US20050066448A1 - Finishing of textile fibers, tissues, and fabrics - Google Patents

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US20050066448A1
US20050066448A1 US10/953,925 US95392504A US2005066448A1 US 20050066448 A1 US20050066448 A1 US 20050066448A1 US 95392504 A US95392504 A US 95392504A US 2005066448 A1 US2005066448 A1 US 2005066448A1
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  • the present invention relates to water and oil repellent textile fibers and fabrics as well as to a method for the finishing of textile fibers, tissues, and fabrics, and particularly to the generation of washing and cleaning resistant, water and oil repellent finishing effects on textile fibers, tissues, and fabrics. These finishing effects are commonly referred to a water repellent and oil repellent finishing.
  • a plurality of water repellent finishing chemicals is used in textile processing which are classified into the wash-resistant and the not wash-resistant waterproofing agents on the one hand and into fluorocarbon-containing and not fluorocarbon-containing waterproofing agents on the other hand.
  • Another group comprises the silicone-containing waterproofing agents.
  • silicone-containing waterproofing agents is also known in combination with fluorocarbon resins.
  • Heavy metal-containing fatty acid derivatives, particularly paraffins with organometallic compounds, are employed alone and in combination with fluorocarbon resins in the finishing of textile fibers, tissues and fabrics.
  • waterproofing agents are their more or less apolar, water insoluble character due to which they are used in the form of emulsions or microemulsions, respectively.
  • the most widely used products and the finishings produced by them, respectively, are based on reactive, lipid modified ⁇ aminoalkylation products, fluorocarbon resins, and silicone derivatives or the mixtures thereof.
  • best water repellent finishing effects can only be achieved using fluorocarbon resins or in combination with lipid modified, reactive, pre-polycondensed ⁇ -aminoalkylation products (extenders) and self-crosslinking binders (boosters).
  • Lipid modified, reactive group-containing compounds refers to all those compounds which contain at least one reactive group in addition to one or more covalently bound alkyl groups (C 8 -C 25 ).
  • Preferably used lipid modified ⁇ -aminoalkylation products are N-methylol compounds of fatty amines, fatty amides as well as formaldehyde-methylolated urea derivatives which may also contain partially etherified methylol functions.
  • An essential feature of the invention is the use of a dispersion system (wherein dispersions also comprises emulsions) as a “guest-host” system which enables a spatial self-organization of the finishing components.
  • a dispersion system wherein dispersions also comprises emulsions
  • a “guest-host” system which enables a spatial self-organization of the finishing components.
  • an anisotropic distribution of the “guest” component or the dispersed phase within the “host” component is achieved within the finishing layer.
  • the “guest” component concentrates at the upper surface of the finishing layer and thereby dominates the physical, chemical, and physico-chemical properties at this phase boundary layer between the finishing layer applied and the surrounding atmosphere.
  • gelling additives such as high molecular weight soluble polysaccharides or polar crosslinking components, e.g. glycerol and methoxy methylolated urea derivatives
  • polar crosslinking components e.g. glycerol and methoxy methylolated urea derivatives
  • the final finishing layer essentially corresponds to a dispersion in the gel state.
  • the heterodisperse system may be utilized for the formation of columnar structures and thereby for the generation on the finished textile of a microrough surface exerting the so-called “lotus effect”.
  • This phenomenon is known from nature (Ultrastructure and chemistry of the cell wall of the moss Rhadocarpus purpurascens: a puzzling architecture among plants [1, 2]) and is transferred according to the present invention to textile water repellent or oil repellent finishings.
  • the natural “lotus effect” is based on a three-dimensional surface structure wherein the wax crystals formed on leafs by self-organization account for a microroughness strongly promoting the self-cleaning effect of the plant [3].
  • Self-organization and formation of membrane structures i.e. the tendency to undergo partial phase separation of the “guest” and the “host” components, results in an accumulation of the hydrophobic or oleophobic “guest” components at the surface, i.e. the phase separation layer between the finishing layer and the surrounding air.
  • self-organization of the “guest” and “host” components results in dramatically enhanced water repellent or oil repellant finishing effects at the upper surface of the finishing layer as compared to a homogenously dispersed system.
  • the novel method of finishing permits the complete or partial elimination of environmentally hazardous chemicals.
  • the chemicals to be used are selected in each case either due to the property profile required from the finishing or with respect to their physical, chemical, and physico-chemical suitability with regard to a) the formation of the desired three-dimensional surface structure (the columnar structure to achieve the “lotus” effect) and/or b) a inherent phase instability forming of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing liquor.
  • At least two different waterproofing chemicals as well as crosslinkable, gelatinizing chemicals are applied to the fiber or tissue surface which due to their physical, chemical, and physico-chemical properties result in the desired microroughness and/or in an inherent phase instability of the water repellent finishing liquor during the subsequent drying and setting process.
  • Self-organization and membrane formation are determined by means of the phase instability as well as phase transitions of one or more of the finishing components.
  • essential features of the water repellent finishing system are different physical conditions of the water repellent components and/or thermodynamic instability of the mixed phase (oil in water emulsion) due to which one of the water repellent components increasingly orientates at the phase boundary layer (liquid/gas phase or solid/gas phase) similar to a tenside in the context of a self-organization process or for example leads to the formation of columnar structures.
  • the dispersion is in the form of a sol during application and is transferred into the gel state as the procedure proceeds.
  • one of the water repellent components namely the “host” or dispersant, forms an amorphous matrix or membrane structure into which the secondary component, i.e. the “guest” or the dispersed phase, is embedded in correspondence with a “guest-host” system.
  • the secondary or “guest” components may be roughly divided into two groups with respect to their functional properties. There are the “lotus” components on the one hand, and the “micellar” components on the other hand. Both groups of components show a certain mobility during drying until they are set which is of high importance for the self-organization and thus for the desired water repellent or oil repellent finishing effect.
  • the novel finishing layer permits an at least partially reversible transfer of the gel state of the dispersant and dispersed phase into the sol state by energy supply. This enables a complete or at least partial regeneration of the abating water repellency or oil repellency, particularly after the finishing layer has been worn down for an extended period. For this purpose it is not necessary to provide any external material.
  • the capability of self-organization and the mobility of the colloids in the sol-like dispersion lead to a reorganization and concentration at the surface of the finishing layer, the interface to the surrounding medium. In the easiest of cases, the water repellent or oil repellent effect of a textile article having the novel finishing layer may be refreshed already by simple heating in the tumble dryer.
  • the “guest-host” system described may be extended by additional components depending on the property profile required from the finishing. Examples are the co-application of polymeric film formers to both enhance the adhesion on the textile material and the wash-resistance of the finishing.
  • the major component with respect to its quantity (extender) of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing system is brought into an aqueous emulsion into which the secondary component generally being even more apolar than the major component is emulsified.
  • a second solution is prepared containing the gelatinizing chemicals, i.e. the polymeric binder and optional catalysts.
  • An oil in water emulsion is prepared using the two solutions by emulsifying the emulsion containing the waterproofing agents into the aqueous solution containing the gelling chemicals.
  • Emulsifying of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing components is effected using e.g. rapidly rotating stirrer (rotor/stator principle) or high-pressure mixing systems.
  • the water repellent or oil repellent finishing liquors prepared in this manner are applied to the textile material by conventional industrial application techniques such as padding, coating, spraying or foaming.
  • primer layers For improved adhesion of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer, particularly in the case of synthetic fiber materials, there may be applied adhesive layers which are also referred to as primer layers.
  • the purpose of forming a primer layer on synthetic tissues is to provide directly or indirectly polymer attached reactive groups for covalent binding of the water repellent or oil repellent chemicals and the binder chemicals of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer.
  • the function of the primer layers primarily is regulation of swelling or of the crush resistance which is often required in addition to water or oil repellency.
  • primer layers depend on the chemical nature of the support material.
  • support materials made of synthetic or regenerated fibers, tissues or fabrics it has been found advantageous to form the primer layer either directly from a modified support material surface or to apply crosslinked natural or synthetic hydroxyl, carbonyl, amino, or thiol group containing polymers onto the support material.
  • polyester materials provide the possibility to generate polymer bound hydroxyl and carbonyl groups via partial saponification of the polyester. During these partial saponifications upper layers of the polyester material are removed which correspond to a fraction of 0.01 to 1% of the polyester material, preferably 0.2 to 0.4%.
  • Reactive groups which are indirectly polymer bound may be formed for example by application of natural or synthetic hydroxyl group containing polymers such as lignin, polysaccharides, polyvinyl alcohol etc. and subsequent crosslinking with e.g. isocyanates or ⁇ -aminoalkylation products such as dimethylol ethylene urea or hexamethylol melamine derivatives.
  • the binders or gelatinizing agents used in combination with the waterproofing agents may be crosslinkable polycondensed formaldehyde resins (Luwipal 66 of BASF company) or the individual components thereof, prepolymeric acrylic or methacrylic acid derivatives, isocyanates, polyurethanes etc. in combination with multiple reactive group containing compounds such as polysaccharides, glycerol, or gelatin.
  • Each of the binder or gelling systems is characterized by limited water miscibility, a property which they show inherently or after an appropriate thermal treatment.
  • the major water repellent finishing components also referred to as extenders
  • monomeric or prepolymeric or prepolycondensed but in any case lipid modified apolar acrylates, methacrylates, isocyanates or epoxide and urea derivatives which can be set in the textile material in a wash-resistant manner by thermal treatment and appropriate catalysts.
  • the “guest” component or dispersed phase is mainly responsible for the self-organization of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer (phase separation) and for the formation of columnar structures having a directional orientation at the phase boundary layer, and may consist of widely different but always very apolar water or oil repellent auxiliary agents depending on the property profile of the finishing.
  • a primer layer is formed on a polyester tissue having a square meter weight of 180 g by partial saponification (0.3%) for bonding the polyester to the water repellent layer.
  • the tissue thus pretreated is impregnated with a water repellent finishing liquor using a liquor ratio of about 60%., then dried and condensed at 150° C. for 3 minutes.
  • the water repellent finishing liquor contains the following components: Water 923.5 ml/l Citric acid 5 g/l Aluminium sulfate 0.5 g/l Perapret HVN (binder) 26 g/l Guar gum (gelatinizing 2 g/l agent) Phobotex FTC (extender) 40 g/l Glycerol monooleate 5 g/l
  • the water repellent tissue is characterized by very good test values which otherwise can only be achieved by fluorocarbon resins or silicone impregnations, respectively (see Table 1). Test criteria were the spray test according to ISO 4920-1981, the water repellency value according to Bundesmann (ISO 9865/1993) as well as the percentage of water absorption during the rain shower test determined gravimetrically. TABLE 1 Water repellency test values after 3 washings (according to EN Initially 26330) Spray test 100% 100% Water absorption 9% 12% Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/4, 10′/4 values
  • a primer layer is formed on a polyester tissue having a square meter weight of 250 g by partial saponification (0.5%).
  • the tissue thus pretreated is impregnated on a padding machine using a liquor ratio of 55%, and dried continuously on a tenter at 80° C.
  • Setting of the water repellent finishing is performed at 160° C. for 3 minutes.
  • the water repellent finishing liquor contains water repellent silica nanoparticles (Aerosil R812S) responsible for the columnar structures of the water repellent finishing layer.
  • a scoured and bleached cotton tissue having a square meter weight of 150 g is impregnated with a solution containing a crosslinker to minimize water penetration into the fibers as well as swelling of the fibers upon subsequent contamination with water.
  • the impregnating liquor contains 10 g/l Rucon FAN (Rudolf Chemie), 3 g/l citric acid, 5 g/l magnesium chloride, and 10 g/l Perapret HVN (BASF).
  • Rucon FAN Rudolf Chemie
  • 3 g/l citric acid 3 g/l citric acid
  • 5 g/l magnesium chloride 5 g/l magnesium chloride
  • 10 g/l Perapret HVN Perapret HVN
  • a pretreated and dyed cotton/polyester tissue (70/30) having a square meter weight of 120 g is impregnated with a crosslinker solution for subsequent crosslinking of the cotton portion and dried and precondensed at 130° C.
  • the crosslinker is a low-formaldehyde urea derivative (dimethoxy ethylene urea) using citric acid and magnesium chloride as catalysts.
  • oil repellent finishing of the tissue is carried out by applying to the tissue a liquor containing the following components and drying for one minute at 120° C.
  • the liquor absorption is 65% based on the dry weight of the tissue.
  • Water 953 ml/l Acetic acid 60% 1 ml/l Ruco-Guard EPF 1561 40 g/l Ruco-Guard LAD 4 g/l Aerosil R812S 2 g/l
  • the finished tissue shows very good water repellency and oil repellency as apparent from the test values presented in Table 4.
  • TABLE 4 Table of oil repellency measuring values Initially after 3 washings Spray test 100% 100% Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 values Oil repellency* 6 6 *according to AATCC Test Method 118-1997 (Oil repellency: Hydrocarbon Resistance Test)
  • a two-ply fabric having the following composition: 80% polyami, 10% PES Coolmax®, and 10% Lycra having a square meter weight of 170 g is coated with a foamed liquor for water repellent finishing the tissue primarily on one face.
  • the coating liquor contains all chemicals required for achieving the water repellent finishing effect and for the formation of columnar structures.
  • the water repellent finishing liquor is dosed into the coating device of the tenter frame via a foam forming aggregate and is thus applied onto one face of the tissue. Drying is performed at a cooling temperature limit of about 50° C. on the above-mentioned tenter on which also the subsequent condensation/setting is carried out. This is performed at 160° C. for two minutes.
  • a polyamide tissue having a square meter weight of 150 g is impregnated with a liquor the ingredients of which form columnar structures due to the self-organization of the components occurring during setting.
  • Wollpol A 702 acidic crosslinking acrylic polymer, Reinhold company
  • acrylic stearate are components of the binder system for improved setting of Phobotex FTC which is emulsified within the liquor in the form of a microdispersion.
  • Using a padding machine the water repellent finishing liquor is applied to the tissue which is afterwards dried and condensed on a tenter.
  • the water repellent finishing liquor consists of the following components: Water 825.5 ml/l Isopropanol 50 ml/l Meypro guar gum Casaa 2 g/l M-200 Magnesium chloride ⁇ 6H 2 O 4 g/l Wollpol A 702 50% 30 g/l Acrylic stearate 10 g/l Phobotex FTC 75 g/l Azoisobutyronitrile 0.5 g/l
  • the drying temperature is 60° C. and the condensation conditions are 150° C. and a treatment period of 2.5 minutes.
  • the water repellent finishing prepared in this manner is characterized by very good effects as demonstrated in Table 6.
  • the thus waterproofed tissue is excellently suitable for the use in sportswear articles. Initially after 3 washings Spray test 100% 100% Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 values Water absorption 3% 8%
  • a polyester tissue having a square meter weight of 230 g is impregnated with a water repellent finishing liquor the “host” component of which consists of stearyl modified, crosslinkable acrylic polymer.
  • the preparation of the acrylic polymer is carried out according to an emulsion polymerization process.
  • the acrylic polymer is used in the form of a 20-40% stock emulsion.
  • the triglyceride (“guest”) which migrates on the tissue to the layer surface during setting is admixed already in the preparation of the acrylate emulsion.
  • the stock emulsion containing the acrylic polymer and the triglyceride is then introduced into a water precharge according to the following protocol.
  • the stearyl modified acrylic polymer is characterized by very good film formation which occurs during drying in a temperature range of 60-90° C.
  • Water 733 g/l Isopropanol 80 g/l Sorbitan monolaurate 2.5 g/l (Span 20)
  • the water repellent finishing liquor is applied by impregnation of the tissue.
  • the liquor weight is 48% based on the dry weight of the tissue.
  • the drying conditions are 100° C. for 1.5 minutes followed by condensation at 150° C. for 2 minutes.
  • the water repellent finishing prepared on acrylate basis may be directly compared to Phobotex finishings but has the further advantages of substantially higher liquor stability and a virtually formaldehyde-free finishing.
  • Spray test 100% 100% Water absorption 6% 8% Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/4, 10′/4 values
  • a polyester tissue designed for use in the sportswear article sector is provided with a water repellent finishing in accordance to the “guest-host” principle already mentioned several times above.
  • the “host” system is formed by an acrylic prepolymer prepared from a monomer mixture consisting of methacrylic acid, methacrylic dodecyl ester and tertiary butyl amino ethyl methacrylate (SERPOL QMO 204) according to the emulsion polymerization procedure.
  • SRPOL QMO 204 tertiary butyl amino ethyl methacrylate
  • To prepare the acrylate stock emulsion 10% of a stearyl triglyceride based on the monomer weight is admixed into the monomer mixture.
  • the solids content of the acrylate stock emulsion is 35%.
  • the acrylic prepolymer containing the triglyceride has an excellent melting behaviour at 50-90° C. in combination with the desired film formation and the autodynamic orientation of the triglyceride an the layer surface.
  • the acrylate stock emulsion is stirred into a water precharge together with the other partially predispersed chemicals (e.g. Aerosil R 812 S).
  • Tissues finished according to this protocol show very good water repellency properties together with high washing resistance which otherwise can only be achieved using fluorinated waterproofing agents.
  • Spray test 100% 100% Water absorption 5% 7% Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 values

Abstract

A method is provided for the application of a finishing layer to a textile support material. A water repellent or oil repellent layer, a so-called finishing layer, is applied to a textile support material selected from the group of fibers, tissues, and fabrics. The water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer comprises at least two water repellent or oil repellent components wherein a first component comprises one or more dispersants and a second component comprises one or more dispersed phases or colloids, and wherein the dispersant and the dispersed phase are present in the gel state. Additionally, textile articles are provided having the novel water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer which are equal on a high level or even superior with respect to their functional properties to products prepared according to known finishing methods and at the same time allow a complete or partial substitution of the health and environmentally hazardous standard chemicals employed nowadays by novel compounds which have not been used to date.

Description

  • The present invention relates to water and oil repellent textile fibers and fabrics as well as to a method for the finishing of textile fibers, tissues, and fabrics, and particularly to the generation of washing and cleaning resistant, water and oil repellent finishing effects on textile fibers, tissues, and fabrics. These finishing effects are commonly referred to a water repellent and oil repellent finishing.
  • Today, a plurality of water repellent finishing chemicals is used in textile processing which are classified into the wash-resistant and the not wash-resistant waterproofing agents on the one hand and into fluorocarbon-containing and not fluorocarbon-containing waterproofing agents on the other hand. Another group comprises the silicone-containing waterproofing agents. The use of silicone-containing waterproofing agents is also known in combination with fluorocarbon resins. Heavy metal-containing fatty acid derivatives, particularly paraffins with organometallic compounds, are employed alone and in combination with fluorocarbon resins in the finishing of textile fibers, tissues and fabrics.
  • Common to all waterproofing agents is their more or less apolar, water insoluble character due to which they are used in the form of emulsions or microemulsions, respectively.
  • Nowadays, waterproofing agents which are not wash-resistant are of less importance since also the quality of the water repellent finishing effects achieved by them does no longer comply with today's standards and requirements.
  • The most widely used products and the finishings produced by them, respectively, are based on reactive, lipid modified αaminoalkylation products, fluorocarbon resins, and silicone derivatives or the mixtures thereof. According to present processing technique, best water repellent finishing effects can only be achieved using fluorocarbon resins or in combination with lipid modified, reactive, pre-polycondensed α-aminoalkylation products (extenders) and self-crosslinking binders (boosters).
  • Lipid modified, reactive group-containing compounds refers to all those compounds which contain at least one reactive group in addition to one or more covalently bound alkyl groups (C8-C25). Preferably used lipid modified α-aminoalkylation products are N-methylol compounds of fatty amines, fatty amides as well as formaldehyde-methylolated urea derivatives which may also contain partially etherified methylol functions.
  • Due to the growing environmental awareness of the consumers on the one hand and increasingly strict legal regulations on the other hand there is an increasing demand for textile finishings which meet even the latest ecological standards. This means that both the fiber materials used and the colorants and finishing agents must be environmentally friendly in the broadest sense. The consumer demands textiles which may be worn safely. This means in the case of clothing that they should be non-irritant and free from allergenic substances but at the same time fulfill the highest demands for wearing comfort and functionality.
  • During textile manufacturing it is necessary to ensure the handling safety of the starting materials and the finishing and auxiliary agents used. Also the safe disposal of the waste chemicals, waste, waters, and outgoing air arising upon production and processing is called for And eventually, in the sense of a closed system, the textiles should be disposed of or recycled with an as low environmental pollution as possible.
  • Taken together, these demands have already today resulted in an outlawing of many dyestuffs, halogenated and silicone-containing chemicals as well as the silicones themselves, as used e.g. in the water repellent finishings of clothing and technical fabrics. In particular, halogenated finishing agents, if used, result in waste water components which are difficult to dispose of as well as in problems with the disposal of the technical textiles and clothing finished therewith themselves after their serviceable life has expired.
  • It is an object of the present invention to accomplish a novel method of textile finishing, particularly for water and oil repellent finishing of textiles (water repellency and oil repellency) which enables the preparation of textile fibers and fabrics that are equal on a high level or even superior with respect to their functional properties to products prepared according to known finishing methods and at the same time allow a complete or partial substitution of the standard chemicals employed today by novel compounds which have not been used to date.
  • It is another object of the present invention to provide water repellent and oil repellent finishings of textiles enabling a complete or at least partial regeneration of the water or oil repellent finishing effect which abates with time.
  • It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for textile finishing enabling the elimination of undesired, environmentally hazardous chemicals without having to lower one's sights with respect to quality and functionality of the finishing.
  • These objects have been achieved by a novel water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer according to claim 1, novel textile articles according to claim 19, and a novel finishing method according to claim 23.
  • An essential feature of the invention is the use of a dispersion system (wherein dispersions also comprises emulsions) as a “guest-host” system which enables a spatial self-organization of the finishing components. By this self-organization of the “guest” and the “host” components, i.e. the dispersed phase and the dispersant, an anisotropic distribution of the “guest” component or the dispersed phase within the “host” component is achieved within the finishing layer. In the final finishing layer, the “guest” component concentrates at the upper surface of the finishing layer and thereby dominates the physical, chemical, and physico-chemical properties at this phase boundary layer between the finishing layer applied and the surrounding atmosphere.
  • If gelling additives such as high molecular weight soluble polysaccharides or polar crosslinking components, e.g. glycerol and methoxy methylolated urea derivatives, are added to the water phase of the dispersion system, membrane formation on the tissue occurs in addition to the above-mentioned self-organization. In the course of this process, the initially homogenous dispersion system partitions depending on the drying conditions into two liquid phases referred to as coacervates. One of these predominantly contains the gelling polymer fractions while the other is dominated by the apolar, water or oil repellent components. Due to the crosslinking reaction that progresses during the drying process a contraction of the polymer gel occurs leading to the formation of the pore system of a membrane out of the originally gel-like structure.
  • The final finishing layer essentially corresponds to a dispersion in the gel state. The heterodisperse system may be utilized for the formation of columnar structures and thereby for the generation on the finished textile of a microrough surface exerting the so-called “lotus effect”. This phenomenon is known from nature (Ultrastructure and chemistry of the cell wall of the moss Rhadocarpus purpurascens: a puzzling architecture among plants [1, 2]) and is transferred according to the present invention to textile water repellent or oil repellent finishings. The natural “lotus effect” is based on a three-dimensional surface structure wherein the wax crystals formed on leafs by self-organization account for a microroughness strongly promoting the self-cleaning effect of the plant [3].
  • Self-organization and formation of membrane structures, i.e. the tendency to undergo partial phase separation of the “guest” and the “host” components, results in an accumulation of the hydrophobic or oleophobic “guest” components at the surface, i.e. the phase separation layer between the finishing layer and the surrounding air. Thus, self-organization of the “guest” and “host” components results in dramatically enhanced water repellent or oil repellant finishing effects at the upper surface of the finishing layer as compared to a homogenously dispersed system.
  • In contrast to known methods the novel method of finishing permits the complete or partial elimination of environmentally hazardous chemicals. The chemicals to be used are selected in each case either due to the property profile required from the finishing or with respect to their physical, chemical, and physico-chemical suitability with regard to a) the formation of the desired three-dimensional surface structure (the columnar structure to achieve the “lotus” effect) and/or b) a inherent phase instability forming of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing liquor.
  • According to claim 1, for this purpose at least two different waterproofing chemicals as well as crosslinkable, gelatinizing chemicals (dispersant and dispersed phase) are applied to the fiber or tissue surface which due to their physical, chemical, and physico-chemical properties result in the desired microroughness and/or in an inherent phase instability of the water repellent finishing liquor during the subsequent drying and setting process.
  • Self-organization and membrane formation are determined by means of the phase instability as well as phase transitions of one or more of the finishing components.
  • Thus, essential features of the water repellent finishing system are different physical conditions of the water repellent components and/or thermodynamic instability of the mixed phase (oil in water emulsion) due to which one of the water repellent components increasingly orientates at the phase boundary layer (liquid/gas phase or solid/gas phase) similar to a tenside in the context of a self-organization process or for example leads to the formation of columnar structures. The dispersion is in the form of a sol during application and is transferred into the gel state as the procedure proceeds. During this process, one of the water repellent components, namely the “host” or dispersant, forms an amorphous matrix or membrane structure into which the secondary component, i.e. the “guest” or the dispersed phase, is embedded in correspondence with a “guest-host” system.
  • The secondary or “guest” components may be roughly divided into two groups with respect to their functional properties. There are the “lotus” components on the one hand, and the “micellar” components on the other hand. Both groups of components show a certain mobility during drying until they are set which is of high importance for the self-organization and thus for the desired water repellent or oil repellent finishing effect.
  • The novel finishing layer permits an at least partially reversible transfer of the gel state of the dispersant and dispersed phase into the sol state by energy supply. This enables a complete or at least partial regeneration of the abating water repellency or oil repellency, particularly after the finishing layer has been worn down for an extended period. For this purpose it is not necessary to provide any external material. The capability of self-organization and the mobility of the colloids in the sol-like dispersion lead to a reorganization and concentration at the surface of the finishing layer, the interface to the surrounding medium. In the easiest of cases, the water repellent or oil repellent effect of a textile article having the novel finishing layer may be refreshed already by simple heating in the tumble dryer.
  • The “guest-host” system described may be extended by additional components depending on the property profile required from the finishing. Examples are the co-application of polymeric film formers to both enhance the adhesion on the textile material and the wash-resistance of the finishing.
  • Of essential importance for self-organization or formation of columnar structures, respectively, is the preparation of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing liquors. For this purpose, the major component with respect to its quantity (extender) of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing system is brought into an aqueous emulsion into which the secondary component generally being even more apolar than the major component is emulsified. At the same time, a second solution is prepared containing the gelatinizing chemicals, i.e. the polymeric binder and optional catalysts. An oil in water emulsion is prepared using the two solutions by emulsifying the emulsion containing the waterproofing agents into the aqueous solution containing the gelling chemicals. Emulsifying of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing components is effected using e.g. rapidly rotating stirrer (rotor/stator principle) or high-pressure mixing systems. The water repellent or oil repellent finishing liquors prepared in this manner are applied to the textile material by conventional industrial application techniques such as padding, coating, spraying or foaming.
  • For improved adhesion of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer, particularly in the case of synthetic fiber materials, there may be applied adhesive layers which are also referred to as primer layers. The purpose of forming a primer layer on synthetic tissues is to provide directly or indirectly polymer attached reactive groups for covalent binding of the water repellent or oil repellent chemicals and the binder chemicals of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer. In the case of native fiber materials the function of the primer layers primarily is regulation of swelling or of the crush resistance which is often required in addition to water or oil repellency.
  • The formation of primer layers and the use thereof depend on the chemical nature of the support material. In the case of support materials made of synthetic or regenerated fibers, tissues or fabrics it has been found advantageous to form the primer layer either directly from a modified support material surface or to apply crosslinked natural or synthetic hydroxyl, carbonyl, amino, or thiol group containing polymers onto the support material. For example polyester materials provide the possibility to generate polymer bound hydroxyl and carbonyl groups via partial saponification of the polyester. During these partial saponifications upper layers of the polyester material are removed which correspond to a fraction of 0.01 to 1% of the polyester material, preferably 0.2 to 0.4%.
  • Reactive groups which are indirectly polymer bound may be formed for example by application of natural or synthetic hydroxyl group containing polymers such as lignin, polysaccharides, polyvinyl alcohol etc. and subsequent crosslinking with e.g. isocyanates or α-aminoalkylation products such as dimethylol ethylene urea or hexamethylol melamine derivatives.
  • The binders or gelatinizing agents used in combination with the waterproofing agents may be crosslinkable polycondensed formaldehyde resins (Luwipal 66 of BASF company) or the individual components thereof, prepolymeric acrylic or methacrylic acid derivatives, isocyanates, polyurethanes etc. in combination with multiple reactive group containing compounds such as polysaccharides, glycerol, or gelatin. Each of the binder or gelling systems is characterized by limited water miscibility, a property which they show inherently or after an appropriate thermal treatment.
  • As the major water repellent finishing components, also referred to as extenders, there may be used monomeric or prepolymeric or prepolycondensed but in any case lipid modified apolar acrylates, methacrylates, isocyanates or epoxide and urea derivatives which can be set in the textile material in a wash-resistant manner by thermal treatment and appropriate catalysts.
  • Due to its' properties, the “guest” component or dispersed phase is mainly responsible for the self-organization of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer (phase separation) and for the formation of columnar structures having a directional orientation at the phase boundary layer, and may consist of widely different but always very apolar water or oil repellent auxiliary agents depending on the property profile of the finishing.
      • Specifically mentioned may be silicone oils, lipid modified esters, ethers, or amides (such as glycerol ester and ether, sorbitan ester and ether) being high boiling point, apolar liquids which diffuse towards the phase boundary layer (solid/gas) during the setting process and are set in a position promoting the water repellent or oil repellent finishing effect.
      • Another group includes fatty esters, alkyl ethers (C12-C25) and for example polycondensed fatty amides which are dispersed into the water repellent or oil repellent finishing emulsion in the form of solids and melt completely or only partially during the subsequent thermal setting and dominate the interface with their physical properties in accordance with the desired effect.
      • A third group comprises substances which form columnar structures. This group includes e.g. micronized waxes (particle sizes of 0.1-50 μm, preferably around 20 μm) such as polyolefin and fatty amide waxes as well as waxes being lipid modified aminoalkylation products, and hydrophobic silica particles (particle sizes of 5 to 100 nm), preferably nanoparticles having particle sizes of 5 to 50 nm which are also dispersed into the water repellent or oil repellent finishing liquor and are afterwards set in the finishing layer. Examples of such substances are Ceridust waxes (Clariant) or Aerosils (Degussa) which are preferably used.
  • The following Examples are illustrative of the efficiency of the method.
    • EXAMPLE 1
  • A primer layer is formed on a polyester tissue having a square meter weight of 180 g by partial saponification (0.3%) for bonding the polyester to the water repellent layer. The tissue thus pretreated is impregnated with a water repellent finishing liquor using a liquor ratio of about 60%., then dried and condensed at 150° C. for 3 minutes. The water repellent finishing liquor contains the following components:
    Water 923.5 ml/l
    Citric acid 5 g/l
    Aluminium sulfate 0.5 g/l
    Perapret HVN (binder) 26 g/l
    Guar gum (gelatinizing 2 g/l
    agent)
    Phobotex FTC (extender) 40 g/l
    Glycerol monooleate 5 g/l
  • The water repellent tissue is characterized by very good test values which otherwise can only be achieved by fluorocarbon resins or silicone impregnations, respectively (see Table 1). Test criteria were the spray test according to ISO 4920-1981, the water repellency value according to Bundesmann (ISO 9865/1993) as well as the percentage of water absorption during the rain shower test determined gravimetrically.
    TABLE 1
    Water repellency test values
    after 3 washings
    (according to EN
    Initially 26330)
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water absorption  9%  12%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/4, 10′/4
    values
    • EXAMPLE 2
  • A primer layer is formed on a polyester tissue having a square meter weight of 250 g by partial saponification (0.5%). The tissue thus pretreated is impregnated on a padding machine using a liquor ratio of 55%, and dried continuously on a tenter at 80° C. Setting of the water repellent finishing is performed at 160° C. for 3 minutes. Besides the other components the water repellent finishing liquor contains water repellent silica nanoparticles (Aerosil R812S) responsible for the columnar structures of the water repellent finishing layer.
    Water 757 ml/l
    Acetic acid 5 g/l
    Aluminium sulfate 0.5 g/l
    Glycerol 3 g/l
    Lyofix CHN 9 g/l
    Cerol EWL 220 g/l
    Tripalmitin 4 g/l
    Aerosil R812S 1.5 g/l
  • In addition to very good water repellency results (Tab. 2) the treated tissue is characterized by a very soft “dry” handle; this is in contrast to silicone-based water repellent finishings which account for a slick handle. Another advantage is the improved slip resistance of the tissue. The test criteria are analogous to Example 1.
    TABLE 2
    Water repellency test values
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water absorption  7%  9%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5
    values
    • EXAMPLE 3
  • Prior to water repellent finishing, a scoured and bleached cotton tissue having a square meter weight of 150 g is impregnated with a solution containing a crosslinker to minimize water penetration into the fibers as well as swelling of the fibers upon subsequent contamination with water. To prepare this primer layer the impregnating liquor contains 10 g/l Rucon FAN (Rudolf Chemie), 3 g/l citric acid, 5 g/l magnesium chloride, and 10 g/l Perapret HVN (BASF). Following impregnation with the primer liquor, the tissue is dried at 110° C. for two minutes. Subsequently, the water repellent finishing liquor is applied which contains all components for generating the water repellent finishing effect created by phase separation.
    Water 922.3 ml/l
    Guar gum 2 g/l
    Citric acid 3 g/l
    Aluminium sulfate 1 g/l
    Phobotex FTC 50 g/l
    Methacrylic acid dodecylester 15 g/l
    Urea peroxide 1.5 g/l
    Iron sulfate 0.2 g/l
    Tris-(trimethylsilyl)-phosphate 5 g/l
  • After impregnating the tissue on a padding machine (liquor ratio of 72%) drying is performed on a tenter at 100° C. Setting of the water repellent chemicals is done also on a tenter at 160° C. for two minutes. The water repellent finishing generated in this manner shows test values analogous to those found for Examples 1 and 2.
    TABLE 3
    Water repellency test values
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5
    values
    • EXAMPLE 4
  • A pretreated and dyed cotton/polyester tissue (70/30) having a square meter weight of 120 g is impregnated with a crosslinker solution for subsequent crosslinking of the cotton portion and dried and precondensed at 130° C. The crosslinker is a low-formaldehyde urea derivative (dimethoxy ethylene urea) using citric acid and magnesium chloride as catalysts.
  • In a second operation, oil repellent finishing of the tissue is carried out by applying to the tissue a liquor containing the following components and drying for one minute at 120° C. The liquor absorption is 65% based on the dry weight of the tissue.
    Water 953 ml/l
    Acetic acid 60% 1 ml/l
    Ruco-Guard EPF 1561 40 g/l
    Ruco-Guard LAD 4 g/l
    Aerosil R812S 2 g/l
  • Setting is performed on a tenter frame at a temperature of 160° C. for one minute.
  • The finished tissue shows very good water repellency and oil repellency as apparent from the test values presented in Table 4.
    TABLE 4
    Table of oil repellency measuring values
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5
    values
    Oil repellency* 6 6

    *according to AATCC Test Method 118-1997 (Oil repellency: Hydrocarbon Resistance Test)
    • EXAMPLE 5
  • A two-ply fabric having the following composition: 80% polyami, 10% PES Coolmax®, and 10% Lycra having a square meter weight of 170 g is coated with a foamed liquor for water repellent finishing the tissue primarily on one face. The coating liquor contains all chemicals required for achieving the water repellent finishing effect and for the formation of columnar structures.
    Water 914.5 g/l
    Citric acid    5 g/l
    Aluminium sulfate  0.5 g/l
    Phobotex FTC   60 g/l
    Glycerol    3 g/l
    Lyofix CHN   10 g/l
    Tripalmitin    4 g/l
    Ceridust 9615A    3 g/l
  • The water repellent finishing liquor is dosed into the coating device of the tenter frame via a foam forming aggregate and is thus applied onto one face of the tissue. Drying is performed at a cooling temperature limit of about 50° C. on the above-mentioned tenter on which also the subsequent condensation/setting is carried out. This is performed at 160° C. for two minutes.
  • The effects achieved with this finishing (Tab. 5) demonstrate a very good water repellent effect with simultaneous good moisture transport which is very important for sportswear.
    TABLE 5
    Test values of the finishing
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/4, 5′/4, 10′/4
    values
    Water absorption  7%  13%
    • EXAMPLE 6
  • A polyamide tissue having a square meter weight of 150 g is impregnated with a liquor the ingredients of which form columnar structures due to the self-organization of the components occurring during setting. Wollpol A 702 (acidic crosslinking acrylic polymer, Reinhold company), and acrylic stearate are components of the binder system for improved setting of Phobotex FTC which is emulsified within the liquor in the form of a microdispersion. Using a padding machine the water repellent finishing liquor is applied to the tissue which is afterwards dried and condensed on a tenter. The water repellent finishing liquor consists of the following components:
    Water 825.5 ml/l
    Isopropanol 50 ml/l
    Meypro guar gum Casaa 2 g/l
    M-200
    Magnesium chloride × 6H2O 4 g/l
    Wollpol A 702 50% 30 g/l
    Acrylic stearate 10 g/l
    Phobotex FTC 75 g/l
    Azoisobutyronitrile 0.5 g/l
  • The drying temperature is 60° C. and the condensation conditions are 150° C. and a treatment period of 2.5 minutes.
  • The water repellent finishing prepared in this manner is characterized by very good effects as demonstrated in Table 6. The thus waterproofed tissue is excellently suitable for the use in sportswear articles.
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5
    values
    Water absorption  3%  8%
  • With respect to two further Examples a “host” system on the basis of acrylate will be described in the following. Substitution of the above described stearin modified melamine formaldehyde resins by stearin modified polyacrylate has been found advantageous i.a. for the stability of the emulsion. Various modified acrylic and methacrylic acid monomers (for example: acrylic acid dodecyl ester, methacrylic acid dodecyl ester, acrylic acid and methacrylic acid esters with terminal tertiary butyl group, acrylic acid and methacrylic acid esters with trimethylsilane group) were examined resulting in a statically modified, meltable, crosslinkable prepolymer upon emulsion polymerization.
    • EXAMPLE 7
  • A polyester tissue having a square meter weight of 230 g is impregnated with a water repellent finishing liquor the “host” component of which consists of stearyl modified, crosslinkable acrylic polymer. The preparation of the acrylic polymer is carried out according to an emulsion polymerization process. The acrylic polymer is used in the form of a 20-40% stock emulsion. For improved stabilization of the “guest-host” system, the triglyceride (“guest”) which migrates on the tissue to the layer surface during setting is admixed already in the preparation of the acrylate emulsion. The stock emulsion containing the acrylic polymer and the triglyceride is then introduced into a water precharge according to the following protocol. The stearyl modified acrylic polymer is characterized by very good film formation which occurs during drying in a temperature range of 60-90° C.
    Water  733 g/l
    Isopropanol   80 g/l
    Sorbitan monolaurate  2.5 g/l
    (Span 20)
    Acrylate stock  180 g/l
    emulsion 32%
    Aerosil R 812 S  4.5 g/l
  • The water repellent finishing liquor is applied by impregnation of the tissue. The liquor weight is 48% based on the dry weight of the tissue. The drying conditions are 100° C. for 1.5 minutes followed by condensation at 150° C. for 2 minutes.
  • With respect to the water repellency criteria, the water repellent finishing prepared on acrylate basis may be directly compared to Phobotex finishings but has the further advantages of substantially higher liquor stability and a virtually formaldehyde-free finishing.
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water absorption  6%  8%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/4, 10′/4
    values
    • EXAMPLE 8
  • A polyester tissue designed for use in the sportswear article sector is provided with a water repellent finishing in accordance to the “guest-host” principle already mentioned several times above. The “host” system is formed by an acrylic prepolymer prepared from a monomer mixture consisting of methacrylic acid, methacrylic dodecyl ester and tertiary butyl amino ethyl methacrylate (SERPOL QMO 204) according to the emulsion polymerization procedure. To prepare the acrylate stock emulsion, 10% of a stearyl triglyceride based on the monomer weight is admixed into the monomer mixture. The solids content of the acrylate stock emulsion is 35%. The acrylic prepolymer containing the triglyceride has an excellent melting behaviour at 50-90° C. in combination with the desired film formation and the autodynamic orientation of the triglyceride an the layer surface. To prepare the water repellent finishing liquor, the acrylate stock emulsion is stirred into a water precharge together with the other partially predispersed chemicals (e.g. Aerosil R 812 S).
    Water 794 g/l
    Isopropanol  50 g/l
    Acrylate stock emulsion 150 g/l
    35%
    Aerosil R 812 S  5 g/l
    Polyvinylpyrrolidone K  1 g/l
    90
  • Application is performed by impregnation of the tissue using a liquor ratio of 55% followed by drying at 110° C. for 1.5 minutes. Subsequent condensation leads to self-crosslinking of the acrylic polymer resulting in a very high washing resistance.
  • Tissues finished according to this protocol show very good water repellency properties together with high washing resistance which otherwise can only be achieved using fluorinated waterproofing agents.
    Initially after 3 washings
    Spray test 100% 100%
    Water absorption  5%  7%
    Water repellency 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5 1′/5, 5′/5, 10′/5
    values
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19. A textile article comprising textile fibers or fabrics, and a water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer onto a support material wherein the finishing layer comprises at least two components wherein a first component comprises one or more dispersant(s) and a second component comprises one or more dispersed phase(s), wherein the dispersed phase comprises at least one colloid and wherein dispersant and dispersed phase are present in a gel state and wherein the colloids of the dispersed phase are distributed in the dispersant in an anisotropic manner such that the colloids are concentrated in the area of the upper surface of the finishing layer.
20. The textile article according to claim 19 further comprising a primer layer between the support material and the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer wherein said primer layer increases adhesion and bonding of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer.
21. The textile article according to claim 20 wherein said textile material comprises native materials and said primer layer comprises components which are deswelling and crosslinking with respect to the textile material.
22. The textile article according to claim 20 wherein said support material comprises synthetic and regenerated fibers, tissues, or fabrics, and that said primer layer is formed by a modified support material surface or by crosslinked natural or synthetic hydroxyl, carbonyl, amino, or thiol group containing polymers.
23. A method for the application of a water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer onto a textile support material wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of fibers, tissues, and fabrics comprising the steps of:
applying to the material a dispersion comprising one or more dispersant(s) and a dispersed phase comprising at least two components wherein the dispersed phase comprises at least one colloid and wherein dispersant and dispersed phase are present in a gel state, and wherein the colloids of the dispersed phase are distributed in the dispersant in an anisotropic manner such that the colloids are concentrated in the area of the upper surface of the finishing layer; and
drying the material, to convert the dispersion from a sol state to a gel state.
24. The method of finishing according to claim 23 wherein said finishing layer is dried to a drying degree of almost 5%.
25. The method of finishing according to claim 23 wherein said dispersion is prepared by oil in water (O/W) emulsion of a hydrophobic dispersant in water and subsequent emulsifying of the dispersed phase therein.
26. The method of finishing according to claim 24 wherein the gel state may be transferred in at least partially reversible manner into the sol state by energy supply.
27. The method of finishing according to claim 23 further comprising the step of applying a primer layer to the material before the application of the finishing layer, wherein said primer layer improves the adhesion of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer.
28. The method of finishing according to claim 23 wherein reactive groups are provided for covalent binding of the water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer to the material, wherein said reactive groups are bound to the support material either directly or indirectly via the primer layer.
29. The method of finishing according to claim 27 wherein said support material is a cotton material and wherein the primer layer comprises a solution comprising a crosslinker solution which is impregnated into the material to form the primer layer to inhibit the penetration of water into the cotton fibers and thereby minimize fiber swelling.
30. The method of finishing according to claim 29 wherein said primer layer comprises partially etherified hexamethylol melamine or dimethylol ethylene urea derivatives.
31. The method of finishing according to claim 27 wherein said support material is a synthetic or regenerated material selected from the group consisting of fibers, tissues, and fabrics, wherein the surface of the support material polymer is modified to comprise bound hydroxyl or carbonyl groups.
32. The method of finishing according to claim 31 wherein said support material is a polyester material and the surface is modified by a partial saponification of 0.01 to 1%, preferably a partial saponification of 0.2 to 0.4%.
33. The method of finishing according to claim 27 wherein said support material is a synthetic or regenerated material selected from the group consisting of fibers, tissues, and fabrics, and wherein the primer layer is formed by applying reactive group containing polymers to the support material and crosslinking the polymers to form the primer layer wherein hydroxyl, carbonyl, amino and/or thiol groups bound indirectly to the polymer are generated on the surface of the support material.
34. The method of finishing according to claim 33 wherein the reactive group containing polymers are selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, lignin, polyvinylalcohol, and the crosslinking is performed by means of compounds from the group of isocyanates and α-amylation products.
35. The method of finishing according to claim 27 wherein said dispersion comprises one or more dispersant(s), a dispersed phase and one or more binder(s).
36. The method of finishing according to claim 35 wherein the dispersion to be applied is an emulsion which contains dispersant(s) and dispersed phase emulsified into an aqueous binder containing solution.
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