micheli
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Abstract
Systems and methods for garment printing pretreatment are provided. A fabric of an at least one fabric has a first surface opposing a second surface, and a treatment composition is applied to at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The treatment composition includes high-density polyethylene, a first primer and filler, hydrophobic silicon, and filtered water. In some instances, the treatment composition also includes citric acid, and the filtered water is provided substantially or completely devoid of added chlorine.
Claims20
A fabric, comprising:
- a first surface opposing a second surface;
- and
- a pretreatment composition applied to the first surface, wherein the pretreatment composition is designed to improve at least one color attribute of ink applied to the first surface, the pretreatment composition comprising:
- a polyethylene;
- a digital primer and filler;
- a hydrophobic silicon;
- and
- filtered water.
A garment, comprising:
- a fabric comprising:
- a first surface opposing a second surface;
- and
- a pretreatment formulation applied to the first surface, the pretreatment formulation comprising:
- a high-density polyethylene provided in a first concentration of at least about 0.5% to about 4% by volume, relative to the pretreatment formulation as a whole;
- a first digital primer and filler provided in a second concentration of at least about 50% to about 70% by volume, relative to the pretreatment formulation as a whole;
- and
- a hydrophobic silicon provided in a third concentration of at least about 3% to about 9% by volume, relative to the pretreatment formulation as a whole,
- wherein a remaining volume of the pretreatment formulation comprises filtered water.
A method for applying a pretreatment formulation to a textile, the method comprising:
- providing a fabric to a tension system, wherein the fabric includes a first surface and a second surface;
- transferring the fabric into a first reservoir containing filtered water;
- removing excess liquid from the fabric;
- applying the pretreatment formulation to the fabric to create a pretreated fabric, wherein a percent wet pickup of the pretreatment formulation for each of the first surface and the second surface is at least about 10%;
- transporting the pretreated fabric to a dryer;
- and
- drying the pretreated fabric in the dryer to create a dried pretreated fabric,
- wherein the pretreatment formulation is designed to improve an effectiveness of applying an ink to the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.