Fabric Dyeing, Printing, and

Finishes

APPAREL AND TEXTILE

PRODUCTION II
 Dyeing

A method of giving color

to textiles using coloring
agents called dyes.
 Colorfast implies that the color in a
fabric will not fade or change with
normal use and care.
Textile products are dyed at the following stages:

 Fiber (Excellent)
 Yarn (Best)
 Piece (Better)
 Garment (Good)
 Fiber Dyeing
 Involves dyeing the fibers before
they are spun into yarns.
 Advantages include:
Good colorfastness
Uniform color throughout fiber

Clear, rich colors

Fiber Dyeing
 Yarn Dyeing
 Involves dyeing the yarns before
weaving or knitting them into
fabric.
 Advantages include:
Good color absorption
 Fabric Examples include:
Plaids

Checks

Stripes
Yarn Dyeing
 Piece Dyeing
 Involves dyeing the fabric after it is
woven or knitted.
 Advantages include:
Most common dyeing method
Lease expensive

Very fast
 Disadvantages include:
Mostly solid colors

Less dye penetration into the fibers

and yarns
Piece Dyeing
 Fabric Examples include:
Solid colored garments

“Heathered” garments
 Garment Dyeing
 Involves dyeing the garments to fill
retail orders for requested colors.
 Advantages include:
This method is gaining in popularity.
Garment producers can wait and dye
only the colors ordered by stores.
Garment Dyeing
 Fabric Printing
 A process for adding color, pattern
or design to the surface of fabric.

 It is done on the right side of the

fabric with the wrong side being
unprinted or much lighter than the
right side.
 Roller Printing
 Color for the design is applied to
fabric as it goes through a series of
rollers.
 Rollers are engraved (carved) with the
design to be printed.
 Each color has a different roller.
 Advantages include:
Simple and fast

Inexpensive

Most common printing method

Roller Printing
 Screen Printing

 Done on flat screen frames and is

similar to stenciling.

 Each color has its own screen.

 Advantages include:
Good for large designs

Better quality designs than roller

printing method
 Disadvantages include:
Slow printing method
Screen Printing by Hand
Screen Printing by Machine
 Rotary Screen Printing
 A combination of roller and screen
printing.

 Dye is transferred through screens

that roll over the fabric.
 Advantages include:
Can print large designs

Accurate and fast

This method is gaining in popularity.

Rotary Screen Printing
 Heat Transfer Printing
 The desired dyes and patterns are
placed onto paper using a rotary
screen printer. The paper is placed
on the fabric and with heat and
pressure the colors and patterns are
transferred to the fabric.
 T-shirts are printed using this
method.

 Like a “temporary tattoo” for fabric

Heat Transfer Printing
 Digital Printing
 The newest method of fabric
printing. It is like ink-jet printing
with a computer but rolls the fabric
through an extra-wide printer.
 Droplets of color are “spit” onto the
fabric.
 Advantages include:
Fast

Inexpensive

Environmentally safe

Can print small or large amounts of

fabric at the same time
Digital Printing