Bleaching and calico-printing : a practical manual (1896)
Duerr, George · London : Charles Griffin & Company, Limited, Exeter Street, Strand · leaf 90
cloth. To this valuable property of starch granules is due <3 9. * 0 0 00 a V [* Fig. 19. — Bice starch. the employment of starch in calico-printing, since by being capable of absorbing solutions of mordants and colours, and keeping pigments in suspension, it enables printers to obtain mixtures… … Wheat Starch is by far the best thickening for calico-printing, and is the thickening material most employed for the preparation of colours to be printed on the roller printing machine. Good wheat starch should not contain more than 15 per cent, of moisture nor more than a h per cent, of mineral…
Calico-printing · Bleaching · Dyes and dyeing
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