Inventors:
Carl Brent Smith - Raleigh NC
Walter A. Hendrix - Raleigh NC
Donald L. Butcher - Knightdale NC
Assignee:
North Carolina State University - Raleigh NC
International Classification:
D06M 102
US Classification:
811551, 81156, 81161, 8107, 8137, 8139, 8142, 8404, 8474, 8475, 8495, 8916, 134 42
Abstract:
A process for treating a textile substrate, the process including the steps of providing a textile substrate; providing a treatment bath; entraining a transport material in the treatment bath wherein the transport material further comprises a treatment material dissolved or suspended therein and wherein the transport material is substantially immiscible with the treatment bath; and contacting the textile substrate with the transport material in the treatment bath to thereby treat the textile substrate with the treatment material in the transport material.