The Impact of Treating Cotton with Alkali Pectinases on Cotton Knitted Fabric Sewability

Authors

  • Ana Marija Grancarić Faculty of Textile Technology University of Zagreb, Department for textile chemistry and material testing, Zagreb, Croatia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-5156
  • Tanja Pušić Faculty of Textile Technology University of Zagreb, Department for textile chemistry and material testing, Zagreb, Croatia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-8344
  • Barka Lesić-Domšić Cotton Plant »Duga Resa«, Duga Resa, Croatia
  • Ljubica Plantić Faculty of Textile Technology University of Zagreb, Department for textile chemistry and material testing, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The impact of conventional and enzymatic pre-treatment of cotton knitted fabric on its sewability is investigated. Conventional boiling-off procedure eliminates unwanted waste materials from the cotton, but cellulose is also damaged to a degree. The fibre becomes brittle and susceptible to damages in sewing garments from the knitted fabric, making it necessary to soften it. On the other hand, pectinases have a specific effect on waste materials on cotton, as they destroy pectins only, the material cotton owes its hydrophility to. Knitted fabric treated with pectinases exhibits good sewability as compared to conventionally boiled fabric. It can be concluded that alkalis can be substituted with pectinases in pre-treating cotton.

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2001-02-28

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Grancarić, A.M., Pušić, T., Lesić-Domšić, B. and Plantić, L. 2001. The Impact of Treating Cotton with Alkali Pectinases on Cotton Knitted Fabric Sewability. Tekstil. 50, 2 (Feb. 2001), 55–62.

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Vol. 50 No. 2 (2001)

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Original scientific paper

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