Cotton canvas trousers washing: an inception of a new horizon in apparel industry

Fashion and Textiles

Md. Sumon Miah¹  Md. Nakib-Ul Hasan²  Md. Mashiur Rahman Khan³ 

[1] Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, 1707, Gazipur, Bangladesh;PhD Student, Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising, Louisiana State University, 70820, Baton Rouge, LA, USA;Professor, Department of Apparel Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles, 1208, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

关键词: Canvas;    Enzyme wash;    PP spray;    Tensile strength;    Tear strength;    Fashionable trousers;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40691-020-00243-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Nowadays, fashionable trouser (denim) with washing effect is very popular, especially among the youth. The global fashion trend has led to the development of diverse washing processes that are predominantly applied to denim fabric. However, no known research has studied the application of the washing effect on canvas fabric. Therefore, this paper aims to make fashionable canvas fabric trousers by applying various washing effects. To do so, ready-to-dye canvas fabric trouser was constructed, then dyed with dischargeable reactive dye (Lava). Chemical washing processes such as whisker, enzyme, and PP spray were then applied on dyed canvas trousers. Finally, developed samples were being characterized by mechanical tests such as tensile strength, tear strength, stiffness, abrasion, pilling, colorfastness to wash, and colorfastness to rubbing. Besides, to evaluate fabric surface, various tests such as Scanning Electronic Microscope (SEM), Reflectance% values have also been characterized. Tensile strength, tear strength, stiffness, reflectance% value, and wear index% changed significantly for every subsequent process. The tensile strength of finished trousers was 489.87 Nat warp and 350.57 N at weft direction and the tear strength was 48.01 N and 35.56 N at warp and weft direction, respectively. The reflectance% value of 18.74was observed at the PP sprayed area. Overall, the research revealed the possibility of using cotton canvas as a pair of fashionable trousers contributing to the development of the apparel industry.

【 授权许可】

CC BY