Garment care

A new COjSurfactant system discovered by a Professor DeSimone at the University of North Carolina is likely to expand the use of CO as an alternative to chlorinated solvents currently used in manufacturing and garment care industries. 

USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency, Design for the Environment). Case Study Liquid Carbon Dioxide (C02) Surfactant System for Garment Care EPA 744-F-99-002 USEPA Washington, DC, May 1999. 

These must be selected from approved sources. They should be securely held and the coaling must be capable of withstanding washing and dry cleaning in accordance with the garment care label. They must be free from mst, contaminalion, oxidation, or all other types of degraded corrosion. They must be metallic and nonferrous in namre. 

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This technique was hard on both fabric and equipment, but the premium price advantages of such garments in the marketplace seemed to justify the extra care and expense necessary for production (119—122). Care must be taken in processing as holes in garments or tom pockets, etc, may result. Although there was a period when such garment holes were fashionable, this trend seems to have abated. 

To produce easy care wool—polyester blend garments, heat setting of the polyester component will impart set stability to repeated machine washing. A minimum of 20—30% polyester is needed for adequate stability. A fabric shrink-resist treatment such with Synthappret BAP may be necessary to give the required shrink-resistance for easy cate performance. If the polyester content is increased, particularly above 50%, and a suitable fabric constmction is used, heat setting alone will give easy care performance. 

It is more difficult to produce pure wool easy care garments. The problem is to obtain adequate durability of the setting rather than obtaining shrink-resistance, because some wool setting processes are not stable to machine washing. As of ca 1997, the best approach is to combine the Synthappret BAP fabric shrink-resist process with Siroset garment setting. 

Contaminated garments should be removed at a medical facility, and carefully handled and contained to prevent or minimize crosscontamination. 

Lower-density E-plastomers have found alternate use in cast film processes to make elastic film laminates with good breathability which contain laminates of liquid impermeable extensible polymeric films with extensible-thermoplastic-polymer-fiber nonwovens and nonwoven webs of polyethylene-elastomer fibers as the intermediate layers. The development relates to a breathable film including an E-plastomer and filler that contributes to pore formation after fabrication and distension of the film. The method and extent of distension is designed to produce a breathable film by stretching the film to form micropores by separation of the film of the E-plastomer from the particulate solids. This film is useful for manufacture of absorbent personal-care articles, such as disposable diapers and sanitary napkins and medical garments. In detail, these constructions comprise a liquid impermeable extensible film comprising polyolefins. The outer layer contains extensible-thermoplastic-polymer-fiber nonwovens, and an elastic intermediate layer contains nonwoven webs of fiber E-plastomers. The intermediate layer is bonded to the film layer and the outer... 

Remove all outer clothing and garments rapidly, being careful not to contaminate skin. If clothing cannot be removed easily, it should be cut away using scissors. Place clothing in a sealed container such as a plastic bag. 

Lack of a wet cleaning label for garments To date, there has been no care label for wet cleaning. In 2002, the International Committee of Textile Care (CINET) proposed such a new label (a bold W in a circle), which will be voted on in 2005. 

Acrylic and modacrylic fibers have a wool-like appearance and feel, and excellent resistance to heat, ultraviolet radiation, and chemicals [Bajaj and Kumari, 1987]. These fibers have replaced wool in many applications, such as socks, pullovers, sweaters, and craft yams. Other applications include tenting, awning fabric, and sandbags for rivershore stabilization. The use of acrylic and modacrylic fibers in carpets is low since these materials do not hold up well to recycling through hot-humid conditions. This also prevents its use in the easy-care garment market. 

From all of them choose one", said Solomon, "to be thy beloved. I esteem her and my queen alike and highly, pleased as I am with the loveliness of my wives, so little do I care about the abomination of her garments."... 

Design for the Environment, a cooperative project between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the garment and textile care indus-... 

Fabric specimens (5-cm square) were basted to cotton squares and placed individually in wash cans containing 200 mL of soap solution. Steel balls were not added, since silk garments seem to have been washed rapidly and with considerably more care than other garments. Water temperature was warmed to 41.5°C. The Launderometer was operated only 4 min, again because silk garments were subjected to less stress than the average garment. A summarization of the method used is recounted in Table X. 

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