Investigation of the Usability of Cationization Process in Towel Fabric Pretreatment and its Effect on Product Properties

Abstract

In the scope of the study, it was aimed to examine the usability of cationization process instead of bleaching process in the pretreatment process of terry fabrics and the effect of these process parameters on fabric performance properties on tensile strength, softness and hydrophility values. For this purpose, 4 different towel fabrics with two different weights and two different pile raw materials (100% cotton and 100% modal) and all other characteristics are same, were produced. Then, sample fabrics were subjected to the cationization process at different concentrations after the bleaching process, while some of them were unbleached. After all the processes applied, the processed samples were tested in accordance with the standards. As a result, it was determined that applying cationization process instead of bleaching process contributed positively to terry fabrics in terms of tensile strength and softness, and acceptable results were obtained in terms of hydrophility.