Abstract:
Washing is one of the most important
finishing treatments applied on apparels that have
great usage to create special outlooks and
improving the fashion. Technologically denim
washing is the most important fashion element for
clothing industry. Usually the term ‘washing’ is
most significantly applied in case of sewn
apparels so it is very essential to observe the
effects that have been made by particular washing
on the fabrics to hold the qualities of sewn
apparels. The aim of this paper is to determine the
effects of sand blasting with industrial enzyme
silicon wash on denim apparel characteristics.
For this investigation currently fashionable
regular denim (100% cotton with twill 3/1 weave
construction) trouser was chosen. The selected
denim trouser has been processed by enzyme and
silicon washes after sand blasting. In order to
evaluate the washing effects on denim trouser,
changes of fabric handle, fabric specification
(ends/inch, picks/inch, surface density, warp &
weft yarn linear density), fabric strength, seam
strength & fabric stiffness has been determined
after sandblasting with enzyme silicon wash.
