Research Article

A New Approach to Dyeing of 80 : 20 Polyester/Cotton Blended Fabric Using Disperse and Reactive Dyes

Table 3

Light fastness properties of treated and untreated 80 : 20 PCF.

Solvent system  DyeDyeing temp. (°C)UntreatedGrading
Pretreatment time (min.)
2468102030

Ac-EA-Cf80555-66-776-766
A955-65-65-6776-766
1106-76-76-7776-766
80555-66-776-766
B90556776-76-76
1106-76-76776-76-76
80555-66665-65-6
C955566-776-766
1106666-776-766
80555-666665-6
D955566-766-766
1106666-776-766

Ac-MAc-Nh80555-66-76-7666
A955-655-6776-766
110666776-766
804-555-66-76-7666
B955-65-66776-766
110666-7776-766
8044-55-666-7666
C955-666776-766
110666776-766
8044566-7666
D955-65-6676-76-766
1105-65-66776-766

A: Disperse Red 60 and Reactive Red 124; B: Disperse Orange 96 and Reactive Orange 64; C: Disperse Blue 183 and Reactive Blue 116; D: Disperse Yellow 49 and Reactive Yellow 14.