Cotton, the king of apparel textile substrates, has thepurest form of natural cellulosic fiber and owing to its inherentcharacteristics is the most preferred fiber for formal wear. Availability ofcotton grown in field, be by the conventional cultivation or by organic standardmethods and ease of its blending with any other fiber to provide comfort characteristicsfor high quality apparel garments make it most suitable textile fiber world over.
Out of the various dye classes used for Cotton dyeing, Reactivedyes occupy the highest share followed by Vat dyes.
The cotton yarn dyed - stripes, checks patterned wovenshirts and knitted garments, prominently features in most of the high valuebrands. For such applications the super fine count quality cotton yarn isusually dyed in package form, woven with un-dyed grey or bleached yarn and thenfurther processed with treatments like mercerization, wrinkle free finishingetc.
Source:Technical Service, Atul Ltd. (Colors Division), Atul- Valsad, Gujarat, India
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