Described herein are compositions useful for infusing color into nonwoven polyester containing product and methods to do so. Such compositions and methods comprise use of a color infusion composition comprising an antimigrant polymer; pigment; ammonium polyphosphate; and an anionic surfactant comprising phosphate. In certain embodiments, thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 93.0° C. or less is used to enhance color infusion.

A process for leather production from a raw animal hide includes the steps of pre-soaking, soaking, unhairing and liming, re-liming, deliming and bating, pickling and tanning, degreasing, re-tanning, neutralizing, dyeing and fatliquoring, and washing the processed hide. Waste liquid is collected from at least one of the foregoing steps is recycled to at least one of the foregoing steps. The collected waste liquid can be recycled to the same step, to a different step, or to two of more steps in the process.

The present invention related to a method of dyeing using the salt mixture as an electrolyte with 0.5 to 5.00 GPL of sodium chloride or sodium sulphate and alkali agents I and II to exhaust and fix the dyestuff to the cellulose material in the reactive dyeing wherein the fiber is treated with (i) the salt mixture with sodium chloride or sodium sulphate specifically, putting the pre-treated fiber maintained with pH between 3 and above and an (MLR) maintained between 1:20 and 1:3 at a temperature between 20° C. and above and exhausted for between 15 minutes and above, (ii) the alkali agent I with a pH between 9.5 and above at a temperature between 30° C. and above and stained for between 20 minutes and above (iii) the alkali agent II with a pH between 10.5 and above at a temperature between 30° C. and above and stained for 40 minutes and above.

The present invention generally relates to a method for changing the color of a textile material to obtain a vintage and/or worn appearance comprising the steps of contacting said fabric textile material with a nitrate salt, activating the nitrate salt by the addition of an acid catalyst until the desired color change is achieved.

The present invention generally relates to a method for changing the color of a textile material to obtain a vintage and/or worn appearance comprising the steps of contacting the fabric textile material with a nitrate salt, activating the nitrate salt by the addition of an acid catalyst until the desired color change is achieved.

The present invention relates to a method for reducing or preventing the decomposition of a composition Z comprising Z1 a salt of dithionous acid in an amount ranging from 50 to 100 wt % and optionally Z2 an additive selected from the group consisting of alkali metal carbonate, alkaline earth metal carbonate, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal tripolyphosphate (Na.sub.5P.sub.3O.sub.10), alkali metal or alkaline earth metal sulfite, disulfite or sulfate, dextrose and complexing agents in a combined amount ranging from 0.0001 to 40 wt %, which comprises contacting the components Z1 and optionally Z2 in the solid and/or dry or solvent-dissolved or -suspended state with at least one of the following compounds V in the solid and/or dry or solvent-dissolved or -suspended state, wherein the compounds V are selected from the group consisting of: (a) oxides of the alkali metals lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, or of magnesium, (b) sodium tetrahydroborate (NaBH.sub.4), (c) anhydrous copper(II) sulfate (Cu(SO.sub.4)), phosphorus pentoxide and (d) basic amino acids arginine, lysine, histidine, wherein the solvent for Z1, optionally Z2 and V is practically water-free.

A fabric printable medium includes a fabric base substrate having an image-side and a back-side. The fabric printable medium also includes a flame retardant ink receiving layer on the image-side of the fabric base substrate. The flame retardant ink receiving layer includes a first crosslinked polymeric network, a second crosslinked polymeric network, a flame retardant agent, and a physical networking agent selected from the group consisting of an acrylate copolymer, a polyacrylic acid copolymer, a polyester copolymer, a polyurethane copolymer, and combinations thereof, the physical networking agent having a weight average molecular weight ranging from 300,000 Mw to 1,000,000 Mw. The fabric printable medium also includes a waterproof coating on the back-side of the fabric base substrate.

Provided is a method for decolorizing a polyester, the method including exposing adding a decoloring agent to the polyester and then contacting the polyester with superheated water vapor.

A process for leather production from a raw animal hide includes the steps of pre-soaking, soaking, unhairing and liming, re-liming, deliming and bating, pickling and tanning, degreasing, re-tanning, neutralizing, dyeing and fatliquoring, and washing the processed hide. Waste liquid is collected from at least one of the foregoing steps is recycled to at least one of the foregoing steps. The collected waste liquid can be recycled to the same step, to a different step, or to two of more steps in the process.

A fabric print medium containing a fabric base substrate and a coating composition applied to the fabric base substrate. The coating composition includes a non-halogenated flame retardant agent having phosphorous-containing ingredient and nitrogen-containing ingredient at a 1:1 ratio, a water-soluble polymer binder and a water-soluble high-valence metal complex. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric print medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.