Substrate coatings, methods for treating substrates for ink jet printing, and articles produced therefrom
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsKelly Dean Branham, Alison Salyer Bagwell, Alice Susan Gordon, Leonard Eugene Zelazoski
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Abstract
A wide array of textile fabric substrates can be treated to improve the colorfastness and washfastness of ink jet ink formulations. The aqueous treatment formulations include between about 5-95% cationic polymers or copolymers, and between about 5-20% fabric softeners. Additionally, the formulations may also include between about 0-80% of a polymeric latex binder so as to increase washfastness. These percentages are based on a conventional measurement for solids content.
Claims14
A coating formulation containing solids, the formulation for treating textile substrates for ink jet printing and comprising:
- a) a cationic polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers or copolymers of diallyldialkylammonium monomers, acrylate and acrylamide monomers, acrylamidoethyldimethylammonium chloride monomers, and quaternized vinylpyridine,
- b) a fabric softener;
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- c) water.
A coating formulation containing solids, the coating formulation for treating textile substrates for ink jet printing and comprising:
- a) a cationic polymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of polymers or copolymers of diallyldialkylammonium monomers, acrylate and acrylamide monomers, acrylamidoethyldimethylammonium chloride monomers, and quaternized vinylpyridine, which is present in an amount between about 5 and about 95 weight percent of the total solids;
- b) a fabric softener, wherein said fabric softener is present in an amount between about 5 and about 20 weight percent of the total solids;
- c) a latex binder, wherein said latex binder is present in an amount between about 0 and about 80 weight percent of the total solids;
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- d) water,
- wherein the total solids content of the formulation is between about 5 and about 50 weight percent.
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