Why lycra breakage/void show in after wash garments? Describe it.

Introduction

Lycra breakage/void is a common problem for those of us who work in oven dyeing and washing plants whose shipments have not been canceled after wash garments with spandex damage, spandex, or lycra breakage/void. Those of you who are experts in garments wash will need an idea as to why or what you should be careful about.

Why lycra breakage/void show in after-wash garments?

i. Enzymes that hydrolyze or break cellulosic fibers or bio-polishing with enzymes that reduce the twist of the fiber, which puts extra pressure on the lycra, due to the beating action of the washing machine. Because of the use of that enzyme, lycra will break.

ii. If there is a heavy wash of lycra blends fabric or garments, it should be rubber ball wash or stone wash without enzymes for its look. It is better not to use the enzyme to avoid lycra breakage.

iii. If there is a program for dyeing or washing lycra blend fabric or garments, a pitch dyeing machine should be used for this. It has a high amount of liqueur and does not have a beater in the machine cylinder. The paddle in the top position of the machine rotates the liqueur, so there is less chance of body damage due to less machine-to-body beating. Beating action front-loading, beating on Bailey machine, much more than pitch dyeing machine.

iv. If the fiber is broken due to the beating of the machine in case of short fiber or card or rotor, the places of twist may become weak and lycra may break.

v. When the hydro is extracted, it is seen in the factory that the goods are loaded by pushing. Because the body twists due to the centrifugal force during loading, there is a chance of lycra breakage.

vi. If the access bar-tech stitch is in the area of the pocket belt loop, the pressure is higher or the bar-tech stitch on the side of the back pocket is more prone to break spandex outside the stitch area.

vii. Garment allowance should not be un-even for which puckering will be done on the garment and garment damage is more due to puckering.

viii. During the swing, it is seen that many operators swing with tension by pulling, which causes Lycra to take the tension inside which is break down excess hit and machine beating.

ix. After washing the garment dry with overheating or a gas dryer, it creates a lycra breakage/void.

x. At the time of wash, liquor ratio and RPM are high, which creates lycra breakage/void.

Precautions or remedies for lycra breakage/void 

i. At the time of fabric finishing, lycra is usually damaged and elasticity is reduced if the width is greater than the oven fabric finish requirement. Heat setting should be done well during heat setting and oven fabric finish width should be 52".

ii. If the edge of the cutting blade is less sharpened during cutting, then the core filament pulls during fabric cutting, and this tension breaks the lycra. So, the cutting blade edge needs more sharpening to avoid lycra breakage/void.

iii. During the wash, the loading on the Lycra body should be reduced, and the speed RPM should be kept low so that the centrifugal force is felt less.

iv. The area of the zipper should be changed after pre-washing, such as during de-sizing zipper will be staying at the top place, at the time of bleaching it will be middle, and time of softening it will be. When bleach wash is done it should be kept open and closed during dry it.

v. In the case of dryer selection, we have to select the steam dryer. In the case of the lycra blend body, the heat of the steam dryer rises slowly and the temperature becomes even which does not have any detrimental effect on the body.

vi. At the time of dryer, drying temperature at 45 Min 60°C for lycra fabric.

vii. If necessary, lightly cure 50-60% hydro and dry in the steam dryer. This will reduce the stress on the lycra blend body.

viii. If there is a garment wash in our oven item if it is lycra fabric, then we have to be careful while sourcing its fabric, especially if the correct denier is needed according to the correct GSM.

ix. Use a special Lycra protector so that the lycra does not break, anti-sleeping agents AP are a good example of this.