Flow Chart of Dry Process in Garments Washing
What is Dry Process?
It is an important factor in garment washing. Garments are achieved a more fashionable look by applying dry processes. Dry process are widely used in denim garments. The dry process is mainly done by hand or mechanically. The dry process section maintains a process flow-chart, which is discussed in this article.
Flow Chart of Dry Process in Garments Washing:
Whisker
↓
Scrapping
↓
Tacking
↓
Destroy/ Tearing
↓
P.P Spray
↓
3D
All the above processes are discussed in the below table:
SL No.
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Process
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Procedure
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01
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It is the first step of the dry method in garments washing. Whisker is done with the help of sharp edge emery paper rolled on a fine wood stick or pasted on plastic material.
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02
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Scrapping
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Removing color from the surface of denim is called scraping. Here, the fabric is scrapped with different tools in order to get a used effect.
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03
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Tacking
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Tacking is done by using a swift tag machine. In this process, Garments are folded three or four times and tacked through folds. Then the garments are washed and dried. Permanent fold appears after removal of tag pin. In this case, the inner of the fold is dark due to less exposure to rubbing and chemicals. The faded effect comes on the folded parts.
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04
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Destroy/Tearing
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In order to achieve the favorite vintage look, different destroying processes such as grinding, abrasion, hole, scratching, and needle effect is used in the dry process section.
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05
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P.P Spray
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P.P means potassium permanganate. P.P sprayed onto desired areas of garments and P.P oxidizes indigo color. This process can be done before or after the garments washing process. Here, at first, have to sprayed P.P, then it should be neutralized to get the final effect.
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06
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3D
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Here, resin chemical is used on whiskered areas to make the effect permanent. At first, the resin is sprayed all over the whiskered garments with a spray gun, then whiskers are designed by folding the fabric. Finally, resin sprayed clothing is put into the oven and dry at high temperature for 30 minutes.
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Mayedul Islam is a Founder and Editor of Garments Merchandising. He is an Expert in Garments Merchandising. Writing is his passion. He loves to write articles about Apparel, Textile and Garment Washing specially on Merchandising. Mail him at mayedul.islam66@gmail.com
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