A manual of dyeing: for the use of practical dyers, manufacturers, students, and all interested in the art of dyeing (1919)
Knecht, Edmund, 1861-1925, Loewenthal, Richard, Rawson, Christopher · London : C. Griffin · leaf 123
e kier as rapidly as possible with cold water before taking the piecesout. If this is omitted, the lime-water dries on the fabric where the lattertouches the hot walls of the kier, and becomes so concentrated in those placesthat it is but incompletely removed in the subsequent souring. The… … Fig 24 —Washing machine for pieces in rope form (Mather & Piatt), The chief effect of the lime-boil is to decompose the fatty and oily matterscontained in the pieces. The fatty lime soaps which are thus formed adhere tothe fibre, but are completely removed in the subsequent processes. In…
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