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var tiptitle='<b><font color="#CA0000">TheSmartTime Tip of the day</b></font><br />'

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tips[1]='Textile Processing Starts from Pretreatment - better the pretreatment better will be the results. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/pretreatment-menu1.htm">Good pretreatment tips ...</a>'
tips[2]='The mother of Textile Wet Processing is the water you use. Monitor the quality of water that changes by season!<a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/water-softening-plant.html"> Test your water daily ...</a> '
tips[3]='Inspect your greige fabric and test your chemicals before starting your process<a  href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/testing/testing-raw-materials.htm">Test your Inputs</a>'
tips[4]='Quality Control is a postmortum work, whereas Quality Assurance is Proactive step. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/testing/textile-testing.htm">Be Proactive!</a>'
tips[5]='All chemical processes have typical process constants. pH is one such thing a dyer should never forget. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/influence-of-pH-reactive-dyg.html">pH that controls</a>'
tips[6]='Wet cellulose material kept neutral or slightly acidic, catalyzes Fungus Growth. Keep it slightly alkaline, if you want to keep wet for a few days!<a href="http:/www.thesmarttime/faq/mildew-removal.htm">Avoid Fungus formation...</a>'
tips[7]='Of course powerful wetting agents are non-ionic. Do you know most non-ionic wetting agents dont function after a certain temperature? <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/testing/testing-procedures-2.htm">Simply test cloud point</a>'
tips[8]='White powdering/dusting of finished fabric/yarn - what is the reason? <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/hardness-problems.html">Solve it simply</a>'
tips[9]='Good dyeing practices result in better results. Dyestuff weighment and careful dissolution in front of you, are most important phases rather than standing in front of running machines! <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/tips-tips.html">Dissolve properly</a>'
tips[10]='Presence of Non-ionic surfactants, either on the fabric or in dyeing bath, would form at many times, oily separation of metal complex dyes like Turquoise Blue H2GP oe G. Avoid them'
tips[11]='Right First Time, the mantra every one chants. Ways you know to achieve RFT results.<a href="http:/www.thesmarttime.com/processing/right-first-time-concept.htm">RFT at your door</a>'
tips[12]='Reactive dyeing - how to make addition of dyestuffs to make tonal corrections? You know very well. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/right-way-to-make-additions.html">Still there is a proper way...</a>'
tips[13]='Stain Removal is a 3 stage process - Soaking, Removing and keeping the removed staining matter in the bath ... <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/articles/rust-stain-removal-in-processing.htm">Remove the Stains...</a>' 
tips[14]='<font face="Verdana" size="1">How to find a mixture of dyestuff is compatible and yield better solid shades? An unsuitable dystuff mix would produce different colored rings with a drop of it on a filter paper.'
tips[15]='A simple energy conservative reactive dyeing method that yields 10 to 20% more depth and gives better fastness results. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/preconditioning-method.html">Smart Dyeing</a>'
tips[16]='No salt, No soda dyeing is the dream of dyers who face so many environmental issues. Does it possible? At what cost? <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/no-salt-no-soda-reactive-dyeing.htm">Your dream dyeing method</a>'
tips[17]='A good suggestion for a best trichromatic bifunctional reactive dyestuff mixture.<a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/me-trichromatic.html">Try this tip</a>'
tips[18]='Do you have know a way to improve the light fastness of a reactive dyed material? <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/faq/improved-light-fastness.htm">Here is your tip</a>'
tips[19]='Can you strip and remove fully an optical whitener from a fabric? Dyers know how hard it is! <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/case-study.html">Here is a way</a>'
tips[20]='A good laboratory practice while pipetting dyestuff solution is to (1) use Caliberated standard pipettes from reputed manufactuers like Corning, to get better results; (2) select and use smaller pippettes rather than a bigger one - eg., for pipetting 10 ml of dyestuff solution, use 5 ml pipette twice, for 4 ml or < 5 ml, use 1 ml pipette. This practice certainly improves your lab to bulk defferences.'
tips[21]='Some useful tips on package dyeing. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/package-dyeing-tips.htm">Click here ...</a>'
tips[22]='What is APEO and what does APEO free mean? What are the bad effects due to the presence of APEO in finished goods or effluent?<a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/faq/apeo-free-surfactants.htm">Your answer...</a>'
tips[23]='Tips for reactive dyeing in soft flow and jet dyeing machines.<a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/faq/jet-dyeing.htm">Your tips...</a>'
tips[24]='Water marks on 100% cotton fabric. How to remove them?<a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/faq/water-marks-on-fabric.htm">Remove water marks...</a>'
tips[25]=' I am getting batch-to-batch shade variation (color variation) for the same reactive shade, in Soft Flow dyeing machine. I am using the same manufacturer’s dyes and chemicals and almost same quality of fabric. What are the reasons and how to avoid it? <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/faq/batch-to-batch-difference.htm">Go to your answer...</a>'
tips[26]='In softflow machine, the Turquise Blue shades sometimes leave dark blue stains/patches on one face of the fabric. What may be the reasons? How to avoid it?<a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/tips-tips.html">Try the tips</a>'
tips[27]='The tonal changes during compacting in the case of knits, take place mainly due to the destruction of chromospheres of the dye molecule by the fixing agents used. So avoid using cationic urea formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde fixing agents. A simple softening treatment with a good silicone softener yields good softness and crocking fastness.'
tips[28]='While dyeing pale and critical shades, after   peroxide bleaching, proper peroxide killer should be used to remove all the residual peroxide from the fabric. All blues and turquoise blues are very sensitive and prone to get oxidized leaving behind colorless chromospheres'
tips[29]=' The tonal changes during compacting in the case of knits, take place mainly due to the destruction of chromospheres of the dye molecule by the fixing agents used. So avoid using cationic urea formaldehyde or melamine formaldehyde fixing agents. A simple softening treatment with a good silicone softener yields good softness and crocking fastness.'
tips[30]='The dissolving and careful dispensing of dyestuff is a crucial  step, which determine the colour yield, repeatability and lab to bulk reproducibility.'
tips[31]='Synthetic warp and weft threads in loosely woven fabrics are particularly prone to slip because of their surface smoothness when the structure of fabric is disturbed and appearance is no loner attractive. <a href="http://www.thesmarttime.com/processing/textile-finishes.htm">To avoid this...</a>'

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