Washes For Denim Fabric

Basic Washes in Denim Fabric:

Denim:

Serge De nimes

Serge - A kind of material

Nimes - A town in France

Jeans:

Genoa - Worn by Genoavese sailors In Italy in 1500.

When the Denim wash Started?

The concept of washing Denim was started By Jack Spencer for the brand Lee.

Stone wash was first started by Francois Girbaud.

The concept of Sand blasting was started in 1988 by a number of branded companies in Italy.

Types of Denim washes:

Chemical Wash:

Denim Bleaching: Strong oxidative and bleaching agent such as sodium hypochlorite or potassium permanganate.

Enzyme wash: Application of organic enzymes. Easy to stop the action of enzymes.

Acid wash: Pumice stones presoaked in a solution of hypochlorite or potassium permanganate.

Mechanical Washes:

Stone Wash : Tumble with pumice stones. Variations in composition, hardness, size, shape ,and porosity make these stones multifunctional.

Micro sanding:

It can be done in 3 ways:

Sand blasting: This technique is based on blasting an abrasive material ( mostly Sand) in granular, powered or other form through a nozzle.

Machine Blasting: In this fabric treatment process, a series of cylindrical rolls in a horizontal arrangement, either wrapped with an abrasive or chemically coated with an abrasive.

Hand Sanding or hand brushing: Use of Sand paper to abrade surface...

Microgenix Offerings for Denim & other fabrics:

Microgenix offers a wide range and variety of products for denim and as well as other fabrics.

Categories 

• Neutral Enzymes/neutral cellulase
• Acid Enzymes/ Acid cellulase
• Anti Back Staining (ABS)
• Washing off agents
• Softeners
• Silicon Specialties

In a nutshell, microgenix offers all chemical solutions from pre-treatment to finishing for denim. Not just that, we offer solutions for other categories of textile and garments as well viz. knits and wovens.

The link below will give a detailed information about the products that are offered by Microgenix:

http://www.microgenix.co.in/microgenix-products.pptx