Abstract
It seems probable that the removal of soils from resin finished fabrics occurs simultaneously with the removal of resins during the cleansing process, but the observation for the removal of resin has been ignored so far.
Therefore, a simultaneous observation for the removal of resin and soils was carried out in this study to investigate the effect of resin finish on the detergency of soils together with that of stains on the removal of resins.
The results disclosed a correlation between the above two effects as follows :
1) Water soluble soils became more removable by resin finish with an increase in the removal of resins from resin finished fabrics.
2) The detergency of oily soils was reduced by resin finish and only a little removal of resin was observed with oily soils on resin finished fabrics.
3) A mixture of hydrophilic and hydrophobic soil as Chinese ink on resin finished fabrics gave a little removal of resins and its detergency was slightly influenced by resin finish.
4) Also dry cleaning showed a tendency that any increase in the removal of resins gave an improved detergency and reduction in detergency showed little removal of resins.
