Anti Bacterial and Soil Release Finish for Men's Underwear

Underwear in general must be able to offer comfort. It must also provide an adequate protection from bacterial growth which may arise from favourable conditions created by warm temperature, perspiration and other metabolismic residue. This is especially true for active persons. Such an underwear must therefore conform these requirements; it must have good absorption, soft, does not retain dirt and prevent bacterial growth. In this experiment we used cotton knitted fabric, which has been desized, scoured, bleached and subsequently dyed with reactive dye. The finishing was performed with Sanitized^® T96-20 as anti-bacterial agent, Oleophobol SL as soil-resistant agent and Silicon N-100 softener. (Mariati Sihotang, Megie Yunita, Midian Pasaoran Napitupulu, Mulyono)