Abstract
Grey jute fabric has been scoured, then treated with a mixed commercial enzyme at a fixed concentration and thereafter bleached with hydrogen peroxide. Three sets of pretreated jute fabric, viz., grey-bleached, scour-bleached and scour-enzyme treated-bleached were dyed with five different class of dyesnamely, direct dye, reactive dye, 1:2 metal complex dye, acid dye and basic dye by conventional dyeing procedure. Analysis of the results reveals noticeable improvement of dye uptake in case of scour-enzyme treated-bleached jute fabric in comparison with only grey-bleached jute fabric. Enzyme treatment also results in improvement of handle property of jute fabric as evident from reduction in bending length values. Scour-enzyme treated-bleached-dyed jute fabric shows some reduction in tensile strength.
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