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Dyeing & Finishing

Step-by-step dyeing and finishing processes for knit fabrics, written from a working dye house floor: every fibre, every common blend, with real temperatures, times and curves.

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Special processes

Fake mercerised (mercerise-look) knit fabric: getting the shine and crisp hand without mercerising

How to get a mercerised look on knit fabric without mercerising: singeing, hot alkaline loading, enzyme, and fixing without softener for a…

Updated Oct 2026 2 min read
Process flowcharts

Pointelle dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for Lycra, CVC and cotton pointelle

Pointelle dyeing and finishing flowcharts for Lycra, CVC/PC and cotton: heat setting to keep the holes, crease marks, GSM control, and data…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Jacquard knit dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for CVC, cotton and Lycra jacquard

Jacquard knit dyeing and finishing flowcharts for CVC/PC, cotton and Lycra: setting the design width to the buyer swatch at heat setting,…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Waffle and thermal knit dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for cotton, CVC and Lycra waffle

Waffle and thermal knit dyeing and finishing flowcharts for cotton, CVC/PC and Lycra: singeing instead of enzyme, GSM after wash, shrinkage, and…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Double-face and bonded interlock dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for CVC and polyester-viscose

Double-face and bonded interlock dyeing and finishing flowcharts for CVC/PC and polyester-viscose: two-face dyeing, why most of it is heat set, and…

Updated Oct 2026 4 min read
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Pique and lacoste dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for cotton, CVC and Lycra pique

Pique and lacoste dyeing and finishing flowcharts for cotton, CVC/PC and Lycra pique: when to heat set, relax drying for length shrinkage,…

Updated Oct 2026 5 min read
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Interlock dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for cotton, CVC and blends

Dyeing and finishing flowcharts for interlock in 100% cotton, CVC/PC, cotton-elastane, cotton-lyocell and polyester: heat setting and back sewing, singeing, shade variation,…

Updated Oct 2026 7 min read
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Rib dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for every fibre and blend

Dyeing and finishing flowcharts for rib in every fibre and blend: cotton-elastane, cotton-modal, 100% cotton, CVC/PC, viscose, polyester-viscose and polyester, with heat-setting…

Updated Oct 2026 10 min read
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French terry dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for cotton, CVC and Lycra terry

Dyeing and finishing flowcharts for 100% cotton, CVC and cotton-elastane French terry: keeping the loops in order, crease risk, heat setting, enzyme…

Updated Oct 2026 7 min read
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Fleece dyeing and finishing: flowcharts for CVC, cotton and Lycra fleece

Dyeing and finishing flowcharts for CVC, 100% cotton and cotton-elastane fleece: heat-setting rules, double-part dyeing, the enzyme and bursting-strength risk, brushing and…

Updated Oct 2026 10 min read