Application of Acrylic Colour on Cotton Fabric: Using Tie and Dye Technique

Traditionally, the cotton fabrics were generally dyed with direct dyes during the process of tie and dye. However, the process results in consumption of very high amount of water at high temperatures, which not only leads to wastage of water, but the high temperature also destroys the natural texture of fabric (especially delicate fabrics). Furthermore, usage of direct dyes poses sustainability challenges due to water pollution and alkaline pH, thus, causing serious environmental stress. In this research, a new method of dyeing cotton fabric with acrylic colours using tie and dye technique has been explored. The primary acrylic colours (red, yellow and blue) were characterized for their physical parameters like pH, ash content, moisture content; structural parameters using spectroscopic techniques.