Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 83
ing process in which the water is warmed to between 50° and 60° C. (122° —140° F.) for is;:-:, quent operati .ii;^- 68 TEXTILE CHEMISTRY AND DYEIXCi. 59 a number of hours. Under these conditions the surface coatingof the fiber seems to be more energetically attacked. When thelime boil follows, this… … Fig. 27. Mather and Plait Shear. 99. Lime Boil. The lime boil follows the gray wash andconsists in boiling, or to use the term of the works, bowkingthe cloth in a solution of lime water, calcium hydroxideCa(0H)2, for a number of hours in an especially constructedboiler known as a kier. (For…
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