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

Table 5

Weight loss/abrasion resistance of treated and untreated 80 : 20 PCF.

Solvent system	Pretreatment time (min.)	Percentage loss (%)	Abrasion resistance no. cycles
Ac-EA-Cf	2	0.098	7295
	4	0.257	7410
	6	0.750	7800
	8	0.820	7745
	10	0.980	7550
	20	1.120	7475
	30	1.350	7275
Ac-MAc-nH	2	0.050	7255
	4	0.130	7380
	6	0.475	7763
	8	0.650	7715
	10	0.780	7510
	20	0.987	7442
	30	1.100	7245
Untreated	—	—	7245