PRINTING PROBLEMS SOLUTION Pre treatment of fabric: The fabrics prepared for printing must be free from size

and efficiency scoured and free from residual chlorine or proxy compound. The fabric must also be free from Alkali and whenever necessary treatment with acetic acid should be given to prepare the fabric of neutral pH which will prevent premature localized fixation and improve leveling. To obtain the deep and brilliant shades material should be either mercerized or casusticised with caustic soda solution. Printing method: So many cross linking thickening agents like as cmc, guar gum and sodium alginate creates problem in screen mesh blocking. In many languages we called choked screen or jammedfor this problem so many after research we were find the solution of this problemsequestering agent or calgon T or calgon S use and given the paste large part of time Prepare the paste before printing 18-22 hours @26Cfor Sodium alginate Prepare the paste before printing 28-30 hours for CMC Prepare the paste before printing 24-36 hours for Guargum For this time your screen blocking chanceless will b finish and also using Calgon s and PDN Oil Cmc,sodium alginate or guar gum: (Neutral, high, medium or low viscosity) Calgon T or Calgon S PDN OIL Water Stock paste: Thickener: Urea: Sod Bicarbonate: Resist salt: Balance water Print paste: X grm Y grm 1000 grm 400-500grm 50-100 10-25 10-15 X grm 1000grm dye stuff stock paste 30-100 grm 10 grm 10grm X grm 1000grm

Note: sodium bi carbonate can be used both for MCT or Vinyl Sulfone Sodium carbonate used in MCT dyes. Calgon T is poly phosphate: They will break down to the sodium phosphate in water over the time losing their ability to chelate,especily in hot water, they are foods for Algae causing rapid growth in stream and pounds.algea growth depletes streams oxygen supply causing fish kill. Sodium alginate produced to Algae. Sequestering Agents: Sodium hexa Meta phosphate Tri poly sodium phosphate Tetra sodium pyro phosphate calgon S calgon T calgon TSPP Light Medium strong strongest

The technique can b used for the softening water, however, it is more often as a component in many textile wet processing steps to remove metallic ions that interfere with the process. After the print paste: Print>dry at90C>saturated steam 102C for 8-10 mint> Washing off Screen printing color putting in the screen

If problem no solve with the long time prepare before print paste or with Calgon S or T and pdn oil clarinet or basf aqueous dispersing agentthen last u will add potassium carbonate 50grm/kg

Mohsin saeed Bsc chem. & Member of AATCC American association of textile chemists and colorists Pakistan