Garments Washing | The Objects Of Garment Washing | The Limitation Of Garments Washing

Normally garments washing means cleaning of dirty garments with soap or detergent. But it is not industrial garments wash. Industrial garments washing is a technology which is used to modify the outlook, appearance, comfortibility and design of ready-made garments made from solid color dyed or pigment fabric is called garments washing. In our country garments washing technology started from 1998 and popularity of garments washing is increasing day by day.

Depending on garments construction different types of washing process can be done. 

• Twill/Canvas/Knitted/Corduroy - Normal wash, Pigment wash, Caustic Si wash
• Denim/Jeans/Gabardine - Enzyme wash, Stone wash, Bleach wash, Acid wash Grey fabric- Super white wash.

The objects of Garment Washing is given below: Same type of garments can produce several effects for several wash. Like this: To create wash look appearance, seems the new touch of fashion. 

1. By the washing technique, faded/old, color or tinted affect.
2. Washing technique creates new fashion such as tagging, grinding, destroy, blasting, whickering, permanent wrinkle, deep dye, tie dye, p.p spray, hand crapping, p.p spoonzing etc.
3. To reduce size materials that imports soft hand feels.
4. To attraction the customers/buyer by different types of fashionable washing and marker development.
5. Due to washing, shrinkage occurs in the garments. There is no possibility of further shrinkage of the wash garments.
6. Any dirt, spot or germ if added in the garments during manufacturing is also removed due to washing

The Limitation of Garments Washing: Like the other processes garment washing is also not without some limitations. They ae given below:

1. Garments size change: The change takes place due to shrinkage properties of fabric. The amount of shrinkage properties of fabric determine the size changes of the garments.
2. Size materials are partly removed: Size materials applied during preparation of fabric are removed partially during washing though complete removal is possible if desired.
3. Color is partly removed: Unfixed dyes may remain on the surface of the garments and it is necessary to remove them completely. they might not be removed completely after washing.

Writing by

Md. Asiful Islam Kanon,Textile Engineer, BUBT