9 – Wet processing

The wet processing of the fabric produced or the yarn that is going to be used for the production of terry fabric comprises the washing and dyeing. This chapter is focused on the wet processing of the woven terry fabric. The wet processing involves various steps like wetting, removal of size material, bleaching, dyeing, etc. The process can be carried out batch wise or as a continuous process. The details of chemicals, processes and the machines used have been described. The defects related to the wet processing have also been outlined.