Textile finishing process
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorGeorge L. Payet
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Abstract
A process for treating a textile fabric to impart or enhance at least one property of the fabric comprising: introducing the fabric into an aqueous formaldehyde containing solution to provide a wet pickup of an effective amount of the solution by the fabric, applying to the fabric an effective amount of a catalyst for catalyzing a reaction between formaldehyde and the fabric; thereafter exposing the wet fabric to a temperature of at least about 300° F. to react the formaldehyde with the fabric to impart or enhance the property of the fabric before there is a substantial loss of formaldehyde from the exposed fabric.
Claims12
A method of treating a textile comprising fibers selected from the group consisting of cellulosic fibers, protein fibers and mixtures thereof, comprising the steps of:
- (a) contacting the textile with a liquid composition comprising formalin in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.56% to 7.4%, on weight of fabric, formaldehyde, and
- (b) heat curing the textile,
- wherein the formalin comprises formaldehyde and water, wherein the textile is provided with a silicone elastomer, and wherein the treated textile is unresinated.
A method of treating a textile comprising fibers selected from the group consisting of cellulosic fibers, protein fibers and mixtures thereof, comprising the steps of:
- (a) moistening the textile with a moistening solution comprising water,
- (b) contacting the moistened textile with a liquid composition comprising formalin in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.56% to 7.4%, on weight of fabric, formaldehyde, and
- (c) heat curing the textile,
- wherein the formalin comprises formaldehyde and water, wherein the textile is provided with a silicone elastomer, and wherein the treated textile is unresinated.
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