This disclosure relates generally to the preparation of eco-friendly engineered fabric, and more particularly to terry fabric and variations thereof. In one embodiment, a terry fabric is comprised of a soluble fiber blend, blended with cotton fibers, where the soluble fibers are dissolved in a caustic or enzyme solution to create highly porous yarns.

A process and composition is provided for preparing substrates with both visual and thermal camouflage. The substrate is metallized through a deposition process and polished or calendered to smooth the metal layer and lower the infrared emissivity of the layer deposited onto the substrate. The metallized substrate is then visually decorated by a tarnish and/or dying process that minimally impacts the infrared emissivity of the metallized substrate.

The present disclosure relates to a natural dyeing method using fermented persimmon juice, and more particularly to a natural dyeing method using fermented persimmon juice, which prevents the discoloration of a naturally dyed fabric, is harmless to the human body, and exhibits excellent color development, excellent antibacterial activity, excellent deodorization, and excellent dyeing fastness such as friction fastness and light fastness.

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

The present invention relates to an applicator apparatus for dyeing and finishing in which diagonal application grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction in an outer circumferential surface of a roller used to apply a chemical and reverse diagonal application grooves are formed to intersect the formed diagonal application grooves to allow the chemical to be evenly discharged to an outer circumferential surface of a pickup roller so that fabric dyeing efficiency is increased. The applicator apparatus for dyeing and finishing includes a storage tank (100) in which a chemical is accommodated, a guide roller (200) configured to guide a fabric (f) to be conveyed, a first pickup roller (300) which is installed at an upper portion of one side of the storage tank (100) and has an outer circumferential surface coming in contact with a surface of the fabric (f) being conveyed along the guide roller (200) and a lower portion dipped in the chemical accommodated in the storage tank (100) so that the chemical is attached to the outer circumferential surface and conveyed due to forward rotation of the first pickup roller (300), and an application roller (400) which is installed at an upper side of the first pickup roller (300), rotates in a reverse direction, and has diagonal application grooves (410) formed along an outer circumferential surface and reverse diagonal application grooves (420) formed to intersect the formed diagonal application grooves (410) so that the chemical conveyed along the first pickup roller (300) enters and passes through the formed diagonal application grooves (410) and reverse diagonal application grooves (420) and is guided to be evenly discharged to the outer circumferential surface of the first pickup roller (300) and applied to the fabric (f).

A process for the simultaneous tanning and dyeing of collagen containing fibrous material, wherein the said material is treated with a liquor containing at least one reactive dyestuff selected from the group of formula (1) and (2)

##STR00001## wherein A.sub.1, A.sub.2 and A.sub.3 are each independently of the others the radical of a monoazo, polyazo, metal-complexed azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazan or dioxazine chromophore having at least one sulfo group, B is an organic bridge member, Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, Q.sub.3 and Q.sub.4 are each independently of the others hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkyl, G.sub.1 and G.sub.2 are halogen, 3-carboxypyridin-1-yl or 3-carbamoylpyridin-1-yl, (Z.sub.1).sub.2-3 is 2 to 3 identical or different fiber reactive radicals, Z.sub.2 and Z.sub.3 are each independently of the other identical or different fiber reactive radicals, and b is the number 0 or 1, by combining two steps of leather production, tanning and dyeing, into a single step, thus, preserving resources and reducing the environmental impact.

An ink jet composition according to the present disclosure contains a flameproofing agent and resin particles. The resin particles are preferably urethanic resin particles. It is preferable that a urethanic resin making up the urethanic resin particles is a urethanic resin containing a crosslinking group and the crosslinking group is one or more selected from the group consisting of a blocked isocyanate group and a silanol group. The urethanic resin making up the urethanic resin particles preferably has a polycarbonate skeleton.

Graphene coated fabrics including graphene and/or its derivative(s) at very low concentrations, preferably between 0.0001 to 1 wt %, wherein the graphene coated fabric is characterized by one or more features, preferably at least two, at least three, at least four or all features selected from anti-microbial, antistatic, wicking, thermal cooling, anti-odour, and ultraviolet protection. In particular, a fabric coated with graphene at an amount ranging from about 0.0001% (w/w) to 1% (w/w), wherein the graphene is a combination of single layer graphene and multilayer graphene, and wherein the graphene has a surface area of about 300 m.sup.2/g to 800 m.sup.2/g.

A composite laundry additive made of composite particles. The composite particles comprising: a carrier component comprising one or more different inorganic support particles, wherein at least one of the inorganic support particles is a pigment particle; and a silver component comprising a silver metal or silver salt disposed on one or more of the inorganic support particles.