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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

Nylon white process: scouring, reductive clearing and optical brightening

How white nylon is made on a working dye house floor: soda scour, a reducing bath with the optical brightener at 98°C…

Updated Oct 2026 4 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
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100% viscose knit dyeing process: mild scour, 60°C reactive dyeing and shrinkage control

How 100% viscose knits are scoured, reactive dyed and washed off on a working dye house floor, why there is no enzyme,…

Updated Oct 2026 5 min read
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100% lyocell knit dyeing process: gentle pretreatment, stepwise reactive dyeing and enzyme finish

How 100% lyocell knits are pretreated, reactive dyed and finished on a working dye house floor: gentle 70–80°C scour, stepwise dosing, enzyme…

Updated Oct 2026 6 min read
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100% nylon knit dyeing process: scouring, acid dyeing curve and after-treatment

How 100% nylon knits are scoured and acid dyed with a sliding pH on a working dye house floor: the full curve,…

Updated Oct 2026 5 min read
Dyeing processes

100% cotton knit dyeing process: pretreatment, reactive dyeing curves and finishing

How 100% cotton knits are scoured, bleached, reactive dyed and finished on a working winch floor: nine dyeing curves by shade, wash-off,…

Updated Oct 2026 8 min read