Stone wash

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1. Presentation On Stone Wash

2. Submitted To Submitted By ROKAIYA HASAN BTE01205702 ARAFAT RAHMAN BTE01205703 MASUD RANA BTE01205705 RAHUL SARKAR BTE01205711 Name of the Lecturer : Rafiul Islam Department of Textile Engineering Port City International University

3. Stone Wash Stone washing is a textile manufacturing process used to give a newly manufactured cloth garment a worn-in (or worn-out) appearance. Stone-washing also helps to increase the softness and flexibility of otherwise stiff and rigid fabrics such as canvas and denim. To create or produce irregular fading To remove dust, oil spot, impurities from the garments. To improve softness. To achieve the buyer washing standard. Stone washing!!! Why ???

4. Process Of Stone Washing Garments loading with Stone Desize Rinse S tone wash Extract Unload Tumble dry Rinse Soften

5. Pumic e stone Pumice is a natural volcanic stone used for stone washing garments. It is crystallized with substantive pores. Pumice is mostly used for stone washing due to its durability to chemicals treatment, it's strength and light weight. In order to get the desired washed effect, the stone should be of proper hardness, shape, and size. For heavy weight denim fabric large and hard stones are suitable and smaller and softer stones are suitable for light weight denim. Stone wt. /fabric wt. = 0.5 to 3 /1 The degree of colour fading during stone washing depends on several factors, such as, garment to stone ratio, washing time, size of stones, material to liquor ratio and load of garments. The washing time may varies from 60 - 120 min. Stones may be reused until they disintegrate completely.

6. Advantages of Stone Wash Garments are achieved the vintage or Old look effect after stone washing. Desired shade is easily achieved by applying stone washing. Stone washing makes the garments more fashionable. Less time needed to achieve desired shade than enzyme wash Disadvantages of Stone Wash Stone washing may cause back staining and re-deposition. Stones can cause wear and tear effect on the garments. Stones can damage the washing machine due to its higher abrasion. Increase the labor cost to remove stone dusts from the finished garments. Extra time needed to complete the whole process due to removing stone from the garments.