Application of dyestuffs to textiles, paper, leather and other materials (1920)
Matthews, J. Merritt (Joseph Merritt), 1874-1931 · New York, Wiley · leaf 54
.A small amount of oil is thus left in the fiber which has the effect o^ softeningthe goods as well as of brightening the color. Many operations of dyeingtend to make cotton harsh and stiff, as when mordanting with tannin andmetallic salts or with sulphur dyes. The oil treatment much improvesthe… … Fig. 32.—Yarn Stretching and Beating Machine. squeezing, drying, or steaming and stretching in a special machine. Theeffect of the acid is to give the fiber a crackling or crunching sound whensqueezed in the hand, which is the so-called scroop; while the steamingand stretching serves to straighten…
Dyes and dyeing · Textile fabrics
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