METHODS OF ENHANCING PRINTING QUALITY OF DYE COMPOSITIONS ONTO COTTON FABRICS

摘要

Disclosed are methods for enhancing the quality of printing on cotton-containing fabrics. Specifically, these methods disclosed herein recite the pretreatment of cotton-containing fabrics with cellulase prior to printing with a dye in order to enhance printing characteristics on the fabric such as dye uptake, enhanced clarity, reduced dye bleeding, and the like. The methods disclosed herein generally entail treating cotton-containing fabrics with an aqueous cellulase formulation and preferably with an aqueous cellulase solution under agitating conditions.