About Anticrease Treatment to Silk

Silk is considered as the “queen of fibers” Silk is a protein fiber made by silk worms and is the only natural fiber that is a filament fiber. Originally, it was believed that an ancient Chinese princess was the first to discover the process for manufacturing silk fabric from the filament fiber produced by silk worms.
Silk fabric on a human body spreads a lot of glamour to non-silk player. It is estimated that most of the silk sold in the West is of higher quality. After having synthetic fabrics in the market for more than 70 years, we have to come to the conclusion that the natural silk fibers are still the most important material seen from the point of view of appearance.

Silk has rich subdued lustre, is porous, which allows the skin to breathe, provides warmth without the weight.It is one of the strongest natural fiber but looses strength when wet.
Silk
Silk is by nature crease resistant but to give body to the silk material treatment of some gum material like gum Arabic, gum tragacanth or dextrin (a type of gum having viscosity) is given. Kandari is a special vegetable product which has no smell and it appears like onion. The thin solution of this kandari is applied for finishing of silk sarees. 
The solution is prepared by boiling this vegetable product with water for several hours & then filters it with muslin cloth. This solution is used for finishing of silk sarees. This solution is applied by brush or by spray.
Silk sarees tightly & fully stretched on a hexagonal roller and then this chemical solution is applied by brush or sprayed over the saree. This hexagonl roller provides tension to fabric and no crease is there on the fabric. After dyeing the fabric is wound over the rollers.
End Uses:
Dresses, blouses, lingerie, scarves, men’s ties, upholstery and draperies.
 
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