Method for the artificial aging of fabrics and ready-made garments
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1. A method for artificially aging textile garments, especially cotton or denim garments, comprising the steps of:
- a) preparing a mixture of enzyme compounds and water;
b) humidifying a fabric garment with said mixture;
c) placing the fabric garment in an industrial dryer and operating the industrial dryer for at least forty minutes at an activation temperature of the enzyme compound;
d) raising the temperature to at least ninety degrees Celsius for at least ten minutes in order to deactivate the enzyme;
e) rinsing the fabric garment until drosses, and mixture residues are not present in the fabric garment; and
f) drying the fabric garment;
wherein the step of humidifying a garment is done by spraying said mixture over it.
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Abstract
A method for the artificial aging of fabrics by applying an enzyme compound without using an aqueous bath.
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1. A method for artificially aging textile garments, especially cotton or denim garments, comprising the steps of:
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a) preparing a mixture of enzyme compounds and water; b) humidifying a fabric garment with said mixture; c) placing the fabric garment in an industrial dryer and operating the industrial dryer for at least forty minutes at an activation temperature of the enzyme compound; d) raising the temperature to at least ninety degrees Celsius for at least ten minutes in order to deactivate the enzyme; e) rinsing the fabric garment until drosses, and mixture residues are not present in the fabric garment; and f) drying the fabric garment; wherein the step of humidifying a garment is done by spraying said mixture over it. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for artificially aging textile garments, especially cotton or denim garments, comprising the steps of:
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a) preparing a mixture of enzyme compounds and water, the enzyme compounds chosen from the group consisting of Amylase, Cellulase and laccase; b) humidifying a fabric garment with said mixture; c) turning the fabric garment inside an industrial dryer capable of controlling its internal temperature for at least forty minutes at an activation temperature of the enzyme compound while keeping a degree of humidity constant; d) raising the temperature of the machine to at least ninety degrees Celsius for at least ten minutes thereby deactivating the enzyme compounds; e) rinsing the fabric garment until drosses, and mixture residues are removed; and f) drying the fabric garment; wherein the step of humidifying a garment is done by spraying said mixture over it. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for artificially aging textile garments, especially cotton or denim garments, comprising the steps of:
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a) spraying a mixture of enzyme compound and water on a fabric garment until the fabric garment is humidified in an industrial dryer and turning the fabric garment for at least forty minutes at an activation temperature of the enzyme compound; b) raising the temperature of the industrial dryer up to at least ninety degrees Celsius for at least ten minutes thereby deactivating the enzyme compound; c) rinsing the fabric garment until drosses, enzyme compound, and surfactant residues are removed from the fabric garment; and d) drying the fabric garment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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