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In Textile processing we come across many types of stains. Iron Rust Stain is one amongst those stains. The textile fabric or yarn is coming into contact with rusted iron
parts of the machinery and get stained. Sometimes the processing water itself contain floating rust particles coming out of rusted water pipelines that also cause rust deposition over the fabric.
These iron rust particles during processing react with other chemicals forming unwanted results that sometimes destroy the cotton cellulose or the dyes and auxiliary
chemicals.
For example, if hydrogen peroxide bleaching is carried out in the presence of iron particles, the fabric gets destroyed by the catalytic oxidation of cellulose molecules into oxy-cellulose. This
oxy-cellulose will dissolve into water and there will be a formation of hole up to the size of rust deposition.
In the case of dyeing some of the metal complex dyestuffs like reactive turquoise blues and Blue R will become dull in tone and even the fastness properties are also get affected.
The following method proves to be successful when long length of iron stained fabric has to be treated.
Recipe:
- Non-ionic Wetting Agnet = 1.0% owf
- Acetic Acid = 3 gpl
- Sodium Hydrosulphite = 5 gpl
- If you are running in a jigger or softflow or winch type of machine, run the machine @ 50°C for 15 minutes.
- Raise the temperature to 70°C and continue treatment for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Drain
- Rinse Cold
- Rinse Cold
- Drain and unload or continue processing as you like.
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