Farklı Karışım Oranlarına Sahip Mikro/Makro Silikon Yumuşatıcı Uygulamasının Kumaş Performansı Üzerindeki Etkisi

The softening has enormous importance in the textile finishing process, and a great majority of the fabrics (white or colored) leave the textile mill by including softener agents. The macro and micro particle sized silicone softeners have been common usage within the softeners, recently. Though, generally the micro and macro silicone softeners use individually, their mixtures are sometimes suggested to use in some processes (such as wrinkle recovery). In view of that fact, in this study, it was investigated that how to effect of the mechanic and physical performances of the fabric samples when different ratios of the micro and macro silicone softeners are used. For this purpose, the application solutions including micro and macro silicone softeners at the different ratios were applied to the 50% cotton-50% polyester woven fabrics with padding method. After applications, the performance properties of the fabric samples were investigated through bending rigidity, stiffness, tearing strength, and breaking strength. Besides, the CIELab color values, as well as the whiteness values of the samples were also measured. The one-way variance analysis was carried out to the obtained results in order to research statistically the significance of the different ratios on the performance values.