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Dyeing & Finishing: Dyeing processes

Step-by-step dyeing processes for every knit fibre and blend: 100% cotton, polyester, nylon, viscose, modal, lyocell and their blends, each with its dyeing curve and flowchart.

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Dyeing processes

Cotton-hemp knit dyeing process: soda-ash scour, reactive dyeing with a migration step

How cotton-hemp knits are scoured and reactive dyed on a working dye house floor: 98°C soda-ash scour, an 80°C migration step for…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Cotton-modal knit dyeing process: one reactive bath for two cellulose fibres

How cotton-modal knits are scoured and dyed in one reactive bath on a working dye house floor, with the salt at 80°C,…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Polyester-elastane knit dyeing process: heat setting, disperse dyeing and reduction clearing

How polyester-elastane knits are dyed on a working dye house floor: heat setting at 180–190°C, no scour, a slow 0.5°C per minute…

Updated Oct 2026 6 min read
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100% modal knit dyeing process: reactive curve, salt at 80°C and delivery data

How 100% modal knits are scoured, enzyme treated and reactive dyed on a working dye house floor, with the salt at 80°C,…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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100% polyester knit dyeing process: disperse dyeing at 130°C and reduction clearing

How 100% polyester knits are disperse dyed on a working dye house floor: pH 4.5, 1°C per minute to 130°C, a 45-minute…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Cotton-Sorona knit dyeing process: disperse dyeing at 110°C and double reduction clearing

How cotton-Sorona (PTT polyester) knits are dyed on a working dye house floor: disperse dyeing at 110°C, two reduction clears at 90°C,…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Cotton-elastane (Lycra) knit dyeing process: heat setting, gentle scour and reactive dyeing

How cotton-elastane (Lycra) knits are heat set, scoured and reactive dyed on a working dye house floor, with a real batch card…

Updated Oct 2026 5 min read
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Cotton-acrylic knit dyeing process: pretreatment, reactive dyeing and after-treatment curves

How a cotton-acrylic fleece is scoured, reactive dyed and after-treated on a working dye house floor, with the pretreatment, dyeing and after-treatment…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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CVC fabric dyeing process: two-bath disperse and reactive dyeing for cotton-polyester knits

How CVC and PC knits are dyed in two baths on a working dye house floor: disperse dyeing at 130°C, reduction clearing,…

Updated Oct 2026 6 min read
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Linen knit dyeing process: 70°C scour-bleach and reactive dyeing

How linen knits are scoured and reactive dyed on a working dye house floor: a mild 70°C soda scour, 60°C dyeing, fixing…

Updated Oct 2026 3 min read